What is Evelyn Laye?
{{Infobox person | bgcolour = | name = Evelyn Laye | image = Evelyn Laye Allan Warren.jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Elsie Evelyn Lay | birth_date = {{Birth date|1900|07|10|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Bloomsbury]], [[London]], England | death_date = {{Death date and age|1996|02|17|1900|07|10|df=y}} | death_place = London, England | occupation = {{hlist|Actress|singer |light entertainer}} | years_active = 1915–1988 | spouse = [[Frank Lawton]] <small>(m. 1934&ndash;1969; his death)</small> <br>[[Sonnie Hale]] <small>(m. 1926&ndash;1930; divorced)</small> }} '''Evelyn Laye''', [[Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|CBE]] (10 July 1900 &ndash; 17 February 1996)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Evelyn-Laye|title=Evelyn Laye {{!}} British actress|work=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2017-10-22|language=en}}</ref> was an English actress. Her best known roles were in the 1920s, such as in ''[[Phi-Phi]]'' (1922), ''[[Madame Pompadour (operetta)|Madame Pompadour]]'' (1923), ''[[The Dollar Princess]]'', ''Blue Eyes'' (1928) and ''[[Das Dreimäderlhaus|Lilac Time]]''. Her first husband, actor [[Sonnie Hale]], left her for [[Jessie Matthews]], earning much public sympathy for Laye. Her second husband was actor [[Frank Lawton]]. Laye died in a nursing home in [[Pimlico]], [[Central London]] from [[respiratory failure]], aged 95. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Laye, Evelyn}} [[Category:1900 births]] [[Category:1996 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from respiratory failure]] [[Category:English movie actors]] [[Category:English stage actors]] [[Category:English television actors]] [[Category:Actors from London]] {{actor-stub}}