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| − | (b. Liverpool, **/**/1898 – d. **/**/****). Actress. Miriam Gertrude Levy was the daughter of [[Mabel Rushton]] and [[J. Langley Levy]], who became the editor of The Sunday Times in Johannesburg. She took the stage name of June Langley and appeared in at least one South African film, namely [[B.F. Clinton]]’s [[The Water Cure]] (1916). She apparently married an actor in South Africa, but divorced him after their son was born and returned to England. There she remarried and took the surname of her new husband | + | (b. Liverpool, **/**/1898 – d. **/**/****). Actress. Miriam Gertrude Levy was the daughter of [[Mabel Rushton]] and [[J. Langley Levy]], who became the editor of The Sunday Times in Johannesburg. She took the stage name of June Langley and appeared in at least one South African film, namely [[B.F. Clinton]]’s [[The Water Cure]] (1916). She apparently married an actor in South Africa, but divorced him after their son was born and returned to England. There she remarried and took the surname of her new husband John Sugden Moore, a wool merchant from Bradford, thus becoming June Langley Moore. It seems as though her sister, Doris, married John’s brother, Robert, and she became Doris Langley Moore. Together the sisters wrote “The bride’s book, or Young housewife’s companion” (by Two Ladies of England/1932) and “The pleasure of your company: a text-book of hospitality” (1936). June Langley apparently continued to act, appearing in ''Fata Morgana'' at the Leeds Civic Playhouse in 1933. One source has it that her son also became an actor and a well-known television quiz master, but at this stage we don’t know what name he used. (FO) |
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Revision as of 17:21, 21 December 2013
(b. Liverpool, **/**/1898 – d. **/**/****). Actress. Miriam Gertrude Levy was the daughter of Mabel Rushton and J. Langley Levy, who became the editor of The Sunday Times in Johannesburg. She took the stage name of June Langley and appeared in at least one South African film, namely B.F. Clinton’s The Water Cure (1916). She apparently married an actor in South Africa, but divorced him after their son was born and returned to England. There she remarried and took the surname of her new husband John Sugden Moore, a wool merchant from Bradford, thus becoming June Langley Moore. It seems as though her sister, Doris, married John’s brother, Robert, and she became Doris Langley Moore. Together the sisters wrote “The bride’s book, or Young housewife’s companion” (by Two Ladies of England/1932) and “The pleasure of your company: a text-book of hospitality” (1936). June Langley apparently continued to act, appearing in Fata Morgana at the Leeds Civic Playhouse in 1933. One source has it that her son also became an actor and a well-known television quiz master, but at this stage we don’t know what name he used. (FO)
Sources
Le Roux, André I. & Fourie, Lilla – Filmverlede: geskiedenis van die Suid-Afrikaanse speelfilm
http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/PnP/message/32581
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