Lauri de Frece (3 March 1880 â€" 25 August 1921) was an English actor
and singer who appeared in musical theatre and in films of the silent
era. His original name was Maurice de Frece.He was the brother of
Walter de Frece and the husband of Fay Compton.He has sometimes been
confused with a cousin called Lawrence Abraham de Frece, who was born
in 1881 and died later the same year.Born in Liverpool, Frece was one
of the four sons of Harry de Frece, of the Gaiety Music Hall,
Liverpool, a prosperous theatrical manager and agent from a Jewish
theatrical family. The four sons were well educated at the Liverpool
Institute High School for Boys, in the hope of keeping them out of the
theatre. However, Frece's brother Jack became the manager of the
Alhambra Wooden Theatre, Liverpool, his brother Isaac managed the
Theatre Royal, Liverpool, and in 1890 his brother Walter gave up an
apprenticeship with a Merseyside architect to marry Vesta Tilley,
taking a job in the office of Warner's Theatrical Agency, and going on
to become a leading theatrical impresario. At the Liverpool Institute,
Frece was a contemporary of Albert Coates.
and singer who appeared in musical theatre and in films of the silent
era. His original name was Maurice de Frece.He was the brother of
Walter de Frece and the husband of Fay Compton.He has sometimes been
confused with a cousin called Lawrence Abraham de Frece, who was born
in 1881 and died later the same year.Born in Liverpool, Frece was one
of the four sons of Harry de Frece, of the Gaiety Music Hall,
Liverpool, a prosperous theatrical manager and agent from a Jewish
theatrical family. The four sons were well educated at the Liverpool
Institute High School for Boys, in the hope of keeping them out of the
theatre. However, Frece's brother Jack became the manager of the
Alhambra Wooden Theatre, Liverpool, his brother Isaac managed the
Theatre Royal, Liverpool, and in 1890 his brother Walter gave up an
apprenticeship with a Merseyside architect to marry Vesta Tilley,
taking a job in the office of Warner's Theatrical Agency, and going on
to become a leading theatrical impresario. At the Liverpool Institute,
Frece was a contemporary of Albert Coates.
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