Fabia Drake

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Fabia Drake (January 20, 1904—February 28, 1990) was an English actress whose professional career spanned almost 73 years during the 20th century.

Drake was born in Herne Bay, Kent. Her first professional role was in Fred Paul's Masks and Faces (1917), and her last role was as the inimitable, irresistible Madame de Rosemonde in Miloš Forman's Valmont (1989).

According to the Internet Movie Database, Drake was a "life long friend of Lord Olivier. The two met in grade school when she played Petruchio to his Katherine in a reverse gender Taming Of The Shrew". [1]