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Ray Shell (Ayries Lancaster) was born on 22 September, 1951 in Wilson County, North Carolina, US, is an American film, TV and stage actor and author (born 1951). Discover Ray Shell's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?
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Ayries Lancaster |
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Actor, author, producer |
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72 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Virgo |
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22 September, 1951 |
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22 September |
Birthplace |
Wilson County, North Carolina, US |
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North
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Ray Shell Height, Weight & Measurements
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Ray Shell Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Ray Shell worth at the age of 72 years old? Ray Shell’s income source is mostly from being a successful Film. She is from North. We have estimated Ray Shell's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Ray Shell (born 22 September 1951) is an American film, TV and stage actor, as well as an author, singer, director and producer.
In 1970, Shell went to Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, where he studied acting, literature and mass communications, graduating with a BFA in 1974.
After graduation, Shell toured in the national companies of national companies of Hair and The Me Nobody Knows, before being cast in the title role of "the first soul gospel musical" Little Willie Jr’s Resurrection, Oscar L. Johnson and Lon Satton, traveling with the show to London, England, in November 1978.
After arriving in London in 1978 with Little Willie Jr's Resurrection, Shell immediately became part of London's New Wave music scene, recording as a vocalist with Howard Devoto's Magazine, covering Kate Bush's "Them Heavy People".
He went on to record with his own band The Street Angels featuring a "pre-Simon Cowell" Sinitta, Carl McKintosh and Charita Jones.
On the UK stage, Shell originated lead roles in the musicals Starlight Express (1984) and Five Guys Named Moe (1990).
He is known for creating the roles of Nomax in Five Guys Named Moe (1990) and Rusty in Starlight Express (1984).
He is a Creative Director of the Giant Olive Theatre Company, resident company at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre in Kentish Town, London.
Shell is the author of the 1993 novel Iced.
In 1993, Shell's novel Iced was first published by Flamingo/HarperCollins in the UK (Random House in the US), to commercial success.
Described in a cover blurb by Maya Angelou as "a powerhouse", Iced tells the story of an upper-middle-class black American man destroying himself with crack-cocaine.
In 1997, The Black Theatre Co-operative toured a stage adaptation of the book, in collaboration with the Nottingham Playhouse, including a sell-out run at the Tricycle Theatre.
In 2008, Shell wrote about his appearance in, and the closure of, the musical Gone with the Wind for The Guardian newspaper.
In winter 2011, Shell was James Earl Jones's understudy for in the London West End production of Driving Miss Daisy, starring Boyd Gaines and Vanessa Redgrave in the title role.
In March 2012, Shell's TAIP (Total Artist in Production) produced The Gaddafi Club, a new play.
In spring 2012, Shell toured the UK as MC Romeo Marcell in Dancing in the Streets.
In 2012, he directed A Dream Across the Ocean, a new British musical produced by Samuel Facey and Dave Prince from ChurchBoyz Entertainment.
Also in 2013, Street Angels Books published Spike Lee: The Eternal Maverick, a biography by Shell.
He appeared as The Bishop in the Bush Theatre's 2014 production of Perseverance Drive; Shell also established his popular London TAIP (Total Actor In Production) sessions at the Ripley Grier Studios in New York City.
Shell is also the author of the novels Carolina Red and An Eye, A Tooth.
Shell was married to restaurateur Charita 'Momma Cherri' Jones; their eldest daughter Katryna Thomas-Shell is an actress and producer, while their youngest daughter Krystin Thomas-Shell Gravitt is married to Zack Gravitt and is a health executive in Houston Texas.
Shell has three grandchildren - Tyler McCurdy, Elle Skatch and Eden Ayries Thomas-Shell.
In 2015, Shell began production of the film version of Iced and published Feedin' Miranda, a new novel.
He also appeared as Bill Devaney in the newly created West End musical The Bodyguard, based on the movie of the same name.
Born in Wilson County, North Carolina, Shell moved with his mother to Brooklyn, New York, when he was two years old; in a 2018 interview, he said: "My name should be Ayries Lancaster because James Lancaster Jr. was my biological father. Charles Shell is the name of my father who adopted me at 13. I named myself Ray because I got tired of people murdering my first name."