Name: Rose-Marie DEMELY
Pseudo: Sacha0606
Member of several creative teams
Kit:Vintage Harvest by Linda Cumberland

Gabrielle Ray, one of the most beautiful of the Edwardian actresses, was born in North West England (Cheshire) on the 28th April 1883. She made her stage debut in in 1893. She married Eric Loder in 1912, but the childless marriage was dissolved in 1914.After returning to the stage in 1915, she appeared in a variety of shows and pantomimes for the next ten years. When she danced it was with an unbelievable lightness and when she high kicked her leg flew over her golden curls effortlessly.When her health started to fail in 1936, she had a complete nervous breakdown, which institutionalised in a mental hospital for the next 40 years.She died on the 21st May 1973 at the age of 90 years, with at least 33 years on the stage.