- Received the Order of Australia a week before her death.
- Born Kathleen Mary Corkrey at Rotherhithe, in the London docklands, on January 17, 1923, the daughter of Royal Navy Commander Reuben B. Corkrey and his wife Ethel (nee McGlashan).
- Worked briefly as a producer/director and on-screen talent for the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation from 1961 to 1964.
- Was for three years appointed to the theatre board of the Australia Council.
- In the early 80s, stood for preselection as a Liberal candidate for the Australian federal senate .
- Following Kenya's independence in October 1963, Raye's husband Robert Ayre-Smith accepted an offer to join the CSIRO in Australia, and the family emigrated in 1964.
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