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Celebrated Soap Actress Dies at Age 97

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The actress had an early start to a career that would span six decades.

Fay Lenore, British Actress, stops the traffic outside the Alhambra Theatre in Glasgow as she tries out her police woman costume
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Soap star Fay Lenore has died at her home in Ellon, Aberdeenshire at the age of 97. She started her acting career as early as one can on stage, as a one-year-old in 1929. She soon became a mainstay on British television and in the theater for decades, starting in earnest later in her youth. She’s best known for her performances in Crossroads, a ‘60s British soap opera, and Take the High Road, an ’80s soap opera. She had also performed for Queen Elizabeth II at the 25th Royal Variety Show in 1954. Her family celebrated her prolific acting career on her death notice, stating, “May your star shine as bright in heaven as you did on Earth.” Her death notice stated that she died on January 8 and was a “dearly loved wife” of her husband of nearly four decades, Jay Scott, who passed away in 1997. She leaves behind a daughter, a son, and her grandchildren.

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