Lilian Braithwaite

Lilian Braithwaite

Dame Lilian Braithwaite DBE (9 March 1873–17 September 1948), born Florence Lilian Braithwaite, was an English actress.

She was the daughter of a clergyman, and born in Ramsgate, Kent. She was educated at Croydon High School, and married actor-manager Gerald Lawrence, first acting with amateur companies. Her first professional London appearance was in "As You Like It" in 1900. She appeared in the 1927 Alfred Hitchcock film "Downhill". She proved that comedy was her greatest asset in a long succession of drawing-room dramas and light comedies, culminating in the long-running "Arsenic and Old Lace" (1942-1946).

In the Second World War she served as chairman and chief organiser of the hospital division of ENSA.

She was created a Dame Commander of the British Empire (DBE) in 1943.

Her daughter Joyce Carey was a long time film and television actress.

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