Janet Morrison

Birth Name Janet Zoe Emilie Morrison

Daughter of Zoe Davis.

Janet Morrison was born on October 24, 1905 in Dover, Kent, England as Janet Zoe Emilie Morrison. She was an actress, known for The Man Who Came to Dinner (1947), My Brother Jonathan (1948) and Give Me the Stars (1945). She was married to Donald Henderson. She died on January 4, 1972 in Whitstable, Kent.

Spouse Donald Henderson (1932 – 1942) (divorced)

Niece of J. Gunnis Davis.

In 1930, she had an affair whilst on Broadway with Brief Encounter actor Cyril Raymond and from this romance came the birth of a child. When the child was four, she gave him up for adoption and he was never to see his mother again or know who his real parents were.

Briefest Encounters is a Documentary Drama based on the life of an Actress named Janet Morrison. The documentary was written and produced by Janet’s granddaughter Joanna Crosse of Meta Media, Bath, Somerset, UK.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XB75a8hCTko

Past productions

Mrs Brown, Harmony Close 8^th – 13^th October 1956, Theatre Royal, Birmingham.
Marriage is No Joke 29^th January – 10^th February 1934, Globe (Shaftesbury Ave), London (now Gielgud Theatre, London) and King’s Theatre, Glasgow.
The Rising Generation 1923 – 1924, Prince’s Theatre, Bristol.
The Bird of Paradise 1920 – 1921, Prince’s Theatre, Bristol.

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