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Elvi Hale

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Elvi Hale is a British actress. Born Patricia Elvi Hake on 29 January 1931. She later changed her name to "Elvi Hale", at least professionally, if not legally.[1][2]

Raised in Romford, Essex, she may be best known for playing Anne of Cleves in The Six Wives of Henry VIII, broadcast in 1970. Hale was nominated for a BAFTA award for most promising film newcomer for her performance in Wendy Toye's True as a Turtle (1957). She retired from film and television work in 1990.

Selected filmography

Personal life

She was married to actor Mike Morgan until his death in 1958. She remarried, to character actor George Murcell, in 1961 and remained married until his death in 1998.[3]

References

  1. ^
    Birth record transcript
    Civil registration
    HAKE, Patricia E
    Registration district: Romford
    County: Essex
    Year of registration: 1931
    Quarter of registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
    Mother's maiden name: Parker
    Volume no: 4A
    Page no: 855
  2. ^
    Marriage record transcript
    Name: PUGHE-MORGAN, John M
    Registration district: Battle
    County: Sussex
    Year of registration: 1957
    Quarter of registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
    Spouse's last name Hake
    Volume no: 5H
    Page no: 55
    MarriageFinder: John M Pughe-Morgan married Elvi P Hake
  3. ^ British Film Institute profile of Elvi Hale