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Daphne Rye (1916 - 10 November, 1992) was a director, actress and casting director

Rye was casting agent for the company H.M. Tennent. She discovered a number of talents who became big stars, including Richard Burton, later one of Rye's lodgers. She also helped Kenneth More and Honor Blackman. Nigel Hawthorne said of her: "How daunting it was to hear her voice coming from a darkened auditorium during auditions."

Theatrical credits as director included Private Lives, Edward, My Son
and The Little Hut.

She was married three times, to:

Roland Culver (marriage dissolved)
Dr John Janvrin (marriage dissolved)
Sam Ainley (who predeceased her)

Rye had two sons from her first marriage, actor Michael Culver and painter Robin Culver.

In 1963, with the backing of friends, Rye established a restaurant in Chelsea called , which became a celebrity hangout, attracting the likes of Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Alec Guinness and Prince Charles.

She died in Spain where she had spent much of her life.

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