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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 | + | (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 married actor [[Douglas Drew]], but divorced him after their son was born and she and the two-year-old boy 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. Interestingly, her younger sister Doris, who became a distinguished fashion historian, married John’s brother Robert, and 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. June’s son, who was born Cedric Joseph Lange (Lange was presumably his father’s birth name), later changed his name by deed poll. As [[Jeremy Hawk]] he had a successful career on stage, film and television. (FO) |
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Le Roux, André I. & Fourie, Lilla – Filmverlede: geskiedenis van die Suid-Afrikaanse speelfilm | Le Roux, André I. & Fourie, Lilla – Filmverlede: geskiedenis van die Suid-Afrikaanse speelfilm | ||
Revision as of 14:26, 22 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 married actor Douglas Drew, but divorced him after their son was born and she and the two-year-old boy 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. Interestingly, her younger sister Doris, who became a distinguished fashion historian, married John’s brother Robert, and 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. June’s son, who was born Cedric Joseph Lange (Lange was presumably his father’s birth name), later changed his name by deed poll. As Jeremy Hawk he had a successful career on stage, film and television. (FO)
Sources
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1382590/Jeremy-Hawk.html
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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