Molly Raynor

Molly Raynor (June 5, 1905 – 12 March 1976)^[1] was a New Zealand and Australian actress.

Molly Raynor
Born	(1905-06-05)June 5, 1905 Dunedin, New Zealand
Died	March 12, 1976(1976-03-12) (aged 70) Sydney, Australia

Raynor was born 5 June 1905 in Dunedin, New Zealand.^{[citation needed]} She left New Zealand as a school girl to study music, elocution, and singing at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.^[2] She married John McIntosh Beattie (John Warwick) in 1929.^[3] She died in Sydney, Australia, on 12 March 1976.^{[citation needed]}

Life

Educated in Dunedin, Raynor left to study music at the Sydney Conservatorium.^[2] Shortly after arriving in Sydney she appeared as one of Mrs. Bennett-Whites "Cheer-Oh Girls", a concert party that raised funds for charitable causes relating to soldiers and veterans - where she appeared between 1921^[4] and 1927,^[5] giving character sketches.^[6]

Filmography

• The Hayseeds (1933) Pansy Regan (credited as Molly Rayner)^[7]
• Woman to Woman (1947) as Sylvia's Friend
• Dinner at Eight (1951)^[1]
• Theatre Royal (1952)^[1]
• Mr Beamish Goes South (1953)^[1]
• The Scarlet Web (1954) as Miss Riggs
• Child's Play (1954) as Mrs Cannon