Athene Seyler was born on May 31, 1889 in Hackney, London, England. She was an actress, known for The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958), Curse of the Demon (1957) and Make Mine Mink (1960). She was married to Nicholas Hannen and James Bury Sterndale-Bennett. She died on September 12, 1990 in Hammersmith, London.
My work was my holiday to me, I enjoyed it so much. I had a smashing time.
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Appeared on stage at the Royal National Theatre at the venerable age of 101.
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In 1950, was elected lifelong president of the Theatrical Ladies Guild.
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Athene was educated at Coombe Hill and at Bedford College, London, where she studied Restoration Comedy, which she was later to excel in as an actress..
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Her father, secretary and advisor to a Greek millionaire, was obsessed with all things Greek and gave all of his daughters classical Greek names.
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She claimed having never taken holidays, because she enjoyed her work too much.
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Plump, curmudgeonly British character actress, whose quirky personality and lived-in face enlivened many a performance as spinster aunt, indomitable dowager or pixillated old dear, over a period of six decades. She began on stage in 1908, in "The Truants", that year winning the RADA gold medal. In 1950, she was made President of the Council of RADA.
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After her first marriage ended, she lived with fellow actor, Nicholas "Beau" Hannen, from 1922 but they couldn't marry because Hannen's wife refused a divorce. In 1928 she legally changed her name to Athene Hannen. They were married after his wife's death in 1960.
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Upon her death, her remains were interred at St. Mary's Churchyard, Mill Green, Station Road, Wargrave, Berkshire, England.
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