Occupation Actress Siblings Jane Hannen Role Theatre actress | Name Hermione Hannen Years active 1932-1950s | |
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Born 26 January 1913 ( 1913-01-26 ) London, England Relatives Nicholas John Hannen (grandfather)
Athene Seyler (step-mother)
Ariane Mnouchkine (niece) Died October 1, 1983, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom Alma mater Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Spouse Clifford Evans (m. 1941–1983), Anthony Quayle (m. 1934–1941) Parents Nicholas Hannen, Muriel Morland Similar People Anthony Quayle, Dorothy Hyson, Clifford Evans, Nicholas Hannen, Jenny Quayle | ||
Hermione Hannen (26 January 1913 – 1 October 1983) was an English theatre and film actress. She was born in London, the daughter of Nicholas "Beau" Hannen, who was also an actor on the stage and in film.
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Biography
Hannen was born on 26 January 1913, London.
Hannen's grandfather was Sir Nicholas John Hannen, who served as Chief Justice of the British Supreme Court for China and Japan and also as British Consul-General in Shanghai. Sir Nicholas died in office and marines from HMS Hermione served as an honour guard and pallbearers at his funeral. This is presumably why the name Hermione was chosen for her.
Career
Hannen trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Her début as an actress was in Cairo in 1932 during her father's tour of the Far East and Australia. In the 1930s she acted in numerous plays performed at the Old Vic in London, including The Voysey Inheritance, The Rivals, Man and Superman and Hamlet. She also played Ophelia in Hamlet at the Westminster Theatre in 1937 and in Silent Night at St James's.
She also performed in five films between 1935 and 1946.
During World War II, from 1940 to 1945, she was a BBC announcer, and from 1954 she broadcast regularly in plays.
Marriages
Hannen was married twice. Her first husband was the English actor Anthony Quayle (1913–1989) and her second husband was the Welsh actor Clifford Evans (1912–1985), who survived her.
Death
Hannen died in Shrewsbury on 1 October 1983.