My mother, Elizabeth Kay, who has died aged 97, made her West End debut playing Ismene in Laurence Olivier's celebrated production of Oedipus Rex at the Old Vic in 1945-46. Born in Worthing, West Sussex, to Florence (nee Osborn) and Jim Smith, who ran a radio repair business, Elizabeth went to Varndean grammar school, Brighton. When she was small, Jim discovered communism and was an active member of the Brighton bran…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AM on January 2, 2026