Lilian Braithwaite(1873-1948)

Actress

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Lilian Braithwaite

Lilian Braithwaite was born on 9 March 1873 in Ramsgate, Kent, England, UK. She was an actress, known for L'institut de beauté (1917), Because (1918) and The Woman Who Was Nothing (1917). She was married to Gerald Lawrence. She died on 17 September 1948 in London, England, UK.

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Known for

L'institut de beauté

Duchess of Strood

1917

Actress

1918

The Woman Who Was Nothing

The Wife

1917

The World's Desire

Claire Bennett

1915

Credits

Actress

A Man About the House
6.3
- Mrs. Armitage
- 1947
Condamné à mort
5.8
- Countess
- 1934
The Chinese Puzzle
- Lady de la Haye
- 1932
A Man of Mayfair
- Lady Kingsland
- 1931
Carnival
6.6
- Italia
- 1931
C'est la vie
6.0
- Lady Berwick
- 1927
Son vieux papa
- Widow Mather (as Mrs. Braithwaite)
- 1921
Castles in Spain
- Elizabeth Cherry
- 1920
General Post
5.8
- Lady Broughton
- 1920
Garryowen
- Mrs. Driscoll (as Mrs. Braithwaite)
- 1920
The Chinese Puzzle
- Lady de la Haye
- 1919
Because
- 1918
Dombey and Son
5.2
- Edith Dombey
- 1917
L'institut de beauté
- Duchess of Strood
- 1917
Justice
5.2
- Falder's Sister
- 1917

Personal details

Alternative names
- Mrs. Braithwaite
Born
- March 9, 1873
- Ramsgate, Kent, England, UK
Died
- September 17, 1948
- London, England, UK(heart attack)
Spouse
- Gerald LawrenceJune 27, 1897 - November 13, 1905 (divorced, 1 child)
Children
- Joyce Carey
Other works
A star of the London stage in the 1920s and 30s, especially in Ivor Novello comedies such as 'Party', 'Full House', 'Fresh Fields'.
Publicity listings
- 4 Articles

Did you know

Trivia
Dame Lilian Braithwaite was essentially a theatre actress who made few films. Played Ivor Novello's mother in Hitchcock's "Downhill", but few of her other films are of note. Only made one film after 1932 - "A Man About the House". Knighted as a Dame Commander of the British Empire (D.B.E.) by the King for her services to the arts.

Quotes
I adore my profession... in my young days it was looked upon as the lovely broad slope down which one galloped to perdition.

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