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Vivean Gray

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Vivean Gray  (born Jean Vivra Gray on 20 July 1924 in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire) is an English actress, who found her niche playing gossipy characters in Australian television series. In her early life, she lived in England but moved to Australia after she had trouble finding any acting opportunities. She portrayed mathematics teacher Miss McGraw in Peter Weir's film adaptation of Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975). She played two long-running characters in Australian soap operas, Mrs Ida Jessup in The Sullivans for its entire run, and Mrs Nell Mangel in Neighbours. She appeared in Prisoner as genteel poisoner Edna Pearson in 1984. After the initial showing of her episodes in Australia, a woman claimed the story was based on her real life experience of being accused of poisoning her husband and threatened to sue the producers,Grundy Television. As a result any material that coincided with the woman's story was removed for subsequent episode screenings,including the full Australian DVD release of Prisoner. In 2010 a special DVD release of the full uncut 'Edna' story was released but only in the UK. Gray left her role of Mrs Mangel after receiving abuse from Neighbours fans who could not distinguish fact from fiction. In the story Mrs Mangel moved to St Albans, England. Gray returned to England, and has since retired and leads a very private life. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vivean Gray, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia


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Born:
Jul 20, 1924 In Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Movie/TV Credits:
7
First Appeared:
In the movie A City's Child 1971-11-08
Latest Project:
Movie Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite 2015-03-16
Known For
Poster of The Last Wave
Poster of Picnic at Hanging Rock
Poster of Libido
Poster of A City's Child
Filmography
Movie Neighbours 30th: The Stars Reunite Nell Mangel (archive footage) 2015-03-16
Movie The Last Wave Dr. Whitburn 1977-12-15
Series The Sullivans 1976-11-15
Movie The Great MacArthy Mrs. Thompson 1975-08-04
Movie Picnic at Hanging Rock Miss Greta McCraw 1975-09-02
Movie Libido Elderly Nun (segment "The Priest") 1973-04-06
Movie A City's Child First Neighbor 1971-11-08