Elvi Hale Explained

Elvi Hale
Birth Name:Patricia Elvira Hake
Birth Date:29 January 1931
Birth Place:Essex, England
Nationality:British
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:1957–1992

Patricia Elvira Hake (born 29 January 1931), known as Elvi Hale, is a British retired actress. She played Anne of Cleves in The Six Wives of Henry VIII, broadcast in 1970.

Career

Born in Essex on 29 January 1931,[1] Hake was raised in Romford. She was educated at Reed's School. Hake was discovered by Laurence Olivier, who saw her perform at the Old Vic School.[2] Elvi played Heather, the love interest of Leslie Phillips (as Sub-Lieutenant Pouter) in the film version of The Navy Lark (1959), a role normally played by Heather Chasen in the radio series.

Hale was nominated for a BAFTA award for most promising film newcomer for her performance in Wendy Toye's True as a Turtle (1957).[3] She portrayed the fourth of Henry VIII's wives, Anne of Cleves, in the BBC's six-part drama serial The Six Wives of Henry VIII first broadcast in 1970. She completely retired from all film and television work in 1990.

Personal life

She was married to actor Mike Morgan until his death in 1958. She married character actor George Murcell in 1961; he died in 1998, aged 73.[4]

Partial filmography

Notes and References

  1. Book: Maxford, Howard . Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company . 2018-12-17 . McFarland . 978-1-4766-7007-2 . en.
  2. News: Olivier Saw Her First ... . 31 January 2019 . The Sydney Morning Herald . March 21, 1957 . Australia, New South Wales, Sydney . 22. Newspapers.com.
  3. Web site: BAFTA Awards . British Academy of Film and Television Arts . 31 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160407213732/http://awards.bafta.org/award/1958/film/most-promising-newcomer-to-film . 7 April 2016.
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20080418004245/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/16015 British Film Institute profile of Elvi Hale
  5. Book: Serials on British Television, 1950-1994. 107. Ellen Baskin . Scolar Press. 1996.