Bruce Belfrage [SEP] date of death
Bruce Belfrage
Bruce Belfrage (30 October 1900 – August 1974) was an English actor and BBC radio newsreader. He was casting director at the BBC between 1936 and 1939, and founded the BBC Repertory Company in 1939.
Early life.
Bruce Belfrage was born in Marylebone, London. His younger brother was the author and journalist Cedric Belfrage. He was educated at Gresham's School before taking an honours degree in modern languages at St John's College, Oxford.
Career.
Belfrage is reported as performing
her role as the friendly spinster Teresa Alan in the Oscar-winning romance film "A Room with a View", which was released less than a year before her death.
Joan Henley married Bruce Belfrage in 1930 and they had a son, Julian Belfrage, who became an actor's agent. After her divorce from Belfrage, she was married with author Laurence Meynell from 1956 until her death.
Filmography.
- "Purse Strings" (1933) as Ida Bentley
- "Charley's Aunt" (