Dorothy Fane (1889–1976), nee Foster, was a British actress. She is sometimes credited as Dorothy Fayne.
[Kear & King p.134] Fane appeared frequently in the British theatre and
silent films
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Selected filmography
Dorothy Foster
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Hamlet
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'' (1912)
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The Gentleman Ranker'' (1912)
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The Fishergirl of Cornwall'' (1912)
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A Cornish Romance'' (1912)
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Lieutenant Daring and the Labour Riots'' (1913)
Dorothy Fane
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
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'' (1916)
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The Bigamist'' (1916)
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The Flag Lieutenant'' (1919)
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The Pride of the Fancy'' (1920) - Hilda Douglas
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In the Night'' (1920) - Estelle
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Daniel Deronda'' (1921) - Gwendolen Harleith
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Corinthian Jack'' (1921) - Lady Barbara
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The Harper's Mystery'' (1921)
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Married Life'' (1921)
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The Princess of New York'' (1921)- Violet Meretham
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Laughter and Tears'' (1921) - Countess Maltakoff
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The Bonnie Brier Bush
''The Bonnie Brier Bush'' is a 1921 British drama film directed by Donald Crisp. Alfred Hitchcock is credited as a title designer. The film is considered to be lost.
Plot
As described in a film magazine, dour Scottish shepherd Lachlan Campbell ...
'' (1921) - Kate Carnegie
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The Lonely Lady of Grosvenor Square
''The Lonely Lady of Grosvenor Square'' is a 1922 British silent romance film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Betty Faire, Jack Hobbs and Eileen Magrath.
Cast
* Betty Faire - Jeanne Marney
* Jack Hobbs - Duke of Monaghan
* Eileen M ...
'' (1922) - Anne-Marie Marney
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Bulldog Drummond
Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond is a fictional character, created by H. C. McNeile and published under his pen name "Sapper". Following McNeile's death in 1937, the novels were continued by Gerard Fairlie. Drummond is a First World War veteran who, ...
'' (1922)
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Creation
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Religion
*''Creatio ex nihilo'', the concept that matter was created by God out of nothing
* Creation myth, a religious story of the origin of the world and how people first came to inhabit it
* Creationism, the belief tha ...
'' (1922)
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A Lost Leader'' (1922)
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The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots
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'' (1923) - Mary Beaton
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Lights of London'' (1923) - Belle
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The Vortex
''The Vortex'' is a play in three acts by the English writer and actor Noël Coward. The play depicts the sexual vanity of a rich, ageing beauty, her troubled relationship with her adult son, and drug abuse in British society circles after the ...
'' (1928) - Helen Saville
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Threads'' (1932)
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The Innocents of Chicago'' (1932)
References
Bibliography
* Kear, Lynn & King, James. ''Evelyn Brent: The Life and Films of Hollywood's Lady Crook''. McFarland & Co, 2009.
External links
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1889 births
1976 deaths
British film actresses
British stage actresses
20th-century British actresses
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