Classic Film Club

EVERLEY GREGG

Everley Gregg

Everley Gregg (1945)

Biography

BIO

Everley Gregg was born in Bishopstoke, Hampshire, England, in 1903.   She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London before beginning her career on the regional stage.

Gregg made her West End debut in the hit play Grand Hotel (1931-1932) and continued to appear on the London stage and in summer stock through 1955.

At the age of 27, she debuted as the king’s last wife in the classic film The Private Life of Henry VIII. (1933).   A fine character actress, Gregg appeared in 40 feature films through 1959.

She died in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England, in 1959, at the age of 55.


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Films

NOTED FILMS

The Private Life of Henry VIII.

The Private Life of Henry VIII.
  • The Private Life of Henry VIII.
  • 1933
  • Charles Laughton takes the U.S. by storm with his Oscar-winning portrayal of the English king and his last five marriages.

Pygmalion

Pygmalion
  • Pygmalion
  • 1938
  • A phonetics researcher takes in a common flower girl and teaches her to speak and act like the upper classes. Leslie Howard and Wendy Hiller star.

In Which We Serve

In Which We Serve
  • In Which We Serve
  • 1942
  • Made as a propaganda film to bolster the troops during World War II and written, directed by and starring the British playwright Noel Coward, it tells the tale of a British destroyer crew fighting in the Mediterranean.

Brief Encounter

Brief Encounter
  • Brief Encounter
  • 1945
  • Written and produced by Noel Coward, the story focuses on a short romantic affair perpetrated on Thursdays.   David Lean directs Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard.

Great Expectations

Great Expectations
  • Great Expectations
  • 1946
  • This remake of the 1934 film version of Charles Dickens’ classic novel, was directed by David Lean and stars John Mills and Valerie Hobson.   An orphan apprenticed to be a blacksmith becomes a playmate for a reclusive spinster and her protegé.   He later finds that he is to be educated as a gentleman by a mysterious benefactor.
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