Ray, René (1911–1993)
Ray, René (1911–1993)
English actress and writer. Name variations: Renee Ray. Born René Creese, Sept 22, 1911, in London, England; died Aug 28, 1993, in Jersey, Channel Islands.
Made London debut in Wonder Bar (1930), followed by The Dominant Sex, Yes and No, Three Blind Mice, They Walk Alone, Other People's Houses, Night of the Garter, title role in Claudia, Summer at Nohant, John Keats Lived Here, Arms and the Man and Women of Twilight; made only Broadway appearance, as Sheila Birling in An Inspector Calls (1993); wrote and appeared in The Tree Surgeon (1961); films include The Passing of the Third Floor Back, The Rat, If Winter Comes, Women of Twilight and Farewell, Again; wrote novels Wraxton Marne, Emma Conquest, A Man Named Seraphin, This Man is Mine and The Strange World of Planet X.