in 1941, to act with Hilton Edwards in a production of Caesar and Cleopatra by George Bernard Shaw, a production that marked the 75th anniversary of the Gaiety. The press welcomed her return to the company, but her fellow actors were disturbed by the fact she was then living with Denis Johnston, the husband of fellow actress Shelah Richards. After Johnston's divorce, they married in March 1945 in Dungannon, County Tyrone. She partly retired from acting to raise their sons, but also due to her increasing deafness that had begun in her teens. In 1947, she appeared in Johnston's The moon in the Yellow River at the Arts Theatre in London with Jack Hawkins. The family moved to the United States in November 1948, where she had the lead role in Shaw's Candida at Amherst College, Massachusetts in 1950. Later life and death In 1969, she returned to Ireland with her family and settled in Dalkey, County Dublin. Chancellor died in Dún Laoghaire on 27 April 1984, and is buried at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. References Further reading Fitz-Simon, Christopher. The Boys (London: Nick Hern Books, 1994) Adams, Bernard. Denis Johnston: A Life. (Dublin: Lilliput Press, 2001) Hobson, Bulmer (ed.). The Gate Theatre - Dublin (Dublin: Gate Theatre, 1934) p. 47 External links Chancellor's roles on Playography Ireland 1910 births 1984 deaths Actresses from Dublin (city) Irish emigrants to the United States 20th-century Irish actresses Irish stage actresses