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Carol Raye
AM
Born
Kathleen Mary Corkrey
(1923-01-17)17 January 1923
Rotherhithe, London, Middlesex, England
Died
18 June 2022(2022-06-18) (aged 99)
Macleay Valley,[1] New South Wales, Australia
Other names
Carole Raye
Occupations
Actress
singer
dancer
comedian
radio and television producer
radio and television director
series creator
television executive
media personality
Years active
1938–2000
Known for
Films –
Strawberry Roan
Waltz Time
Green Fingers
While I Live
Television – The Mavis Bramston Show as actress and producer Number 96 As Baroness Amanda Von Pappenburg[2]
Spouse(s)
1-Clark Spencer married 1945-? 2-Robert Ayre Smith married 1951-2006
Children
3
Carol Raye[3]AM (17 January 1923 – 18 June 2022[2] as Kathleen Mary Corkrey and also billed as Carole Raye) was a British-born actress of film, television, radio, theatre and revue, comedian, singer, dancer, and radio and television creator, producer and director, she worked in her native England as well as internationally in Kenya and then Australia, where she was one of the first female television executives at a time when the industry was dominated by male counterparts.[1]
She was known for her career, spanning some seven decades from the late 1930s, firstly as a film star and theatre performer in the United Kingdom in which she would star, and often dance and sing, in such movies as Song of Romance, Strawberry Roan and Waltz Time, after which she briefly worked in Kenya, before immigrating to Australia, where she became notable for her small screen roles.[4]
Raye was best known as the producer and original star of the iconic TV satire The Mavis Bramston Show alongside Gordon Chater and Barry Creyton, as well as a semi-regular star of soap opera Number 96 as Baroness Amanda von Pappenburg, a wealthy socialite from Heidelberg, Germany, who regularly arrives at the iconic "96" to visit her nephew Don Finlayson, portrayed by Joe Hasham.[2]
As a notable media personality, she often appeared as herself on programs like The Mike Walsh Show and was a regular panellist on the game show Blankety Blanks and as a honoured guest on This Is Your Life.[2]
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