René Ray, Countess of Midleton (22 September 1911 – 28 August 1993) was a British film and stage actress of the 1930s and 1940s who appeared in over forty films.

She turned to writing for much of her later career; her work includes the 1957 novel The Strange World of Planet X

The Strange World of Planet X

The Strange World of Planet X is a British science fiction horror novel. Written by former actress Rene Ray, it is a cautionary tale about science.-Plot:...

and its television adaptation.

She was married to George St John Brodrick, 2nd Earl of Midleton

George Brodrick, 2nd Earl of Midleton

George St John Brodrick, 2nd Earl of Midleton was an English aristocrat.He succeeded his father as the Earl of Midleton in 1942. He was also married to the film actress Rene Ray....

 (1888 - 1979), thus allowing her to style herself as the
Countess of Midleton, but they had no children.

Selected filmography

• Varsity (1930)
• The King's Cup
  The King's Cup
  The King's Cup is a 1933 British drama film directed by Alan Cobham and Robert Cullen and starring Chili Bouchier, Harry Milton and William Kendall...
  
  (1933)
• Excess Baggage
  Excess Baggage (1933 film)
  Excess Baggage is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Redd Davis and starring Claud Allister, Frank Pettingell, Sydney Fairbrother, René Ray, Gerald Rawlinson and Viola Compton. A British army Colonel mistakenly thinks he has killed his superior officer while hunting own a ghost...
  
  (1933)
• Born Lucky (1933)
• The Passing of the Third Floor Back
  The Passing of the Third Floor Back
  The Passing of the Third Floor Back is a 1935 British drama film directed by Berthold Viertel and starring Conrad Veidt, Anna Lee, René Ray and Frank Cellier. The film is based on a short story by Jerome K. Jerome and depicts the various small-minded inhabitants of a building and the arrival of a...
  
  (1935)
• His Lordship
  His Lordship (1936 film)
  His Lordship is a 1936 British drama film directed by Herbert Mason and starring George Arliss, Romilly Lunge, René Ray and Jessie Winter. It was released as Man of Affairs in the United States.-Cast:...
  
  (1936)
• Farewell Again
  Farewell Again
  Farewell Again is a 1937 British drama film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Leslie Banks, Flora Robson, Sebastian Shaw and Robert Newton. The film is a portmanteau illustrating the calls of duty on various soldiers and their families...
  
  (1937)
• The Return of the Frog
  The Return of the Frog
  The Return of the Frog is a 1938 British crime film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Gordon Harker, Hartley Power and René Ray. It was a sequel to the 1937 film The Frog which was based on an Edgar Wallace novel...
  
  (1938)
• Bank Holiday
  Bank Holiday (film)
  Bank Holiday is a 1938 British drama film directed by Carol Reed and starring John Lodge, Margaret Lockwood, Hugh Williams and Kathleen Harrison...
  
  (1938)
• Mountains O'Mourne
  Mountains O'Mourne
  Mountains O'Mourne is a 1938 British musical film directed by Harry Hughes and starring René Ray, Niall MacGinnis and Jerry Verno. Two Irish families are evicted from their properties, but their children raise the money to regain them...
  
  (1938)
• Home from Home
  Home from Home (film)
  Home from Home is a 1939 British comedy drama film directed by Herbert Smith and starring Sandy Powell, René Ray and Peter Gawthorne. A man struggles to cope with life after being released from prison.-Cast:* Sandy Powell - Sandy...
  
  (1939)
• The Call for Arms
  The Call for Arms
  The Call for Arms is a 1940 British propaganda short film, directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Jean Gillie and René Ray. The film was commissioned by the Ministry of Information and was aimed at women, urging them to sign up for war work....
  
  (1940)
• Old Bill and Son
  Old Bill and Son
  Old Bill and Son is a 1941 British, black-and-white, comedy, war film, directed by Ian Dalrymple and starring Morland Graham, John Mills, Mary Clare and Ronald Shiner as Herbert 'Bert' Smith. It was produced by Legeran Films.-Synopsis:...
  
  (1941)
• If Winter Comes
  If Winter Comes
  If Winter Comes is a 1947 drama film released by MGM. The movie was directed by Victor Saville, based on the novel by A.S.M. Hutchinson. The film tells the story of an English textbook writer who takes in a pregnant girl...
  
  (1947)
• The Galloping Major
  The Galloping Major (film)
  The Galloping Major is a 1951 British comedy film starring Basil Radford, Jimmy Hanley and Janette Scott. It also featured Sid James, Charles Hawtrey and Joyce Grenfell in supporting roles. It was directed by Henry Cornelius...
  
  (1951)
• Women of Twilight
  Women of Twilight
  Women of Twilight is a 1952 British crime film directed by Gordon Parry and starring René Ray, Lois Maxwell, Freda Jackson and Laurence Harvey. The screenplay was by Anatole de Grunwald. 89 minutes.-Plot:...
  
  (1952)
• The Good Die Young
  The Good Die Young
  The Good Die Young is a crime thriller made in the United Kingdom by Remus Productions, featuring a number of American characters. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert. The screenplay was based on the book of the same name written by Richard Macaulay....
  
  (1954)
• The Vicious Circle
  The Vicious Circle (1957 film)
  The Vicious Circle is a 1957 British thriller film directed by Gerald Thomas and starring John Mills, Noelle Middleton, Wilfrid Hyde-White and Lionel Jeffries. A leading Harley Street specialist is forced to work with the police to nail a gang of international criminals, after being falsely accused...
  
  (1957)

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