Lauri de Frece

Lauri de Frece
Birth nameMaurice de Frece
Born3 March 1880
Liverpool, England
Died25 August 1921
Trouville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France
GenresMusical theatre, Silent films
Occupation(s)Actor, Singer
SpouseFay Compton (m. 1914; his death)

Lauri de Frece (born Maurice de Frece, 3 March 1880 – 25 August 1921) was an English actor and singer who appeared in musical theatre and in films of the silent era. He was the younger brother of Walter de Frece and the husband of Fay Compton.

He was sometimes confused with a cousin Lawrence Abraham de Frece, who was born in 1881 and died later the same year.[1]

  1. ^ "DE FRECE, Lawrence Abraham" in Register of Births for the London City Registration District, vol. 1c (1881), p. 12; "DE FRECE, Lawrence Abraham, aged 0" in Register of Deaths for the London City Registration District, vol. 1c (1881), p. 7