{{Short description|New Zealand-born actress (1905–1976)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2017}} {{Infobox person | name = Molly Raynor | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|06|05}} | birth_place = Dunedin, New Zealand | death_date = {{Death date and age|1976|03|12|1905|06|05}} | death_place = Sydney, Australia | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = | years_active = | known_for = | notable_works = }}
'''Molly Raynor''' (June 5, 1905 – 12 March 1976)<ref name="Raynor, Molly, 1905-1976...">{{Cite web |title=Raynor, Molly, 1905-1976 |url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/31998763 |access-date=2022-08-24 |website=natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> was a New Zealand and Australian actress.
Raynor was born 5 June 1905 in Dunedin, New Zealand.{{Citation needed|date=February 2020}} She left New Zealand as a school girl to study music, elocution, and singing at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.<ref name="Trove WDN" /> She married John McIntosh Beattie (John Warwick) in 1929.<ref>{{cite news |title=A woman's letter |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/117241716 |accessdate=24 February 2020 |work=The Land |date=24 May 1929 |page=18}}</ref> She died in Sydney, Australia, on 12 March 1976.{{Citation needed|date=February 2020}}
==Life== {{Expand section|date=February 2020}} Educated in Dunedin, Raynor left to study music at the Sydney Conservatorium.<ref name="Trove WDN" /> Shortly after arriving in Sydney she appeared as one of Mrs. Bennett-Whites "Cheer-Oh Girls", a concert party that raised funds for charitable causes relating to soldiers and veterans - where she appeared between 1921<ref name = "Cheer-Oh">{{Cite web |url=https://ozvta.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/cheer-oh-girls-r-notes-6102018.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=24 February 2020 |archive-date=24 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224183432/https://ozvta.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/cheer-oh-girls-r-notes-6102018.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> and 1927,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/2404968|title = The Queenslander (Brisbane, QLD. : 1866 - 1939) - 1 Dec 1927 - p5}}</ref> giving character sketches.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article104675946 |title=Cheer-oh Girls' Concert |newspaper=Nepean Times |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=3 June 1922 |access-date=24 February 2020 |page=2 |via=Trove }}</ref>
==Filmography== * ''The Hayseeds'' (1933) Pansy Regan (credited as Molly Rayner) * ''Woman to Woman'' (1947) as Sylvia's Friend * ''Dinner at Eight'' (1951)<ref name="Raynor, Molly, 1905-1976..." /> * ''Theatre Royal'' (1952)<ref name="Raynor, Molly, 1905-1976..." /> * ''Mr Beamish Goes South'' (1953)<ref name="Raynor, Molly, 1905-1976..." /> * ''The Scarlet Web'' (1954) as Miss Riggs * ''Child's Play'' (1954) as Mrs Cannon
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="Trove WDN">{{Cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article187583251 |title=Warwick Film Star's Career |newspaper=Warwick Daily News |location=Queensland, Australia |date=9 August 1947 |access-date=24 February 2020 |page=2 |via=Trove}}</ref> }}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|nm0713518}}
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