the marriage, but, despite a trial reconciliation, a divorce case eventually followed in 1930. She subsequently married actor Frank Lawton, to whom she remained married until his death. Honours Awarded a CBE in 1973, Laye continued acting well into her nineties. It was reported after Laye's death that the Queen Mother had petitioned the then Prime Minister John Major for Laye to be awarded the DBE (damehood). Death Laye died in a nursing home in Pimlico, Central London from respiratory failure in 1996, aged 95. Filmography The Luck of the Navy (1927) - Cynthia Eden One Heavenly Night (1931) - Lilli Waltz Time (1933) - Rosalinde Eisenstein Princess Charming (1934) - Princess Elaine Evensong (1934) - Madame Irela The Night Is Young (1935) - Elizabeth Katherine Anne 'Lisl' Gluck I'll Turn to You (1946) - Herself (uncredited) Make Mine a Million (1959) - Herself, Cameo appearance Theatre of Death (1967) - Madame Angelique Love, I Think (1970) - Cynthia Pitman Say Hello to Yesterday (1971) - Woman's mother Never Never Land (1980) - Millie My Family and Other Animals (1987) - Mrs. Kralefsky References External links Performances listed in Theatre Archive, University of Bristol Photographs and literature Evelyn Laye's 90th Birthday at The Players' Theatre, London WP:ELNO 1900 births 1996 deaths Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Deaths from respiratory failure English film actresses English musical theatre actresses English stage actresses People from Bloomsbury 20th-century English actresses 20th-century English singers 20th-century English women singers Actresses from London