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Everley Gregg (26 October 1903, in Bishopstoke, Hampshire – 9 June 1959, in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire) was an English actress. Early in her career, she became associated especially with plays of Noël Coward .
I answer to several different names in the crazy world of publication— Claire Gem, Everley Gregg, & Frances Brown— but we are all the same person, with the same wandering imagination. Call me whatever you like, but please…
Everley Gregg. Actress: Brief Encounter. Thin-lipped, dark-haired British character actress who had a penchant for playing nosy neighbours, snivelling sycophants and acidulous spinsters.
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Gregg made her West End debut in the hit play Grand Hotel (1931-1932) and continued to appear on the London stage and in summer stock through 1955. At the age of 27, she debuted as the king’s last wife in the classic film The Private Life of Henry VIII.
Nigel Balchin. Screenplay. The true story of a British effort to trick the Germans into weakening Sicily's defenses before the 1943 attack. A dead soldier is dressed as a British officer and outfitted with faked papers showing that the Allies were intending to invade occupied Greece.
Gregg made film her next project, appearing in the drama "The Demi-Paradise" (1943) with Laurence Olivier, "The Magic Box" (1951) and the Alec Guinness comedy "Father Brown" (1954). She also appeared in "The Man Who Never Was" (1956) and the comedic adaptation "Carry On, Admiral" (1957) with David Tomlinson.
