Forum: Actors & Artistes

Born 6th September 1896 Buenos Aires, Argentine daughter of Edgar Brown b 1872 Gymnast and acrobat and did some circus trapeze work? wife Fanny lawson and his father Henry Brown listed as retired clown in 1901 census. Edie was billed as Britains leading premiere juggler (business card when living...

My Gt Gt Aunt is listed as an Actress on the 1901 Census when she was 32 yrs. She has no info under occupation 10 yrs earlier. She lived in London so presumably worked in London Theatres. How and where do I go about finding out what this would have meant?

Has anyone ever heard of George LAW, who on the 1881 census described himself as an actor/ comedian ? I am presuming he was on the music halls but can't find any references to him at all. He was born in Sheffield in 1825 and married my widowed great grandmother, Maria SHARPLEY in Hanley,...

Hi there, I am a newbie and am searching for anything on Portable theatres relating to the Wells family; My grandmother and her sister were actresses within this theatre before it closed down late 1890's; It has been said the theatre was bought byt someone and taken to Wales but although i have...

Hi there Is there anyone who can help? where do I look for info on some one who was a Professional Musician and Singer in the 1880's. I have Alice Kate Moss b1860 East/West Ham, Essex on the 1881 census as a Professional musician and singer. She married Robert Little Radcliff a solicitor in...

Dale and Vale were sthe stage names of my Great Grand parents John and Florence McMurray, they did dancing and comedy routines in British Music Halls between aprx. 1904 - 1912. My GGF also did a solo act under the stage name James Kennady. They were on bills with Gracie Graham, Chung Ling Soo,...

Hi I am deseperately trying for find any information on my great granddad, John Francis, my granddad Archie Francis, and my great uncle, Jack Francis. They were all stage artists originating in Scotland, but joined a circuit and travelled around England. Eventually they settled around...

Hi there two of my ancestors (they are brothers) are described on the 1901 Census as an "Artist" and a "Musician". Does anyone have any idea where I might find out more about them through their professions? Any advice welcome best Tim

|help| I did have this listed in Norfolk site, as the Chilvers were from there, but hope it's ok to relist on this forum as well. I believe that there were three generations of Punch & Judy Men from Norfolk in the late 1800's and early 1900's, and think that they were related to my grandfather,...

LADKYIS I note you are listed actor researcher my father john hopkins was on the concert parties 1920s 1940s both as a baritone and a comic singer oh how i have tried to get imfo on concert parties in southampton area any help greatfully recieved

My G Grandad, George A Deighton, was a Theatre Manager in 1911 and also an entertainer, ventriloquist mostly. I'm trying to get more general information about him as a person, he died in 1935 aged 65. Did they have to register? Like a kind of Equity? or is there an organisation that specialises...

I've posted these before separately with no replies but perhaps in this board, I'll have more luck. A mod could delete this post and move the originals here or delete the originals and leave this one if there's a problem. My gg grandfather (1871-1932) was, according to my grandma, a paper blinds...

this is a website I tried. I had no success but my actors don't want to be found www. victorianweb.org/mt/index.html I was going to put several links here but every URL I had saved no longer works! this one is useful too www.

My great grandfather's brother (b1882) was a trick cyclist who at some point supposedly performed in front of the King/Queen. According to the 1901 census, he was already a 'cyclist rider - variety stage' by this time. He is boarding with a family in Middlesbrough but what I didn't notice before...

In loving memory of John Goddard CLOWES who died July 21st 1904 aged 59 years. Also of Elizabeth who died March 3rd 1888 aged 39 years. Interred at Manor Park Essex. In 1881 the Clowes family are living in a Caravan in the gardens of the Leather Bottle Inn, Springhead Road,Northfleet, Kent. The...

My great Grandmother was an actress. Her stage name was Bessie NATHAN and her headed notepaper tells us she was a "Comedy and Burlesque Actress". I have found very little, apart from the occasional newspaper cutting, to tell me about her career because most of the archives at the theatrical museum...