1. Doreen Mary Beadle, known as Doreen Lawrence and by her married name Doreen Hawkins, was a British actress.
11 Facts About Doreen Hawkins
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Doreen Hawkins said that she broke off the engagement because he would bring his parents on dates and he was too easily moved to tears.
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Doreen Hawkins appeared in show to entertain the troops in West Africa, South Africa and Egypt.
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Doreen Hawkins was then sent to Bombay in India in 1944.
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Doreen Hawkins belonged to an ENSA unit that was headed by Colonel Jack Hawkins.
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Doreen Hawkins was a leading man who was frequently cast as an army or navy character.
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Doreen Hawkins is said to have given up her acting career after she married and devoted her time to her family, but she did appear in the 1948 film Hamlet.
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Doreen Hawkins wrote an autobiography titled Drury Lane to Dinapur and died in 2013.
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In 1947, she married Jack Doreen Hawkins who had a teenage daughter named Susan.
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Doreen Hawkins was his second wife as he had married actress Jessica Tandy in 1932; they divorced in 1940.
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Hawkins and Doreen remained married until his death in 1973.