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- Birth nameEthel Fabia McGlinchy
- Height5′ 7½″ (1.71 m)
- Fabia Drake was born on January 20, 1904 in Herne Bay, Kent, England, UK. She was an actress, known for A Room with a View (1986), Valmont (1989) and The Good Companions (1957). She was married to Maxwell Joseph Hall Turner. She died on February 28, 1990 in London, England, UK.
- SpouseMaxwell Joseph Hall Turner(December 1938 - December 10, 1960) (his death, 1 child)
- Life long friend of Lord Olivier. The two met in grade school when She played Petruchio to His Katherine in a reverse gender Taming Of The Shrew.
- Husband Maxwell Joseph Hall Turner (1907-1960) was a barrister-at-law, Queen's Counsel and from 1958 a judge of the Mayor's and City of London Court . She retired for nearly a decade following their 1938 marriage. The couple had one child, a daughter named Deirdre (born March 1940).
- She was made an OBE (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in the 1987 Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to drama.
- Made her stage debut at age 9 in "The Fairy Doll". She was 13 when she appeared in a production of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" along with a 10-year-old actor named Laurence Olivier both playing the leading roles.
- Completed two tours of North America with the Royal Shakespeare Company in her early years.
- The lovely thing about being an ancient actress is that you don't have to retire, it's just there are older parts to play.
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