Molly Raynor Explained

Molly Raynor
Birth Date:	5 June 1905
Birth Place:	Dunedin, New Zealand
Death Place:	Sydney, Australia

Molly Raynor (June 5, 1905 – 12 March 1976)^[1] was a New Zealand and Australian actress.

Raynor was born 5 June 1905 in Dunedin, New Zealand. She left New Zealand as a school girl to study music, elocution, and singing at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. She married John McIntosh Beattie (John Warwick) in 1929.^[2] She died in Sydney, Australia, on 12 March 1976.

Life

Educated in Dunedin, Raynor left to study music at the Sydney Conservatorium.Shortly after arriving in Sydney she appeared as one of Mrs. Bennett-Whites "Cheer-Oh Girls", a concert party that raised funds for charitable causes relating to soldiers and veterans - where she appeared between 1921^[3] and 1927,^[4] giving character sketches.^[5]

Filmography

• The Hayseeds (1933) Pansy Regan (credited as Molly Rayner)
• Woman to Woman (1947) as Sylvia's Friend
• Dinner at Eight (1951)
• Theatre Royal (1952)
• Mr. Beamish Goes South (1953)
• The Scarlet Web (1954) as Miss Riggs
• Child's Play (1954) as Mrs Cannon

Notes and References

1. Web site: Raynor, Molly, 1905-1976 . 2022-08-24 . natlib.govt.nz.
2. News: A woman's letter . 24 February 2020 . . 24 May 1929 . 18.
3. Web site: Archived copy . 24 February 2020 . 24 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200224183432/https://ozvta.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/cheer-oh-girls-r-notes-6102018.pdf . dead .
4. Web site: The Queenslander (Brisbane, QLD. : 1866 - 1939) - 1 Dec 1927 - p5.
5. News: Cheer-oh Girls' Concert . . New South Wales, Australia . 3 June 1922 . 24 February 2020 . 2 . Trove .