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- Lilian Braithwaite was born on March 9, 1873 in Ramsgate, Kent, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Gay Lord Quex (1917), Because (1918) and The Woman Who Was Nothing (1917). She was married to Gerald Lawrence. She died on September 17, 1948 in London, England, UK.
- SpouseGerald Lawrence(June 27, 1897 - November 13, 1905) (divorced, 1 child)
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- Dame Lilian Braithwaite was essentially a theatre actress who made few films. Played Ivor Novello's mother in Hitchcock's "Downhill", but few of her other films are of note. Only made one film after 1932 - "A Man About the House". Knighted as a Dame Commander of the British Empire (D.B.E.) by the King for her services to the arts.
- A clergyman's daughter, on stage from 1900.
- Mother of actress Joyce Carey.
- She was awarded the DBE (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1943 King's New Year Honours List for her services to drama.
- I adore my profession... in my young days it was looked upon as the lovely broad slope down which one galloped to perdition.
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