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- Birth nameJohn Robert Hale-Monro
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Sonnie Hale was born on May 1, 1902 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for First a Girl (1935), The Phantom Strikes (1938) and Sailing Along (1938). He was married to Mary Kelsey, Jessie Matthews and Evelyn Laye. He died on June 9, 1959 in London, England, UK.
- SpousesMary Kelsey(March 2, 1945 - 1957) (separated, 1 child)Jessie Matthews(January 24, 1931 - July 3, 1944) (divorced, 1 child)Evelyn Laye(April 10, 1926 - July 12, 1930) (divorced)
- Younger brother of actress Binnie Hale.
- Horn-rimmed British comedy star of Cochran and Coward revues, pantomime and musicals, on stage from 1921. Hale forsook the theatre for films in the mid-1930's, having signed as actor/writer/director for Gaumont British. His screen career came to a sudden end in 1938, following the cancellation of a projected musical he had written for Jessie Matthews ("Asking for Trouble").
- In 1937, Hale and his wife Jessie Matthews spurned an offer to act in Hollywood for a yearly salary of 50,000 pounds, stating "it would throw too big a spanner into the domestic works".
- Father, with Frances Bennett, of Joanna Monro.
- Son of actor Robert Hale.
- (On women in wartime): Be truly feminine. This does not mean to say that you must be fluffy in looks or mind. But to-day there is a danger of too much back-slapping and loud voices among the fair sex -- and how I hate it.
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