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Dulcie Gray Biography (1919-)

Full name, Dulcie Winifred Catherine Denison; born Dulcie Bailey, November 20, 1919, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; daughter of Arnold Savage (a lawyer) and Kate Edith (Clulow Gray) Bailey; married Michael Denison (an actor), April 29,1939. Addresses: Agent--c/o Ronnie Waters, International Creative Management, 388 Oxford Street, London W1N 9HE, England.

Nationality

English

Gender

Female

Birth Details

November 20, 1919

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Famous Works

• Credits; STAGE APPEARANCES
• (Stage debut) Sorel Bliss, Hay Fever, His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1939.
• (London debut) Maria, Twelfth Night, Open Air Theatre, Hyde Park, 1942.
• Hermia, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Open Air Theatre, 1942.
• Bianca, The Taming of the Shrew, Open Air Theatre, 1942.
• Alexandra Giddens, The Little Foxes, Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1942.
• Hermia, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Westminster Theatre, London, 1942.
• Rose Wilson, Brighton Rock, Garrick Theatre, London, 1943.
• Vivien, Landslide, Westminster Theatre, 1943.
• Greta, The Lady from Edinburgh, Playhouse Theatre, London, 1945.
• Ruth Wilkins, Dear Ruth, St. James's Theatre, London, 1946.
• Jean Ritchie, The Wind Is Ninety, Apollo Theatre, London, 1946.
• Nurse Ransom, Rain on the Just, Aldwych Theatre, London, 1948.
• Norah Fuller, Queen Elizabeth Slept Here, Strand Theatre, London, 1949.
• Agnes, The Four Poster, Ambassador's Theatre, London, 1950.
• See You Later Review, Watergate Theatre, London, 1951.
• Nina, The Dragon's Mouth, Winter Garden Theatre, London, 1952.
• Robina Jevons, Sweet Peril, St. James's Theatre, 1952.
• Toni Oberon, We Must Kill Toni, Westminster Theatre, 1954.
• Mrs. Pooter, The Diary of a Nobody, Arts Theatre, London, 1954.
• White Queen, Alice through the Looking Glass, Chelsea Palace Theatre, London, 1955.
• Marion Field, Love Affair, Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London, 1956.
• Sarah Banning, Double Cross, Duchess Theatre, London, 1958.
• Title role, Candida, Oxford Playhouse, U.K., 1958.
• Duchess of Hampshire, Let Them Eat Cake, Cambridge Theatre, London, 1959.
• Title role, Candida, Bath Festival Theatre, U.K., then Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1960.
• Mary, The Bald Prima Donna, Oxford Playhouse, 1961.
• Old Woman, The Chairs, Oxford Playhouse, 1961.
• Lady Utterword, Heartbreak House, Oxford Playhouse, then Wyndham's Theatre, London, 1961.
• Z, A Village Wooing, Hong Kong City Center Theatre, Hong Kong, 1962.
• Lady Aline, A Marriage Has Been Arranged, Hong Kong City Center Theatre,1962.
• A Shakespeare Recital, Berlin Drama Festival, Federal Republic of Germany, 1962.
• Katerina of Arragon, Royal Gambit, Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, U.K., 1962.
• Caroline Abbott, Where Angels Fear to Tread, New Arts Theatre, then St. Martin's Theatre, London, 1963.
• Madame Arkadina, The Seagull, Birmingham Repertory Company, U.K., 1964.
• Lady Chiltern, An Ideal Husband, Strand Theatre, London, 1965.
• Maria Wislack, On Approval, St. Martin's Theatre, 1966-67.
• Susan, Happy Family, St. Martin's Theatre, 1966-67.
• Julia Pyrton, Number Ten, Strand Theatre, 1967.
• May, Vacant Possession, Nottingham Playhouse, U.K., 1968.
• Yulya Glebova, Confession at Night, Nottingham Playhouse, 1968.
• Celia Pilgrim, Out of the Question, St. Martin's Theatre, 1968.
• Z, A Village Wooing, Fortune Theatre, London, 1970.
• Mrs. Banger, Press Cuttings, Fortune Theatre, 1970.
• Gina Ekdal, The Wild Duck, Criterion Theatre, 1970.
• Ellen Blake, The Dragon Variation, Royal Theatre, Windsor, U.K., 1972.
• Through the Looking Glass, Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, 1972.
• Mabel Jackson, At the End of the Day, Savoy Theatre, London, 1973.
• Grace Bishop, The Sack Race, Ambassador's Theatre, London, 1974.
• Olivia Cameron, The Pay-Off, Comedy Theatre, London, 1974.
• Miss Marple, A Murder Is Announced, Vaudeville Theatre, 1977.
• Delia, Bedroom Farce, Prince of Wales' Theatre, London, 1979.
• Madame Ranyevskaia, The Cherry Orchard, Exeter Theatre, London, 1980.
• Evelyn, The Kingfisher, Royal Theatre, Windsor, 1980.
• Lady Ashbrook, A Coat of Varnish, Haymarket Theatre, London, 1982.
• Mrs. Cavell, Cavell, Chichester Festival Theatre, U.K., 1982.
• Madame Pernell, Tartuffe, Bromley Theatre, U.K., 1983.
• Lady Sneervell, School for Scandal, Haymarket Theatre, 1983, then Duke ofYork's Theatre, London, 1984.
• Mrs. Candour, School for Scandal, Duke of York's Theatre, 1984.
• Miss Skillon, See How They Run, Royal Theatre, 1986.
• The Living Room, Royalty Theatre, 1987.
• An Ideal Husband, Globe Theatre, London, 1993.
• Also appeared with the H. M. Tennent Company, Edinburgh and Glasgow, Scotland, 1940, and with the Harrogate Repertory Company, 1940-41.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS
• Fools Rush In, U.K. cities, 1946.
• Anna Lutcar, The Distant Hill, U.K. cities, 1953.
• Agnes, The Four Poster, South African cities, 1954-55.
• Lady Shotter, South Sea Bubble, South African and Australian cities, 1956-57.
• Merely Players, U.K. cities, 1964.
• Mrs. Heidelberg, The Clandestine Marriage, U.K. cities, 1971.
• A Village Wooing, U.K. cities, 1971.
• Ellen Creed, Ladies in Retirement, U.K. cities, 1976.
• Lady Twombley, The Cabinet Minister, U.K. cities, 1977.
• Evelyn, The Kingfisher, U.K. cities, 1980.
• Lady Boothroyd, Lloyd George Knew My Father, U.K. cities, 1980.
• Sheila, Relatively Speaking, Middle Eastern and Far Eastern cities, 1981.
• Carlotta Gray, Song at Twilight, U.K. cities, 1983.
• Mrs. Candour, School for Scandal, British Council Fiftieth Anniversary tour of European cities, 1984.
• Daphne Drimmond, There Goes the Bride, Middle Eastern and Far Eastern cities, 1985.
• The Chalk Garden, U.K. cities, 1989.
• Also toured in productions of The Best of Friends, 1990-91; The Importance of Being Earnest, 1991; and Bedroom Farce, 1992.
• Credits; FILM APPEARANCES
• The Trail of the Pink Panther, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)/United Artists (UA), 1982.
• The Curse of the Pink Panther, MGM/UA, 1983.
• Also appeared in They Were Sisters, 1944; Wanted for Murder, 1945;A Man about the House, 1946; Mine Own Executioner, 1947; My Brother Jonathan, 1947;The Glass Mountain, 1948; The Franchise Affair, 1951; Angels One Five, 1952;There Was a Young Lady, 1953; A Man Could Get Killed, 1965; and Two ThousandWomen.
• Credits; TELEVISION APPEARANCES; SERIES
• Appeared as Kate Harvey, Howard's Way, 1985-90.
• Credits; TELEVISION APPEARANCES; EPISODIC
• Appeared in Boyd, Q. C., 1957; "The Old Boy Net.," Rumpole of the Bailey,1983; and Cold Warrior, 1984.
• Credits; TELEVISION APPEARANCES; SPECIALS
• Appeared in The Governess, 1957; The Importance of Being Earnest, 1958; Winter Cruise, 1960; The Letter, 1960; Virtue, 1962; Beautiful Forever, 1965;Unexpectedly Vacant, 1969; This Is Your Life, 1973; The Voysey Inheritance, 1978; Britain in the Thirties, 1983; and "The Affair of the Pink Pearl," Partners in Crime, Series I, 1984.
• Credits; OTHER TELEVISION APPEARANCES
• Also appeared in Milestones; The Will; Crime Passionnel; Art and Opportunity; Fish in the Family; What the Public Wants; Lesson in Love; The Happy McBaines; Tribute to Maugham; East Lynne; Making Faces; Read All about It; Lifeafter Death; Hook, Line, and Sinker; and Three Up and Two Down.
• Credits; RADIO APPEARANCES
• Front Line Family, BBC, 1941.
• Writings;STAGE PLAYS
• Love Affair, Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London, 1956, published by Samuel French, 1957.
• Writings;RADIO PLAYS
• Author of eight plays, including Love a la Carte, BBC.
• Writings;DETECTIVE FICTION
• Murder on the Stairs, Arthur Barker, 1958.
• Murder in Melbourne, Arthur Barker, 1958.
• Baby Face, Arthur Barker, 1959.
• Epitaph for a Dead Actor, Arthur Barker, 1960.
• Murder on a Saturday, Arthur Barker, 1961.
• Murder in Mind, Macdonald, 1963.
• The Devil Wore Scarlet, Macdonald, 1964.
• No Quarter for a Star, Macdonald, 1964.
• The Murder of Love, Macdonald, 1967.
• Died in the Red, Macdonald, 1967.
• Murder on Honeymoon, Macdonald, 1969.
• For Richer, for Richer, Macdonald, 1970.
• Deadly Lampshade, Macdonald, 1971.
• Understudy to Murder, Macdonald, 1972.
• Dead Give-Away, Macdonald, 1974.
• Ride on a Tiger, Macdonald, 1975.
• Stage Door Fright, Macdonald, 1977.
• Death in Denims, Macdonald and Everest Books, 1977.
• Dark Calypso, Macdonald, 1979.
• Writings;NONFICTION
• (With husband, Michael Denison) The Actor and His World, Gollancz, 1964.
• Butterflies on My Mind: On the Conservation of British Butterflies, Angusand Robertson, 1978.
• Writings;SHORT STORIES
• The Girl on the Bus, Pan Books, 1966.
• Also published a collection of short horror stories; contributor of stories to horror anthologies published by Pan.
• Writings;OTHER WRITINGS
• Also author of The Glanville Women; Anna Starr; Mirror Image; and LookingForward, Looking Back (autobiography). Contributor to periodicals, includingSunday Express, Daily Sketch, Tatler, Evening Standard, and the Evening News.