Thursday, September 17, 2015
Judy Carne was already a successful actress by the time she became a star on a show that was the rage of
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Although he was an actor of vast experience, David McAlister was best known for playing the philanthropist Daddy Warbucks in the American
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After working as a stage manager at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow and on out-of-town productions of musicals heading for the West
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The winner of the Olivier award in 1982 for his portrayal of the title role in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s eight-and-a-half hour
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With 17 appearances at the London Palladium to his credit, Jim Bailey was the most famous American female impersonator in Britain. He
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Regularly seen on old-time variety bills and in summer shows and pantomime, comedian Don Smoothey reckoned that the high point of his
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Although never a headliner, Vince Starr was part of the backbone of the old-time variety theatre. Together with his wife, Rita, he
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Known throughout the world of old-time variety as the Tiddley Winkie Girl, the honey-blonde singer, dancer and impressionist Mavis Whyte established herself entertaining British troops overs…
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For 10 years, Kenny Ireland was the artistic director of the Royal Lyceum theatre in Edinburgh, presenting a wide range of plays from Shakespeare to Arthur Miller. His departure in 2003 was …
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Although a stage and film actress, cabaret performer, pantomime entertainer and socialite, Sally Farmiloe was best known playing the tarty barmaid Dawn Williams in the Sunday night BBC Telev…
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A well-known face in television drama, Ray Lonnen is best remembered for the Cold War spy drama The Sandbaggers (1978-80), the first of the genre that was more concerned with political intri…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 02:02PMA true overnight success was scored when Noel Coward brought the actress Elaine Stritch to London in 1962 to play the leading role of a cruise ship hostess in his musical Sail Away at the…
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A novelty act in music hall, on television and in variety shows and cabaret around the world, the puppeteer Frank Mumford made a controversial star of his most famous creation, a sexy French…
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Although epic in dimension, several new plays were written by Peter Whelan for the Royal Shakespeare Company to stage in smaller theatres. Many of his works were based on events in real lif…
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As a rival to Muffin the Mule, the puppet loved by countless numbers of children watching television in the 1950s, Mr Turnip was created by Joy Laurey. Smartly dressed with his happy face to…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 03:50AMFrom old-time variety to post-war success in the West End and the world of Steven Spielberg: these were the high points of the career of the actress Anna Turner. As a youngster, she underwen…
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To appear in one successful television role registers the fame of actors for the rest of their careers, even though they may have accomplished much more besides: that was the fate of Patsy B…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 11:29AMPresident of Equity from 1992 to 1994, Jeffry Wickham had a long and distinguished career as an actor in the theatre and cinema and on television. A slim, tall, fair-haired man, he was a flu…
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Two different audiences were captivated by actor Francis Matthews. Children knew him as the voice of Captain Scarlet in the Gerry Anderson puppet series for Associated Television, while adul…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:42PMSpecialising in playing dim-witted losers, Sam Kelly created key supporting roles in two of Britain’s most successful television comedy series. The first was Ronnie Barker’s show about p…
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Actor Sam Kelly, best known for his roles in the television comedies Porridge and ‘Allo, ’Allo!, has died at the age of 70. His agent, Lynda Ronan, said he had died peacefully after a &#…
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An unlikely DJ, who began her career somewhat late in life, Mamy Rock captivated audiences in many of Europe’s top nightclubs. Born in Bristol, she played her first gig when she was nearly…
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A much admired viola player, Gerald Gentry was also a conductor with the BBC, taking charge at the height of his career of 178 concerts in a single year. As he said himself: “There were…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:16AMAn important figure in the alternative theatre movement in the 1970s, Chris Bowler developed enormous enthusiasm for promoting the multicultural life of the Hackney area of north-east London…
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The owner of the Flamingo Club in Soho, a vital rendezvous for jazz and rhythm and blues fans, Jeff Kruger promoted many tours of Britain by US stars and nurtured his own record label. He…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:49PMAfter starting out as a singer, the agent Malcolm Feld went on to organise major concert tours both in Britain and the rest of Europe. Over the past 30 years, he was associated with someR…
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First as controller of BBC Radio 4 and then in a similar position overseeing Radio 3, Ian McIntyre stirred up enormous controversy. Changes he introduced earned him the nickname Mack the Kni…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 07:20AMAs a stooge to his uncle, the brilliant comedian Jimmy James, Eli Woods played a part in arguably the most hilarious sketch in the variety theatre, the “animals in the box” routine. Stam…
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A provocative revolution in British theatre in the 1960s was the aim of the American-born director and playwright Charles Marowitz. He helped to establish the experimental Open Space theatre…
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Almost until the very end, the quickfire comedian Joe Goodman had his audiences roaring with laughter. One of his last jobs was to stand in for Freddy “Parrot Face” Davies at the British…
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 08:47AMA man of many theatrical talents, Chris Harris is best remembered by West Country audiences as a pantomime dame. During the 1990s, he wrote, directed and starred in pantos for the Bristol Ol…
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