Elizabeth Kay obituary by Frances Kay

My mother, Elizabeth Kay, who has died aged 97, made her West End debut playing Ismene in Laurence Olivier's celebrated production of Oedipus Rex at the Old Vic in 1945-46. Born in Worthing, West Sussex, to Florence (nee Osborn) and Jim Smith, who ran a radio repair business, Elizabeth went to Varndean grammar school, Brighton. When she was small, Jim discovered communism and was an active member of the Brighton bran…

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