Maxine Audley

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Maxine Audley (born April 29, 1923 in London , England , † July 23, 1992 in Fulham , London) was a British actress .

Life

Audley received her education in Gloucester . She then studied acting at the Tamara Daykharhanova School in New York City and the London Mask Theater School . She made her acting debut in 1940 with a performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream . After the end of World War II , she toured with the Old Vic Company with a production of George Bernard Shaw's Heroes . It made its debut in London's West End in 1948 . She joined the Royal Shakespeare Company and toured in the early 1950s with roles in King Lear , Measure for Measure and Much Ado About Nothing by Germany . In 1961 she performed with the Old Vic Company in King John , the following year she played with the RSC at the Edinburgh Festival . Later in her theater career, she also appeared in more modern plays, including Tennessee Williams ' Endstation Sehnsucht and The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore .

In addition to her theater career, Audley has starred in over 20 feature films and numerous British television productions. She starred alongside Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier in The Prince and the Dancer , played Charlie Chaplin's wife in A King in New York and appeared in a supporting role alongside Kirk Douglas , Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh in Richard Fleischer's adventure film The Vikings on. In 1960 she played in Augen der Angst , the film that put the careers of Michael Powell and Karlheinz Böhm a bitter damper.

Audley has been married four times. The third marriage to Frederick Granville resulted in a daughter. She was married to the Scottish actor Leonard Maguire until her death .

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SURNAME Audley, Maxine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actress
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH London , England
DATE OF DEATH July 23, 1992
Place of death Fulham , London , England