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- [[Category:Pantomime dames]]4 KB (491 words) - 22:42, 16 August 2024
- ...hich have been transferred to CD. Byng was also a noted [[w:pantomime dame|pantomime dame]] and appeared in over 30 pantomimes. ...Palladium]] in 1921, and in 1924 creating the first of his many pantomime dames as Eliza in ''[[w:Dick Whittington and His Cat|Dick Whittington and His Cat11 KB (1,749 words) - 23:14, 26 January 2023
- ...om the 1940s he appeared regularly in [[w:pantomime|pantomime]] as the [[w:Pantomime dame|Dame]]. ...tre", ''The Times'', 15 September 1938, p. 10</ref> In 1938 he played in [[pantomime]] as Dame Crusoe in ''Robinson Crusoe'' at the [[Duke of York's Theatre]].<8 KB (1,269 words) - 17:37, 3 January 2023
- [[File:Marriot Edgar (2).jpg|thumb|right|Marriott Edgar in pantomime dame costume]] ...907 until his death, he was known to the public as a comedian who played [[pantomime dame]]s. During the [[First World War]] he served with the [[Royal Sussex R13 KB (1,870 words) - 22:56, 24 August 2024
- He has appeared in pantomimes as dames in Christmas productions of ''[[Sleeping Beauty]]'' as Nanny Nellie and ''[ [[Category:Pantomime dames]]8 KB (1,157 words) - 15:52, 25 August 2024
- ...ref> He was also a well-known character actor in the United Kingdom as a [[pantomime dame]]. ...rs established himself as one of the country's best-loved [[pantomime dame|dames]] in such familiar pantomimes as ''Mother Goose'', ''Babes in the Wood'', '17 KB (2,542 words) - 10:29, 25 August 2024
- ...s were spent as a character actor in film and television, and appearing in pantomime. Jackley appeared in three [[Royal Variety Performance|Royal Variety shows] ...mmenting on his marriage to Lincoln, he wrote, "How sad it was, during our pantomime run at the [[New Theatre, Cardiff|New Cardiff]], to see the distress and em19 KB (2,753 words) - 22:39, 15 March 2023
- ...e was until his death still a regular performer in traditional Christmas [[pantomime]] shows in Britain. ...stroke]] in January 2006 while in Spain on holiday: as a result, his final pantomime and all subsequent performances were cancelled. He had been suffering from11 KB (1,714 words) - 10:31, 25 August 2024
- ...gular in [[pantomime]] for more than 35 years, nearly always playing the [[pantomime dame|dame]].<ref name="panto">{{cite web|author=Oonagh Jaquest |date=Decemb [[Category:Pantomime dames]]15 KB (2,092 words) - 12:55, 18 February 2023
- ...mouth|Theatre Royal]], [[w:Plymouth|Plymouth]], at the curtain call of the pantomime ''Dick Whittington'' in December 1992. His final TV appearance was on the L ...were written by Terry Ravenscroft. This was also typical of [[w:pantomime|pantomime]] dame style, an act copied from his hero, [[w:Norman Evans|Norman Evans]]17 KB (2,447 words) - 23:04, 6 February 2023
- ...]], [[w:Howard & Wyndham Ltd|Howard & Wyndham Ltd]] invited him to star in pantomime at the [[w:Theatre Royal, Glasgow|Theatre Royal]] in Glasgow followed by th ...King's Theatre]], Glasgow, up until his retirement in 1992. He starred, in pantomime, with popular Scottish stars, [[w:Jimmy Logan|Jimmy Logan]] and [[w:Una McL20 KB (2,855 words) - 12:45, 11 March 2023
- ...sister of three other actresses, including [[Ada Blanche]], a well-known [[pantomime]] star.<ref name=dnb>Pepys-Whiteley, D. [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/arti ...leads, Courtneidge continued to perform in variety and made her debut in [[pantomime]] in 1918.<ref name=gaye2/> She and Hulbert planned to work together in "li30 KB (4,466 words) - 07:51, 16 March 2023
- [[Category:Pantomime dames]]19 KB (2,893 words) - 16:36, 28 September 2024
- ...=A History of Pantomime |last=Hughes |first=Maureen |chapter=Great British Dames Past and Present |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9987BAAAQBA35 KB (4,464 words) - 19:14, 27 September 2024
- ...everend mother]] after she refused to let her have time off to appear in a pantomime.{{sfn|Windsor|2000|p=22}} Instead, Windsor moved to the [[w:Aida Foster The ...3588.stm |date=26 June 2009 }}, BBC Newsbeat</ref> Windsor appeared in the pantomime ''[[w:Dick Whittington|Dick Whittington]]'' at the [[w:Bristol Hippodrome|B71 KB (9,739 words) - 12:30, 27 December 2022
- ...ge appearances, including in a revival of ''[[An Ideal Husband]]'' and the pantomime ''[[Babes in the Wood]]''.<ref name="Museum" /> In 1985, she sang a duet wi [[Category:Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire]]50 KB (7,115 words) - 00:08, 13 February 2023
- ...nd of the year, he appeared as an [[Ugly sisters|Ugly Sister]] in a drag [[pantomime]] of ''[[Cinderella]]''.{{sfn|O'Grady|2012|pp=157–159}} In March 1983 he ...the show's tour of the UK,{{sfn|Simpson|2008|p=133}} before appearing in [[pantomime]] in Birmingham.{{sfn|Simpson|2008|p=140}}110 KB (14,760 words) - 19:34, 27 September 2024
- ...' and ''[[The George Gobel Show]]'', and became a regular on game show ''[[Pantomime Quiz]]''.{{sfnm|1a1=Bonanno|1y=1987|1p=36|2a1=Edelman|2a2=Kupferberg|2y=199 ...date=December 31, 2013|title=New Year's Honours: Lansbury and Keith become Dames|website=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25550751 |archive-url=h110 KB (15,399 words) - 15:48, 25 January 2023