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Date of Birth

23 July 1913, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Date of Death

29 May 1991, Los Angeles, California, USA (breast cancer)

Birth Name

Coral Edith Brown

Mini Biography

Australian actress who worked primarily in Britain and specialized in superior, upper-crust sorts. Browne began her stage career in Melbourne but moved to England at the age of 21 and quickly brightened the West End with her sharp delivery and stylish sense of comedy. Her film appearances were sporadic, though she made several pictures memorable with her presence, particularly The Ruling Class (1972) as the libidinous Lady Claire.

While touring the Soviet Union in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of "Hamlet, " Browne encountered the expatriate British spy Guy Burgess, and this bizarre meeting became the basis of the television film An Englishman Abroad (1983) (TV), for which Browne won the BAFTA Best Actress award for playing herself. She met Vincent Price when they co-starred in Theater of Blood (1973), and married him in 1974. He was at her side when she died at 77 following a long struggle with breast cancer.

IMDb Mini Biography By: Jim Beaver

Spouse

Vincent Price	(24 October 1974 - 29 May 1991) (her death)
Philip Pearman	(1950 - 1964) (his death)

Trivia

Became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1987.

According to the biography of Coral by Barbara Angell, Coral was bisexual. Her first husband, actor Philip Pearman was gay. Among her male dalliances: Paul Robeson, Christopher Cazenove, Cecil Beaton, Michael Hordern and British spy Guy Burgess.

Having acted with Wilfred Hyde-White as one of the Heavenly voices in Xanadu, they died within weeks of each other, May 1991.

Personal Quotes

"I could never understand whet Godfrey Tearle saw in Jill Bennett, until I saw her at the Caprice eating corn-on-the-cob."

"I married Vincent Price very late in both our lives. It was chiefly because, even if Vincent can be a bit moody and frightening at times, loneliness is even more frightful. Without a husband, even an actress doesn't get invited out much."

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