Daphne Rye (1916 – 10 November 1992) was a director, actress, casting director and restaurateur. Rye was casting agent for the company

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. She discovered a number of talents who became big names, including Richard Burton, later one of Rye's lodgers. She also helped Kenneth More and Honor Blackman. Nigel Hawthorne said of her: "How daunting it was to hear her voice coming from a darkened auditorium during auditions." Her theatrical credits as director included '' Private Lives'', ''

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'' and '' The Little Hut''. She was married three times. Her marriages to the actor Roland Culver and Dr John Janvrin were dissolved. Sam Ainley, her last husband, predeceased her. Rye had two sons from her first marriage, actor Michael Culver and painter Robin Culver. In 1963, with the backing of friends, Rye established a restaurant in Chelsea calle
Daphne's
which became a celebrity hangout, attracting the likes of

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, David Niven,

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and

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. She died in Spain where she had spent much of her life.

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"Obituary: Daphne Rye"
'' The Independent'', 14 December 1992 * Roland Culver obituary (2 March 1984). Associated Press. * Ian King (21 May 1998). "

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mussels in on fashionable Daphne's". ''The Guardian''. * Honor Blackman, interviewed by David Benedict (4 October 2000). "Theatre: Debut Honor Blackman". ''The Independent''. * "Restaurant Spy" (13 August 1994). ''Evening Standard'' magazine. 1916 births 1992 deaths English actresses 20th-century British actresses 20th-century English women 20th-century English people {{England-actor-stub