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Rène Ray

Date of birth: 1911-09-22

Place of birth: London, England, UK

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Countess of Midleton, Irene Lilian Brodrick, Irene Lilian Creese

Rène Ray

Biography

Rène Ray (born Irene Lilian Creese) was a British stage and screen actress of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. She was the third wife of the Earl of Midleton and was also a successful novelist and amateur painter in later life.

Movie Credits

The Green Cockatoo
2.9

The Green Cockatoo

1937-12-01

A young girl is travelling to London to find work. Arriving at the station, she meets a man who has

Bank Holiday
3

Bank Holiday

1938-01-27

A 1930s British summer Bank Holiday starts at midday on Saturday with a rush for the trains to the s

The Good Die Young
3.1

The Good Die Young

1954-03-02

An amoral, psychotic playboy incites three men who are down on their luck to commit a mail van robbe

Tonight's the Night - Pass It On
0

Tonight's the Night - Pass It On

1931-12-26

Slapstick comedy in which luckless slate club treasurer Bill Smithers is sent to prison for three ye

They Made Me a Fugitive
3.3

They Made Me a Fugitive

1947-06-24

After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.

The Passing of the Third Floor Back
3.8

The Passing of the Third Floor Back

1935-09-01

The tenants of an old London boarding house spend their time in petty bickering and sniping until a

Tiger Bay
3.1

Tiger Bay

1934-09-01

Michael is a young Englishman abroad who deliberately visits a tough Chinese district of Tiger Bay t

If Winter Comes
3.3

If Winter Comes

1947-12-31

The small English town of Penny Green is swarming with scandal when textbook author Mark, unhappily

The Rat
3.8

The Rat

1937-11-11

Jean Boucheron the cat burglar is the darling of the Montmartre whores--and catches the eye of slumm

Women of Twilight
2.6

Women of Twilight

1953-01-16

When a nightclub singer is arrested for murder, his pregnant girlfriend moves into a boarding house

His Lordship
2.8

His Lordship

1936-11-12

A complicated adventure involving twin brothers and the Foreign Office trying to thwart the ambition

Weddings Are Wonderful
0

Weddings Are Wonderful

1938-10-04

Romantic comedy of misunderstandings.

Wuthering Heights
0

Wuthering Heights

1953-12-06

Mistreated foundling Heathcliff and his stepsister Catherine fall in love, but when she marries a we

Please Teacher
0

Please Teacher

1937-01-01

Tommy Deacon learns that a gift bequeathed by his aunt is hidden in her house inside a bust of Napol

Secret Agent
3

Secret Agent

1936-05-31

During World War I, a novelist declared dead is recruited by British intelligence and sent to Switze

The Galloping Major
3

The Galloping Major

1951-05-07

A syndicate is set up to buy a racehorse, but they end up buying the wrong one by mistake. Unfortuna

When London Sleeps
0

When London Sleeps

1932-07-22

Slippery Rodney Haines runs a high-class gambling joint in Hampstead, while elsewhere in London Lamb

High Treason
2.9

High Treason

1929-03-25

The year is 1940 and tension is growing between the empires of United Europe and the Atlantic States

Here's George
0

Here's George

1932-09-20

'Man borrows service flat to impress girl's parents.' (British Film Catalogue)

The King's Cup
0

The King's Cup

1933-02-02

'Romance set around the famous air race in which a girl helps a nervous pilot to victory.' (British

Excess Baggage
0

Excess Baggage

1933-03-24

'Colonel thinks he has killed superior while hunting ghost.' (British Film Catalogue)

The Changing Year
0

The Changing Year

1933-06-08

'Couple fall in love as seasons change through year.' (British Film Catalogue)

Old Bill and Son
3.3

Old Bill and Son

1941-03-01

Old Bill has grumbled his way through the trenches of the First World War. Now it is the Second and,

Born Lucky
0

Born Lucky

1933-04-05

A humble girl's rise to fame.

Farewell Again
2.5

Farewell Again

1937-01-05

Farewell Again is a multiplotted British comedy/drama about soldiers on leave and the people they've

Jennifer Hale
2.5

Jennifer Hale

1937-10-06

Quota quickie with Rene Ray as Jennifer Hale, a chorus girl wanted for questioning in the murder of

Housemaster
0

Housemaster

1938-01-31

Three girls arrive at a stuffy English public school and cause all sorts of problems with both the s

Varsity
0

Varsity

1930-03-01

A Cambridge student takes the blame for his gambling brother.

Young Woodley
0

Young Woodley

1930-07-02

A schoolboy falls in love with his teacher's young wife.

Keepers of Youth
0

Keepers of Youth

1931-12-31

The arrival of Mr. Knox, the new sports instructor at a British public school, heralds trouble. He i

Dance Pretty Lady
0

Dance Pretty Lady

1931-12-10

During the Edwardian era, a working-class ballet dancer begins a romance with a wealthy artist again

Two White Arms
0

Two White Arms

1932-03-01

A man becomes bored with married life and pretends to have lost his memory so he can pursue other wo

Beloved Impostor
0

Beloved Impostor

1936-07-20

A British musical film directed by Victor Hanbury

Crime Over London
3

Crime Over London

1936-10-21

With the police on their tail, a gang of New York criminals decided to relocate to London where they

Once in a New Moon
3.3

Once in a New Moon

1935-01-01

When a small English town is dragged out into space by the force of a 'dead star' passing Earth, the

Street Song
2.8

Street Song

1935-09-16

Lucy and her brother are struggling to make a go of their Soho pet shop, until Lucy meets Tom, a str

The Vicious Circle
3.2

The Vicious Circle

1957-09-01

When Dr. Howard Latimer finds the German actress whom he had just met at the London Airport murdered

The Return of the Frog
2.9

The Return of the Frog

1938-11-24

The film concerns a police hunt for the criminal known as The Frog.

A Call for Arms!
0

A Call for Arms!

1940-12-31

"What a life for a couple of nudes!" Two dancers find a new way of doing their bit for the boys in t

John Smith & Son
0

John Smith & Son

1932-10-14

Don't come home with the clap. John Smith does, and infects his unsuspecting wife with gonorrhea. Th

Rolling in Money
0

Rolling in Money

1934-08-20

An impoverished duchess arranges a marriage for her daughter to a wealthy working-class London barbe