RAY, Gabrielle, actress and dancer;
Born Stockport, 28 Apr., 1883; daughter of William Augustine Cook, J.P. for Cheshire, and his wife Anne Maria Elizabeth (Holden) ;
married Eric Loder (marriage dissolved); made her first appearance on the stage when a child, at the Princess's Theatre, 17 Oct., 1893, as the child Eveleen in Miami; subsequently appeared at Richmond as Cupid in Little Red Riding Hood, also appeared as Adrienne (the child) in Proof, and as Cissie in The Silver King;
appeared at the Richmond Theatre in several plays and pantomimes; toured as Mamie Clancy in The Belle of New York for two years, 1899-1900; and as Dolly Twinkle in The Casino Girl, 1901-2; at the Lyric, Christmas, 1902, played Little Red Riding Hood;
was then engaged by George Edwardes to understudy Miss Gertie Millar as Cora in The Toreador, playing the part on numerous occasions; at the Apollo Theatre, 1903, succeeded Miss Letty Lind as Ellen in The Girl from Kay's; at the Gaiety, 26 Oct., 1903, played Thisbe in The Orchid; appeared at the Prince of Wales's, 1905, in Lady Madcap;
13 Jan., 1906, played Lady Dorothy Congress in The Little Cherub, and in May appeared in the same part in the revised version, The Girl on the Stage; 20 June, 1906, played So-Hie in See-See; at Daly's, Dec., 1906, played Egle in Les Merveilicuses, and Sept., 1907, Frou-Frou in The Merry Widow; at Daly's, Sept., 1909, played Daisy in The Dollar Princess; at the Gaiety, Mar., 1911, appeared as Polly Polino in Peggy;
after an absence of over four years, made her reappearance on the stage at Daly's, Oct., 1915, when she played Estelle in Betty; at the London Hippo-drome, Sept., 1916, appeared in Flying Colours; at the Prince's, Bradford, Christmas, 1919, played Maid Marian in The Babes in the Wood; during 1920 appeared in variety theatres; at the Theatre Royal, Manchester, Christmas, 1920, played in Mother Goose.
[from Who's Who in the Theatre 1930 from the Reference book Look-Up Service]
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