Marjie Lawrence
| Marjie Lawrence | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Marjorie Lawrence 21 January 1932 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK |
| Died | 16 June 2010 (aged 78) Esher, Surrey, England, UK |
| Cause of death | Ovarian cancer |
| Residence | Stratford, London, UK |
| Alma mater | Birmingham School of Speech & Drama |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1952–2010 |
| Spouse(s) | Harry Greene (1955–2010) Her death |
| Children | Sarah, Laura, Robin |
Marjie Lawrence (21 January 1932 – 16 June 2010) was an English theatre, film and television actress. A noted highly adaptable and continually working actress, she spoke the first words uttered on ITV.
Born in Birmingham, Warwickshire, she undertook weekend acting classes from aged 12 at the Birmingham Theatre School. After completing her schooling, she was accepted to be trained at the Birmingham School of Speech & Drama on a three-year under graduate course.
On graduation, she undertook work with George Dare's touring company in Norfolk, learning and acting in 36 plays over eight weeks. After the company returned to Bacton, she left the company with another actress and started working at the local sanitorium, to earn enough money to afford the train fare to London. After leaving the hospital on finding out that most of the staff had TB, her former landlady introduced her to Lady Rawlinson wife of Sir Alfred Rawlinson, 4th Baronet at North Walsham, who employed her as a cook. Unable to cook, she stayed for the summer of 1953 as the children's nanny.
Moving to Swiss Cottage, London in October 1953, she undertook work as a filing clerk in Victoria, London during the day, while watching for acting opportunities in The Stage. On New Year's Day 1954, she was one of 200 people who attended an audition at the Theatre Royal in Stratford for Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop company. The facilitator for the audition was Harry Greene, while Littlewood put her through a two-hour audition before accepting Lawrence into the company. Greene and Lawrence quickly became a couple.
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