Woolley Family History & Genealogy

Monty Woolley Born August 17, 1888 in New York City, New York, USA Died May 6, 1963 in Albany, New York, USA (kidney and heart ailment) Birth Name: Edgar Montillion Woolley Nickname The Beard Height 5' 10" (1.78 m) Large and hearty Monty Woolley was born to privilege on August 17, 1888, the son of a hotel proprietor who owned the Marie Antoinette Hotel on Broadway. A part of Manhattan's elite social circle at a young age, he studied at both Yale (Master's degree) and Harvard and returned to Yale as an English instructor and coach of graduate dramatics. Among his students were Thornton Wilder and Stephen Vincent Benet. Directly involved in the theater arts via his close association with intimate Yale friend and confidante Cole Porter, Monty directed several Broadway musicals and reviews, many in collaboration with Porter, including "Fifty Million Frenchmen" (1929) (an early success for Porter), "The New Yorkers" and "Jubilee" (1935). In 1936, at age 47, the witty, erudite gent had a career renaissance and gave up his Ivy League professorship once and for all in order to pursue the stage professionally. He took his first Broadway bow in the hit musical "On Your Toes" alongside Ray Bolger. Hollywood soon took notice and he began receiving supporting credit as assorted judges and doctors for such MGM fare as Live, Love and Learn (1937), Everybody Sing (1938), the Margaret Sullavan tearjerker Three Comrades (1938), Lord Jeff (1938), the Jeanette MacDonald/Nelson Eddy musical The Girl of the Golden West (1938) and Young Dr. Kildare (1938). Typically playing cunning character leads and support roles, he was affectionately nicknamed "The Beard" by friend Cole Porter for his distinguished, impeccably-trimmed white whiskers. It was Monty who introduced Porter into the famed New York theater circle. Known for his sartorial elegance, ribald sense of humor and snob appeal, he and Porter were highly prominent carousers in the New York gay social underground. Monty came into his own in 40s films, earning a best actor Oscar nomination for his role in the WWII drama The Pied Piper (1942), a supporting actor nod in another war classic, Since You Went Away (1944), and portrayed himself in the absurdly fictionalized (and sanitized) "biography" of Cole Porter entitled Night and Day (1946) starring a woefully miscast but admittedly flattering Cary Grant in the lead. A flashy delight in other movie roles, Monty received top billing in Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944) with June Haver and Dick Haymes, playing a twinkle-eyed con man; appeared opposite Brit comedienne Grace Field in the English-humored Molly and Me (1945) and Holy Matrimony (1943); again with Cary Grant along with Loretta Young and David Niven as a professor in the perennial Christmas classic The Bishop's Wife (1947); plots against his own retirement in the mild comedy As Young as You Feel (1951) opposite another scene-stealing favorite, Thelma Ritter; and ended his film career with the role of Omar Khayyam in the glossy MGM operetta Kismet (1955). Above all, however, Monty will be forever and indelibly cherished as the irascible (and definitive) radio personality Sheridan Whiteside in the stage and film versions of Kaufman and Hart's screwball classic The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942). Playing the razor-tongued, wheelchair-bound celebrity who wreaks havoc for everyone within knife-throwing distance, this would be the hallmark of his never-too-late-to-try career. He played another uppity and bombastic celebrity, this time a washed-up classical actor, in the more sentimental Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942), another role dripping with crusty sarcasm. Monty appeared sporadically on radio and TV before and after his last filming in 1955. He died of kidney/heart problems in 1963 at the age of 74.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ruth L (Woolley) Lovell.

Ruth Lorenza (Woolley) Lovell was born in 1902. She was married to Claude L Lovell Sr in November 1919, and had a child Claude L Lovell Jr. Ruth Lovell died at age 84 years old in 1986. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Ruth Lorenza (Woolley).

[NAME/SUMMARY] Woolley, John Ensor (2 Aug 1923 ~ 3 Oct 2008), Service#=VX147529 [BIRTH: 2 Aug 1923, ASCOT VALE VIC] {🞺} JOHN ENSOR; 2.8.1923 @Epitaph {🞺} 02 August 1923 @BurialInfo {🞺} Date of birth - 02 Aug 1923 : Place of birth - ASCOT VALE VIC @MilitaryRecords [MARRIAGE: 1943, Vic] {🞺} Woolley, Gladys Helen May (born Toy, 22 Apr 1923 ~ 11 Jul 1998), NickName=Toy @Epitaph         ⚱ - 'findagrave.com' {🞺} husband of Gladys (dec.) @DeathNotice {🞺} VIC BD[M] # 14723/1943; MARRIAGE: 1943; OF: Jno Ensor [WOOLLEY]; SPOUSE: Gladys Helen May [TOY] [MILITARY SERVICE: WW2, Service#=VX147529] {🞺} Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947;         TITLE: WOOLLEY JOHN ENSOR : Service Number - VX147529 : Date of birth - 02 Aug 1923 : Place of birth - ASCOT VALE VIC : Place of enlistment - TOOWOOMBA QLD : Next of Kin - WOOLLEY GLADYS; ITEM ID: 6088316; REC RANGE: 1939 - 1948; LOCATION: Canberra; CITATION: NAA: B883, VX147529; DOCUMENTS: 13 EXIST at 2023-07-22; [@NNA]: Click the blue "Items" box at " - 'recordsearch.naa.gov.au'" (Item ID=6088316). [DEATH: 3 Oct 2008] {🞺} 3.10.2008 @Epitaph {🞺} 03 October 2008 @BurialInfo {🞺} Passed away peacefully on Oct. 3, 2008, aged 85 years. @DeathNotice {🞺} Victoria @Ancestry [DEATH NOTICE] {🞺} SURNAME: WOOLLEY; GIVEN NAMES: John Ensor; NOTICE TYPE: Death notice; DATE: 06OCT2008 {{mistake}}; EVENT: Publication; PUBLICATION: Herald Sun (Melbourne); PUBLISHED: 06OCT2008; AT: RyersonIndex.net {🞺} WOOLLEY, John Ensor         Passed away peacefully on Oct. 3, 2008, aged 85 years. Much loved husband of Gladys (dec.). Dearly loved father and father-in-law of John Roger and John Raymond (both dec.), John and Rita, Bev and James. Devoted Pop of Leanne and Travis, Steven (dec.), Michael, Christopher and James, Great Pop of Jayden, Sam and Lateisha. Mum and Dad reunited In our hearts forever         Publication: Herald Sun Date Listed: 4/10/2008         📰 - 'mytributes.com.au' [CHILDREN] {🞺} PARENTS OF JOHN & BEVERLEY, JOHN ROGER & JOHN RAYMOND; DEARLY LOVED NANNA & POP & GREAT GRANDPARENTS @Epitaph {🞺} father and father-in-law of John Roger and John Raymond (both dec.), John and Rita, Bev and James. Devoted Pop of Leanne and Travis, Steven (dec.), Michael, Christopher and James, Great Pop of Jayden, Sam and Lateisha. @DeathNotice         [❀] Woolley, John Raymond (1947 ~ 1947):                 (✤) 🧬John Raymond Woolley (@AncientFaces)                 (✤) VIC B[D]M # 12138/1947; DIED: 1947 (CARLTON); AGED: 5 Months; NAME: John Raymond [WOOLLEY]; BORN AT: MELBOURNE; FATHER: John Ensor [WOOLLEY]; MOTHER: Gladys Helen [{missing}] (born TOY)                         -✪- PROBABLY:                                 ⚱ - 'findagrave.com'                                 John Raymond Woolley; BIRTH; unknown; DEATH; 9 Nov 1947; Carlton, Melbourne City, Victoria, Australia; BURIAL; Fawkner Memorial Park; Fawkner, Moreland City, Victoria, Australia; PLOT; Presbyterian Compartment D Grave 4391         [❀] Woolley, Steven John (28 Aug 1976 ~ 2 Apr 1998), NickName=Wink                 (✤) ⚱ - 'findagrave.com'                 (✤) 📰 - 'www.legacy.com' [SAME/CLOSE CEMETERY PLOT AND/OR LIKELY RELATED PEOPLE] {🞺} HUSBAND:         NAME: John Ensor Woolley; BORN: 02 August 1923; DIED: 03 October 2008; RELIGION: Christian; TYPE: Cremated; AT: Bunurong Memorial Park @smct.org.au; SERVICE: 07 October 2008; PLOT: Genesis Gardens, Garden Area 49, Bed 146, Position 036         ⚱ - 'findagrave.com' {🞺} WIFE:         NAME: Gladys Helen May Woolley; BORN: 22 April 1923; DIED: 11 July 1998; RELIGION: Methodist; TYPE: Cremated; AT: Bunurong Memorial Park @smct.org.au; SERVICE: 13 July 1998; PLOT: Genesis Gardens, Garden Area 49, Bed 146, Position 036         ⚱ - 'findagrave.com' {🞺} GRANDSON (John is 'pop'):         NAME: Steven John Woolley; BORN: 28 August 1976; DIED: 02 April 1998; TYPE: Cremated; AT: Bunurong Memorial Park @smct.org.au; SERVICE: 07 April 1998; PLOT: Genesis Gardens, Garden Area 49, Bed 146, Position 037         ⚱ - 'findagrave.com' [BURIAL/CREMATION] {🞺} NAME: John Ensor Woolley; BORN: 02 August 1923; DIED: 03 October 2008; RELIGION: Christian; TYPE: Cremated; AT: Bunurong Memorial Park @smct.org.au; SERVICE: 07 October 2008; PLOT: Genesis Gardens, Garden Area 49, Bed 146, Position 036         GRAVE INFORMATION @ - 'findagrave.com' {🞺} MORE BURIAL INFO:         [❀] Memorials (findagrave) at the same location:                 ⚱ - 'findagrave.com'         [❀] BILLION GRAVES:                 ⚱ - 'billiongraves.com'         [❀] SMCT BURIAL SEARCH:                 ⚱ - 'smct.org.au' [MORE INFO] {🞺} 🧬💰 - 'www.ancestry.com.au' {🞺} 🧬John Ensor Woolley (@AncientFaces) [BY: DENNIS BAREIS, 2023-07-22.1052 - for BIOGRAPHY (ANCIENT FACES)] This information should help you find your relatives. [EPITAPH/INSCRIPTION] WE REMEMBER WITH LOVE                 [WOOLLEY]         GLADYS HELEN MAY         22.4.1923 ~ 11.7.1998         JOHN ENSOR         2.8.1923 ~ 3.10.2008 LOVING PARENTS OF JOHN & BEVERLEY, JOHN ROGER & JOHN RAYMOND DEARLY LOVED NANNA & POP & GREAT GRANDPARENTS Memories are like threads of gold, They never tarnish or grow old Forever in Our Hearts [49-146*36] --- SEE GRAVESTONE, MORE BURIAL INFO ETC @ - 'findagrave.com'

[NAME/SUMMARY] Woolley, Gladys Helen May (born Toy, 22 Apr 1923 ~ 11 Jul 1998), NickName=Toy [BIRTH: 22 Apr 1923, Vic] {🞺} 22.4.1923 @Epitaph {🞺} 22 April 1923 @BurialInfo {🞺} Victoria @Ancestry [MARRIAGE: 1943, Vic] {🞺} Woolley, John Ensor (2 Aug 1923 ~ 3 Oct 2008), Service#=VX147529 @Epitaph         ⚱ - 'findagrave.com' {🞺} VIC BD[M] # 14723/1943; MARRIAGE: 1943; OF: Gladys Helen May [TOY]; SPOUSE: Jno Ensor [WOOLLEY] [DEATH: 11 Jul 1998] {🞺} Woolley, GLADYS HELEN MAY; 11.7.1998 @Epitaph {🞺} 11 July 1998 @BurialInfo {🞺} Victoria @Ancestry [CHILDREN] {🞺} PARENTS OF JOHN & BEVERLEY, JOHN ROGER & JOHN RAYMOND; DEARLY LOVED NANNA & POP & GREAT GRANDPARENTS @Epitaph {🞺} father and father-in-law of John Roger and John Raymond (both dec.), John and Rita, Bev and James. Devoted Pop of Leanne and Travis, Steven (dec.), Michael, Christopher and James, Great Pop of Jayden, Sam and Lateisha. @DeathNotice4Husband         [❀] Woolley, John Raymond (1947 ~ 1947):                 (✤) 🧬John Raymond Woolley (@AncientFaces)                 (✤) VIC B[D]M # 12138/1947; DIED: 1947 (CARLTON); AGED: 5 Months; NAME: John Raymond [WOOLLEY]; BORN AT: MELBOURNE; FATHER: John Ensor [WOOLLEY]; MOTHER: Gladys Helen [{missing}] (born TOY)                         -✪- PROBABLY:                                 ⚱ - 'findagrave.com'                                 John Raymond Woolley; BIRTH; unknown; DEATH; 9 Nov 1947; Carlton, Melbourne City, Victoria, Australia; BURIAL; Fawkner Memorial Park; Fawkner, Moreland City, Victoria, Australia; PLOT; Presbyterian Compartment D Grave 4391         [❀] Woolley, Steven John (28 Aug 1976 ~ 2 Apr 1998), NickName=Wink                 ⚱ - 'findagrave.com' [SAME/CLOSE CEMETERY PLOT AND/OR LIKELY RELATED PEOPLE] {🞺} HUSBAND:         NAME: John Ensor Woolley; BORN: 02 August 1923; DIED: 03 October 2008; RELIGION: Christian; TYPE: Cremated; AT: Bunurong Memorial Park @smct.org.au; SERVICE: 07 October 2008; PLOT: Genesis Gardens, Garden Area 49, Bed 146, Position 036         ⚱ - 'findagrave.com' {🞺} WIFE:         NAME: Gladys Helen May Woolley; BORN: 22 April 1923; DIED: 11 July 1998; RELIGION: Methodist; TYPE: Cremated; AT: Bunurong Memorial Park @smct.org.au; SERVICE: 13 July 1998; PLOT: Genesis Gardens, Garden Area 49, Bed 146, Position 036         ⚱ - 'findagrave.com' {🞺} GRANDSON (John is 'pop'):         NAME: Steven John Woolley; BORN: 28 August 1976; DIED: 02 April 1998; TYPE: Cremated; AT: Bunurong Memorial Park @smct.org.au; SERVICE: 07 April 1998; PLOT: Genesis Gardens, Garden Area 49, Bed 146, Position 037         ⚱ - 'findagrave.com' [BURIAL/CREMATION] {🞺} NAME: Gladys Helen May Woolley; BORN: 22 April 1923; DIED: 11 July 1998; RELIGION: Methodist; TYPE: Cremated; AT: Bunurong Memorial Park @smct.org.au; SERVICE: 13 July 1998; PLOT: Genesis Gardens, Garden Area 49, Bed 146, Position 036         GRAVE INFORMATION @ - 'findagrave.com' {🞺} MORE BURIAL INFO:         [❀] Memorials (findagrave) at the same location:                 ⚱ - 'findagrave.com'         [❀] BILLION GRAVES:                 ⚱ - 'billiongraves.com'         [❀] SMCT BURIAL SEARCH:                 ⚱ - 'smct.org.au' [MORE INFO] {🞺} 🧬💰 - 'www.ancestry.com.au' [BY: DENNIS BAREIS, 2023-07-22.1050 - for BIOGRAPHY (ANCIENT FACES)] This information should help you find your relatives. [EPITAPH/INSCRIPTION] WE REMEMBER WITH LOVE                 [WOOLLEY]         GLADYS HELEN MAY         22.4.1923 ~ 11.7.1998         JOHN ENSOR         2.8.1923 ~ 3.10.2008 LOVING PARENTS OF JOHN & BEVERLEY, JOHN ROGER & JOHN RAYMOND DEARLY LOVED NANNA & POP & GREAT GRANDPARENTS Memories are like threads of gold, They never tarnish or grow old Forever in Our Hearts [49-146*36] --- SEE GRAVESTONE, MORE BURIAL INFO ETC @ - 'findagrave.com'

Jane Elizabeth (Woolley) Tout of Moonambel Australia, was married to John Tout in 1854, and has children Harriet Tout, John Tout, Jane Anne Tout, Eliza Emily (Tout) Bennett, George Tout, and Harriet Tout. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jane Elizabeth (Woolley) Tout.

Elizabeth Julia (Watson) Woolley of Parkville Australia was born on March 16, 1828 at Cathedral St, in Greater Manchester County, England United Kingdom, and died at age 74 years old on May 4, 1902 in Albert Park, Port Phillip City County, VIC Australia.

Gwen A Woolley of Fort bend County, TX was born circa 1954. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Gwen A. (Clemons) Woolley.

Elizabeth (Woolley) Oleary of Prahran Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Elizabeth (Woolley) Oleary.

Nathan Woolley of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, UT was born on April 17, 1921, and died at age 71 years old on June 8, 1992.

Stonewall P Woolley of Brookhaven, Lincoln County, MS was born on February 9, 1923, and died at age 76 years old on January 22, 2000.

Melvin L Woolley of Depue, Bureau County, Illinois was born on January 8, 1913, and died at age 64 years old in May 1977.

Clayton A Woolley of Jackson, Hinds County, MS was born on November 27, 1924, and died at age 76 years old on February 27, 2001.

Roy Lee Woolley of Saint Louis, Saint Louis City County, MO was born on July 15, 1923, and died at age 70 years old on October 7, 1993. Roy Woolley was buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Section 1C Site 1066 2900 Sheridan Road, in St. Louis.

Richard Beer Woolley of Menlo Park, San Mateo County, CA was born on October 3, 1918, and died at age 82 years old on May 4, 2001. Richard Woolley was buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery Section 6 Site 2410 501 North Guadalupe Street, in Santa Fe, Nm.

Richard H Woolley of Yakima, Yakima County, Washington was born on July 30, 1904, and died at age 62 years old in September 1966.

James W Woolley of Orange, Orange County, Texas was born on January 4, 1910. James Woolley was married to Christine C. (Cinnone) Woolley on April 2, 1977 in Orange County, TX, and died at age 69 years old in July 1979.

James B Woolley of Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia was born on August 16, 1907, and died at age 77 years old in February 1985.

James R Woolley of Dayton, Montgomery County, OH was born on June 14, 1925, and died at age 68 years old on June 21, 1993.

James W Woolley of Elmhurst, Queens County, NY was born on April 10, 1899, and died at age 65 years old in March 1965.