Harris, Mary

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Agent TypePersonGenderFemaleHistoryMary Harris worked in the theatre in London in the 1930s, acting in theatrical events like the Malvern festival and productions for the Birmingham Reperatory Theatre. During the war, she worked for the BBC, and took part in theatrical entertainment of British armed forces. After the war, Mary directed the Watergate Theatre [off the Strand], which closed [in the 1950s?). She then became an agent for actors and with the advent of television, a lot of her work was concentrated in finding actors for television productions.
Mary married Vernon Harris, later a television script writer, in ? and they divorced soon after the war. She married Mayne in 1972 while he still worked as Non-Executive Director of the Glasgow Tea Companies, and emigrated with him to Australia in 1980.

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Datec.1915-

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