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| Howards' Way star Dulcie Gray dies at 95 | |
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| Howards' Way star Dulcie Gray has died from bronchial pneumonia, aged 95. | Howards' Way star Dulcie Gray has died from bronchial pneumonia, aged 95. |
| First finding fame in Gainsborough Pictures' melodramas in the 1940s, the actress became best known for her role as Kate Harvey in the BBC One series from 1985 - 1990. | First finding fame in Gainsborough Pictures' melodramas in the 1940s, the actress became best known for her role as Kate Harvey in the BBC One series from 1985 - 1990. |
| She regularly appeared on stage, television and film opposite her actor husband, the late Michael Denison. | She regularly appeared on stage, television and film opposite her actor husband, the late Michael Denison. |
| The actress also had a second career as a novelist, penning almost 20 books about dogged sleuth, Inspector Cardiff. | The actress also had a second career as a novelist, penning almost 20 books about dogged sleuth, Inspector Cardiff. |
| Several of her short stories were published in Herbert Van Thal's Pan Book of Horror stories. | Several of her short stories were published in Herbert Van Thal's Pan Book of Horror stories. |
| Gray had been living at the actors' residential care home, Denville Hall, in west London, at the time she died on Tuesday. | Gray had been living at the actors' residential care home, Denville Hall, in west London, at the time she died on Tuesday. |
| Born in Kuala Lumpur in 1915 where her father was a lawyer, she trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, where she met Denison. | Born in Kuala Lumpur in 1915 where her father was a lawyer, she trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, where she met Denison. |
| They appeared in more than 100 productions together during their 59-year marriage, including their joint Broadway debut in the first New York production of Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband in 1996. | They appeared in more than 100 productions together during their 59-year marriage, including their joint Broadway debut in the first New York production of Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband in 1996. |
| They were both awarded CBEs for services to drama in 1983. | They were both awarded CBEs for services to drama in 1983. |
| Following Denison's death in 1998, Gray returned to the stage to appear in adaptations of The Ladykillers and The Lady Vanishes. | Following Denison's death in 1998, Gray returned to the stage to appear in adaptations of The Ladykillers and The Lady Vanishes. |
| She last appeared on screen in 2000 in an episode of BBC drama Doctors. | She last appeared on screen in 2000 in an episode of BBC drama Doctors. |