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Barbara Waring

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Barbara Waring

Barbara Waring (née Barbara Alice Waring Gibb; 1 August 1911 – April 1990) was an English actress, screenwriter, and playwright.

Biography

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Barbara Alice Waring Gibb was born on 1 August 1911 in Kent, England, the daughter of Dr. J. A. Gibb.[1] She attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art,[2] and was an actress in the 1930s and 1940s.

In the late 1930s she married Laurence A. Evans, a theatrical agent.[1] They divorced and in 1947 she married the Hon. Geoffrey Cunliffe, son of Walter Cunliffe, 1st Baron Cunliffe, and Edith Cunningham Boothby, and Chairman of British Aluminium.[2][1]

In 1963, she wrote the script for Two by the Sea and in 1974 that for Easter Tells Such Dreadful Lies.[3] In 1967, she wrote the play The Jaywalker, performed at Coventry Cathedral with music by Duke Ellington.[2]

She died in April 1990, aged 78, in Surrey, England.[citation needed]

Appearances

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.
  2. ^ a b c "Barbara Waring, Cavalcade, The Gentle Sex and Duke Ellington". elvirabarney. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Barbara Waring". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on January 24, 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Barbara Waring". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on January 24, 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.