Molly Rankin (actress)

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Molly Rankin , real name Mary Aileen Fraser Rankin (born August 17, 1905 in Alyth , Perth and Kinross , Scotland, † March 4, 1981 in Hendon , Middlesex , England ), was a British actress .

Life

Molly Rankin was the daughter of Hugh Fraser Rankin and his wife Margaret Elizabeth, nee Ramsay. After completing school in Edinburgh , she completed her acting training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London , where she was awarded the Bancroft Gold Medal in addition to a scholarship.

theatre

She made her stage debut in May 1925 at the Oxford Playhouse in the role of "Maude Fulton" in the play Caroline . In this role she also appeared with the ensemble at the Festival Theater in Cambridge that season . In 1926 she played in Stratford-on-Avon and in 1928 for the first time in London , as "Christine Linde" in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen at what was then the Kingsway Theater, which opened as the Novelty Theater in 1882 , followed by numerous other stage roles.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1939: The Torchbearers (TV movie; adapted from George Kelly by W. Grahame Browne)
  • 1939: Private Lives (TV film; adapted from Noël Coward )
  • 1940: Return to Yesterday (feature film; director: Robert Stevenson )
  • 1948: Bonnie Prince Charlie (feature film; director: Anthony Kimmins; uncredited : Alexander Korda , Leslie Arliss and Robert Stevenson)
  • 1951: BBC Sunday Night Theater - The Voysey Inheritance (TV series episode ; directed by Harley Granville-Barker )
  • 1951: BBC Sunday Night Theater - Escape (TV series episode; directed by John Galsworthy )
  • 1953: The Honors of Scotland (feature film; directed by Robert Kemp)
  • 1955: Terminus - Hour of Decision (TV series episode; directed by Lester Powell)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Spelling partly also Mollie Rankin
  2. ↑ Rankin, Molly. In: Who was who in the theater: 1912–1976. A biographical dictionary of actors, actresses, directors, playwrights, and producers of the English-speaking theater. Volume 4 Q-Z, Gale Research Co., 1978, pp. 1985. ISBN 978-0-810-30406-2
personal data
SURNAME Rankin, Molly
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fraser Rankin, Mary Aileen (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actress
DATE OF BIRTH 17th August 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Alyth , Perth and Kinross , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH March 4th 1981
Place of death Hendon , Middlesex , England