Caroline Aherne (1963–2016), by Trevor Leighton, 1999
© Trevor Leighton/National Portrait Gallery, London
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Aherne, Caroline Mary (1963–2016)
Maker: Trevor Leighton
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Aherne, Caroline Mary (1963–2016), comedian, actress, and writer
Jeff Evans
Aherne, Caroline Mary (1963–2016), comedian, actress, and writer, was born on 24 December 1963 at Perivale maternity hospital, London, the second child of Bartholomew Edmond (Bert) Aherne (1933–1994), a railwayman with London Transport, and his wife Mary Frances (Maureen), née Regan...
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Alan, Ray [real name Raymond Alan Whyberd] (1930–2010), ventriloquist, writer, and television presenter
Cy Young
Alan, Ray [real name Raymond Alan Whyberd] (1930–2010), ventriloquist, writer, and television presenter, was born on 18 September 1930 at 83 Dutton Street, Greenwich, London, the fourth son of Albert William Whyberd (1895–1984), shipping clerk, later a local government officer, and his wife, ...
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Alan, Ray (1930–2010)
Maker: Monty Fresco
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Ray Alan (1930–2010) by Monty Fresco, 1979 [with puppet Lord Charles] © Monty Fresco / Rex Features
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Allen, Dave [real name David Edward John Archer Cullen Tynan-O'Mahony] (1936–2005), comedian
Dennis Barker
Allen, Dave [real name David Edward John Archer Cullen Tynan-O'Mahony] (1936–2005), comedian, was born on 6 July 1936 at Merrion House, Lower Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin, the youngest of three sons of (Gerard John) Cullen Tynan-O'Mahony (b. 1900), journalist and managing editor of the ...
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Dave Allen (1936–2005) by Trevor Leighton, 1999 Camera Press, London
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Allen, William Ernest (Chesney) (1894–1982), comedian and singer
David Goldie
Allen, William Ernest (Chesney) (1894–1982), comedian and singer, was born at 7 Hamballa Road, Battersea, London, on 5 April 1894, the son of Edwin Allen, a prosperous builder, and his wife, Louisa, née Cridland. Allen's first employment on leaving school was as a solicitor's clerk. In 1912, at the age of eighteen, he made his début as an actor in repertory at the ...
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Anderson, John Henry (1814–1874), conjuror
E. D. Cook
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Anderson, John Henry (1814–1874), conjuror, known as ‘the Great Wizard of the North’, was born on 16 July 1814 on the estate of Craigmyle, Kincardine, the eldest child of John Anderson of Aberdeen, a mason, and his wife, Mary Robertson. He was apprenticed at ...
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Angel, Edward (d. 1673), actor and comedian
Charles Brayne
Angel, Edward (d. 1673), actor and comedian, first came to public notice in winter 1659–60, when he joined the troupe assembled by John Rhodes at the Cockpit in Drury Lane. Angel's earliest recorded appearance was as Florimel in Fletcher and Rowley's The Maid in the Mill...
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Askey, Arthur Bowden (1900–1982), actor and entertainer
Richard Murdoch
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Askey, Arthur Bowden (1900–1982), actor and entertainer, was born on 6 June 1900 at 29 Moses Street, Liverpool, the elder child and only son of Samuel Askey (d. 1958), secretary of the firm Sugar Products of Liverpool, and his wife, Betsy Bowden (...
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Askey, Arthur Bowden (1900–1982)
Maker: Anthony Buckley
Arthur Bowden Askey (1900–1982) by Anthony Buckley, 1939 © Kenneth Hughes / National Portrait Gallery, London
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Atwell, (Una) Winifred (c. 1913–1983), pianist and entertainer
Stephen Bourne
Atwell, (Una) Winifred (c. 1913–1983), pianist and entertainer, was born on 27 April c.1913 in Jubilee Street, Tunapuna, near Port of Spain, Trinidad, the only child of a chemist, Frederick Monroe Atwell (d. 1958), and a district nurse, Sarah Elizabeth (...
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Atwell, (Una) Winifred (c. 1913–1983)
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(Una) Winifred Atwell (c. 1913–1983) by unknown photographer, 1957 collection of Stephen Bourne
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Baker [married name Pearson], Hylda (1905–1986), comedian
Eric Midwinter
Baker [married name Pearson], Hylda (1905–1986), comedian, was born on 14 February 1905 at Farnworth, Bolton, Lancashire, the eldest of the seven children (three boys, four girls) of Harold (Chukky) Baker (1884–1966), comedian, and Margaret Halliwell, seamstress, both of Farnworth. She was chiefly educated at ...
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Bard, Wilkie [real name William August Smith] (1874–1944), music-hall performer
Michael Pointon
Bard, Wilkie [real name William August Smith] (1874–1944), music-hall performer, was born on 19 March 1874 at 19 Alderley Street, Hulme, Manchester, son of William Herbert Smith (1843/4-1899), a bookkeeper, and his wife, Marie August Stetzer (b...
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Barker, Henry Aston (1774–1856), panorama proprietor and painter
Ralph Hyde
Barker, Henry Aston (1774–1856), panorama proprietor and painter, younger son of Robert Barker (1739–1806), the panorama painter, and his wife, Catherine, née Aston (1744–1842), was born in Glasgow. At the age of twelve he was set to work by his father to take the outlines of the city of ...
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Barker, Ronald William George (1929–2005)
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Barker, Ronald William George [Ronnie] (1929–2005), actor and comedian
Edward Leeson
Barker, Ronald William George [Ronnie] (1929–2005), actor and comedian, was born on 25 September 1929 at 70 Garfield Street, Bedford, the only son and second of the three children of Leonard William Barker, a clerk for Shell, and his wife, Edith Eleanor, née...
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Barrasford, Thomas (1859–1910), variety theatre entrepreneur
Dave Russell
Barrasford, Thomas (1859–1910), variety theatre entrepreneur, was born at East Jarrow, Westoe, co. Durham, on 2 November 1859, the son of Henry Barrasford (1825–1873), ballast keelman, and his wife, Ann, née Sheraton (b. 1822). His father became a publican, and ...
