Marie Ney

Marie Ney (18 July 1895 Chelsea, London - 11 April 1981, London) was a British actress who had an acting career spanning five decades, from 1919 to 1969.

As a young child Ney went to live in New Zealand with her family. She began her acting career in that country and continued it in Australia. After several years of performing in those two countries she moved back to England, where she acted at the Old Vic with many famous actors of the day such as Michael Redgrave and Robert Donat.^[1] In 1930 Ney played Lady de Winter in the musical The Three Musketeers at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London.^[2][3]

Ney's first film appearance was in Desert Gold (1919), a silent film made in Australia.^[4] She appeared in 11 films during the 1930s, including The Wandering Jew (1933),^[5] Scrooge (1935), Brief Ecstasy (1937), Jamaica Inn (1939) and A People Eternal (1939).^[6] In 1941 Ney returned to Australia for a six month season, appearing in the plays No Time for Comedy, Noel Coward's Private Lives and Ladies in Retirement in Sydney and Melbourne.^[1] She appeared in the 1948 play Rain On The Just in London and in 1959 The Last Word at the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh.

In the 1940s and 50s she appeared in the films Shadow of the Past (1950), Seven Days to Noon (1950), The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), Simba (1955), Yield to the Night (1956), and The Surgeon's Knife (1957), among others. In the 1950s Ney moved into television, appearing in episodes of ITV's ITV Television Playhouse, ITV Play of the Week, and Armchair Theatre. In 1960 she appeared in the Greek film Eroica, and in an episode of Maigret. Her last credited screen appearance was in the ITV Playhouse episode Remember the Germans (1969).^[6]

Ney was married to Thomas Menzies, and was active in British Actors Equity. She was a collector of art and books.^[1] Ney died in London in 1981 aged 86.

Selected filmography

• Scrooge (1935)
• Brief Ecstasy (1937)
• Jamaica Inn (1939)
• The Romantic Age (1949)
• Conspirator (1949)
• Seven Days to Noon (1950)
• The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
• Simba (1955)
• Yield to the Night (1956)
• The Surgeon's Knife (1957)
• West 11 (1963)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} [1] Ney in Sydney article
2. ^ [2] Ney on Getty Images
3. ^ [3] The Three Musketeers on The Guide to Musical Theatre
4. ^ [4] Desert Gold (1919) on the Internet Movie Database
5. ^ [5] The Wandering Jew (1933) on the Internet Movie Database
6. ^ ^{a b} [6] Ney on the Internet Movie Database

External links

• Marie Ney at the Internet Movie Database
• Ney Film Biography on Time Out
• Ney on 'Radio and TV Personalities'
• Images of Ney on Getty Images

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Name	Ney, Marie
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Date of birth	18 July 1895
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Date of death	11 April 1981
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