Laurence Hanray

Laurence Hanray (16 Mei 1874 – 28 November 1947), terkadang disebut sebagai Lawrence Hanray, adalah seorang aktor film dan teater Inggris yang lahir di London, Inggris. Ia juga dianggap sebagai penulis beberapa drama dan lagu aula musik. Laurence Hanray lahir sebagai Lawrence Henry Jacobs di St John's Wood pada 16 Mei 1874, putra Angelo Jacobs (c. 1851-1910), seorang produsen kaca, dan Leah (née Nathan; 1850/1851 - 1946). Ayahnya mengubah namanya menjadi Angelo Jacobs Hanray, dan dengan itu nama keluarga, setelah bangkrut pada tahun 1897, meskipun Laurence telah menggunakan nama Hanray secara profesional setidaknya sejak tahun 1892, ketika ia tampil sebagai anggota Perusahaan Teater Hermann Vezin dalam peran pendukung dalam Hamlet dan Macbeth di Her Majesties Theatre, Dundee. Surat kabar Australia menunjukkan dia berada di Australia dan Selandia Baru sekitar tahun 1901-04, muncul sebagai Carraway Bones, pengurus pemakaman dalam lelucon Muncul di Teater Royal, Perth, pada bulan Mei 1901, dan kemudian di sebagian besar kota-kota utama hingga Juni 1904. Catatan perjalanan menunjukkan dia berangkat dari Sydney ke Auckland pada bulan Agustus 1901, dan berlayar dari Sydney menuju London pada tanggal 7 Oktober 1904. Dia kemudian melanjutkan tur di Inggris. Dalam sensus tahun 1911, Laurence Hanray (36), aktor, tercatat berdomisili di Woolton Hall Hydropathic Hotel, Much Woolton, Lancashire, Inggris. Hanray menikah dengan Dorothy Mary Chambers Farnsworth (1884-1918) di distrik Birkenhead selama kuartal pertama tahun 1914. Dia mengajukan petisi cerai pada tahun 1917, tetapi kemudian meninggal mendadak di London pada 16 Agustus 1918. Hanray menikah dengan Lois Grace Heatherley (1892-1966) di Paddington pada kuartal yang sama istri pertamanya meninggal. Lois juga seorang aktris dan tampil bersama Laurence di Booth Theatre, Broadway, pada tahun 1921. Mereka juga bersama dalam The Faithful Heart, dia sebagai Ginger dan Laurence sebagai Major Lestrade, di Comedy Theatre, Haymarket. Catatan perjalanan kemudian menunjukkan pasangan itu tiba di New York pada September 1922. Dia muncul dalam drama Loyalitas karya John Galsworthy di Teater Gaeity di Broadway. Mereka tiba di Liverpool pada Mei 1923. Pasangan ini juga bermain bersama di Escape at the Booth Theatre, Broadway pada tahun 1927, dia sebagai Nona Grace dan dia dalam berbagai peran (Rekan Narapidana, Tuan Tua, dan Petani). Laurence dan Lois memiliki seorang putri, Ursula Susan Edith Hanray, pada 16 November 1923. Menurut catatan perjalanan, keluarga tersebut mengunjungi Amerika mulai September 1927. Laurence juga pergi sendiri ke Kanada pada September 1931, dan juga pada tahun 1939-1940. Ursula menjadi aktris cilik, memainkan peran utama dalam produksi televisi pertama Alice Through The Looking Glass pada tahun 1937, dan Ratu Victoria muda di teater London pada tahun 1940. Hanray bekerja hampir sampai kematiannya; The Times melaporkan pada awal September 1947 bahwa dia akan tampil dalam sebuah drama di Teater Dunfermline Abbey. Dia meninggal pada usia 73 tahun pada 28 November 1947, setelah operasi di Rumah Sakit Middlesex, London. Lois Grace Hanray meninggal pada usia 74 tahun pada 25 April 1966.

Laurence Hanray (16 May 1874 – 28 November 1947), sometimes credited as Lawrence Hanray, was a British film and theatre actor born in London, England. He is also credited as the author of several plays and music hall songs. Laurence Hanray was born Lawrence Henry Jacobs in St John's Wood on 16 May 1874, the son of Angelo Jacobs (c. 1851-1910), a glass manufacturer, and Leah (née Nathan; 1850/1851 - 1946). His father changed his name to Angelo Jacobs Hanray, and with it the family name, after becoming bankrupt in 1897, although Laurence had been using the name Hanray professionally from at least 1892, when he appeared as a member of the Hermann Vezin Theatre Company in supporting roles in Hamlet and Macbeth at Her Majesties Theatre, Dundee. Australian newspapers show he was in Australia and New Zealand from around 1901-04, appearing as Carraway Bones the undertaker in the farce Turned Up at the Theatre Royal, Perth, in May 1901, and subsequently at most of the main cities until June 1904. Travel records show him departing Sydney for Auckland in August 1901, and sailing from Sydney for London on 7 October 1904. He then resumed touring in Britain. In the 1911 census, Laurence Hanray (36), actor, is listed as residing at the Woolton Hall Hydropathic Hotel, Much Woolton, Lancashire, England. Hanray married Dorothy Mary Chambers Farnsworth (1884-1918) in the Birkenhead district during the first quarter of 1914. She petitioned for divorce in 1917, but then died suddenly in London on 16 August 1918. Hanray married Lois Grace Heatherley (1892-1966) in Paddington during the same quarter his first wife died. Lois was also an actress and performed with Laurence at the Booth Theatre, Broadway, in 1921. They were also together in The Faithful Heart, she as Ginger and Laurence as Major Lestrade, at the Comedy Theatre, Haymarket. Travel records then show the couple arriving in New York in September 1922. He appeared in John Galsworthy's play Loyalties at the Gaeity Theatre on Broadway. They arrived in Liverpool in May 1923. The couple also played together in Escape at the Booth Theatre, Broadway in 1927, she as Miss Grace and he in multiple roles (the Fellow Convict, the Old Gentleman and the Farmer). Laurence and Lois had a daughter, Ursula Susan Edith Hanray, on 16 November 1923. According to travel records, the family visited America from September 1927. Laurence also went on his own to Canada in September 1931, and also during 1939-1940. Ursula became a child actress, playing the title role in the first televised production of Alice Through The Looking Glass in 1937, and the young Queen Victoria in a London theatre in 1940. Hanray worked almost up to his death; The Times reported in early September 1947 that he was to appear in a play at Dunfermline Abbey Theatre. He died at age 73 on 28 November 1947, following an operation at the Middlesex Hospital, London. Lois Grace Hanray died aged 74 on 25 April 1966.