From a promo for "Another Coral Browne Story" by Barbara Angell:

"Coral Browne was Australian and incredibly mega-famous, though few Australians have heard of her. Australia had a habit of writing-off anyone with the cheek to leave Australia and actually make good abroad - especially if they remained abroad. Coral was one of those and the media here stopped reporting anything about her from around 1940 - which happened to coincide with some of her greatest triumphs at the Savoy Theatre including My Sister Eileen.
Coral Browne left Australia in 1934 at age 20 and went to London with a return boat ticket, to try her luck. She re-visited Oz only twice: in 1948 to attend her grandmother’s wedding - yes, wedding - and in 1980 as the wife of Vincent Price.
She had a string of lovers, occasionally dabbling in her own sex, and was simply outrageous. For nearly 50 years smart London dinner parties were not complete without repeating the latest hilarious “Coral Browne story”. She was ultra-glamorous, had a razor wit and was the friend and confidant of, and sometimes slept with, the most important people in theatre. She died in 1991 a multi-millionairess, much to the amazement of Vincent Price who had no idea that his wife was loaded.
There is her wit - much of it well known and often repeated but some of it never reported before and re-discovered in letters to her from friends such as Julie Harris, Alan Bennett, Alan Bates, Joan Rivers (the list is endless). There are her lovers, Maurice Chevalier, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Jack Buchanan and many others. There is her sparkling career - she wowed Broadway with her Lady Macbeth and Moscow with her Gertrude. She had hit plays written for her, notably Simon and Laura by her good mate Alan Melville which she would have repeated in Australia if JC Williamson hadn’t jumped the gun by mounting an Aussie production without approaching her. She caused a stir by performing the very first lesbian movie love scene (outside of the porn market) with Susannah York in the The Killing of Sister George and she knocked ‘em sideways with Rosalind Russell in the movie Auntie Mame, in which she damn near stole the show as Vera Charles.
And you haven’t heard of Coral Browne? Shame!"


IMDB Bio:

Australian actress who worked primarily in Britain and specialized in superior, upper-crust sorts. Browne began her stage career in Melbourne but moved to England at the age of 21 and quickly brightened the West End with her sharp delivery and stylish sense of comedy. Her film appearances were sporadic, though she made several pictures memorable with her presence, particularly The Ruling Class (1972) as the libidinous Lady Claire.
While touring the Soviet Union in a Royal Shakespeare Company production of "Hamlet, " Browne encountered the expatriate British spy Guy Burgess, and this bizarre meeting became the basis of the television film An Englishman Abroad (1983) (TV), for which Browne won the BAFTA Best Actress award for playing herself. She met Vincent Price when they co-starred in Theater of Blood (1973), and married him in 1974. He was at her side when she died at 77 following a long struggle with breast cancer.


Selected Filmography:

Coral Browne: Caviar for the General (1989) (TV) .... Herself
Dreamchild (1985) .... Alice Hargreaves
American Dreamer (1984) .... Margaret McMann
An Englishman Abroad (1983) (TV) .... Herself
Eleanor, First Lady of the World (1982) (TV) .... Lady Reading
Xanadu (1980) (voice) .... Female Heavenly Voice
"Time Express" (1979) TV Series .... Margaret
The Drowning Pool (1975) .... Olivia Devereaux
"Play of the Month" ....(4 episodes, 1969-1974)
- The Importance of Being Earnest (1974) .... Lady Bracknell
- Mrs. Warren's Profession (1972) .... Mrs. Warren
- Lady Windermere's Fan (1972) .... Mrs. Erlynne*
- Charley's Aunt (1969) .... Donna Lucia D'Alvadorez
Theater of Blood (1973) .... Miss Chloe Moon*
The Ruling Class (1972) .... Lady Claire Gurney*
The Killing of Sister George (1968) .... Mercy Croft*
The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968) .... Molly Luther
The Night of the Generals (1967) .... Eleanore von Seidli
Dr. Crippen (1962) .... Belle Crippen
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961) .... Meg*
Auntie Mame (1958) .... Vera Charles*
Beautiful Stranger (1954) ..Helen
The Courtneys of Curzon Street (1947) .... Valerie
Piccadilly Incident (1946) .... Virginia Pearson
Yellow Sands (1938) .... Emma Copplestone
Black Limelight (1938) .... Lily James
Guilty Melody (1936) .... Cecile
Charing Cross Road (1935) .... Lady Ruston
Waltzing Matilda (1933)



Alan Bates on Coral Browne (memorial service):
www.alanbates.com/abarchive...coral.html


Fan Site:
www.coralbrowne.com/

Coral on Wiki:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_Browne