Anne Grey

Anne Grey
Born	Aileen Stephen Ewing 6 March 1907 Edmonton, Middlesex, England, UK
Died	3 April 1987 (aged 80) Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire, England, UK
Years active	1928–1938
Spouse(s)	George Ernest Gordon Hope-Johnstone (1940-1987; her death); 1 child Lester Matthews (1931–38; divorced)

Anne Grey (born Aileen Stephen Ewing; 6 March 1907 – 3 April 1987) was an English actress,^[1] who appeared in 44 films between 1928 and 1939, including some Hollywood films during the late 1930s. She was educated at Lausanne and King's College London.^[2]

She had originally intended a literary career, and to become a journalist but went on stage instead. Her first film experience in 1925 was in a crowd scene in The Constant Nymph but she got second lead in her next picture just two months later. In 1934 she went to Hollywood.

Partial filmography

• The Warning (1928)
• Taxi for Two (1929)
• The Runaway Princess (1929)
• The School for Scandal (1930)
• The Calendar (1931)
• Guilt (1931)
• The Happy Ending (1931)
• Other People's Sins (1931)
• Leap Year (1932)
• Number Seventeen (1932)
• The Faithful Heart (1932)
• Lily Christine (1932)
• Murder at Covent Garden (1932)
• One Precious Year (1933)
• She Was Only a Village Maiden (1933)
• The Lure (1933)
• The Blarney Stone (1933)
• Leave It to Smith (1933)
• The Poisoned Diamond (1933)
• The Golden Cage (1933)
• The House of Trent (1933)
• Road House (1934)
• Colonel Blood (1934)
• Break of Hearts (1935)
• Bonnie Scotland (1935)

References

1. Profile, ftvdb.bfi.org.uk; accessed 4 July 2015.
2. "Anne Grey profile". British Films of the 30s, 40s and 50s. Retrieved 22 May 2010.

External links

• Anne Grey at the Internet Movie Database