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Obituary: STEPHEN POLLITZER

... his own particular sphere, and in return theatre people all over the world benefited from his friendship. During the second world war he was able to ensure that those en gaged in forces entertainment were equipped with most of the require ments for reasonable ...

Published: Thursday 04 October 1962
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: FamilyNotice | Words: 161 | Page: 15 | Tags: notices 

Obituaries

... Royal Navy in 1943, at the second theatre at which she worked, the Little, Bristol in 1937 Before the outbreak of the Second World War, she had successful seasons i at Harrogate and Bristol again. After a spell of war work helping evacuees, she did further ...

Published: Thursday 01 May 1986
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: FamilyNotice | Words: 530 | Page: 30 | Tags: notices 

OBITUARIES: Gordon Richardson

... almost total blindness. Bom in Dundee and trained at the Old Vic School, he was a member of the Old Vic Company before the Second World War and appeared in John Gielgud's famous Hamlet in the West End. He was at the Cambridge Festival Theatre and had repertory ...

Published: Thursday 23 March 1995
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: FamilyNotice | Words: 149 | Page: 36 | Tags: notices 

OBITUARIES: HARRY MACANESPIE

... founder member of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, he made his home in Bearsden, near Glasgow, at the outbreak of the Second World War, when that orchestra moved to Glasgow from Edinburgh. He taught students at the Royal Scottish Academy of Miisir in Glasgow ...

Published: Thursday 20 November 1997
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: FamilyNotice | Words: 145 | Page: 30 | Tags: notices 

Obituaries: JASMINE BLIGH

... appearing in Julius Caesar at His Majesty's Theatre and playing a few small roles in films. Before the outbreak of the Second World War she had broken away from the studio to undertake various reporting assignments, often of a hazardous nature, and rejoined ...

Published: Thursday 08 August 1991
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: FamilyNotice | Words: 141 | Page: 27 | Tags: notices 

Obituaries: Christopher Isherwood

... becoming more interested in films, and it was in the capacity of screenwriter that he went to Hollywood just before the Second World War His reputation in America was made, though, as a novelist. HOWARD MORGAN, trumpet player with the Roy Bradley Comedy ...

Published: Thursday 23 January 1986
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: FamilyNotice | Words: 189 | Page: 27 | Tags: notices 

Obituaries: LEONORA WESTON

... Whiteleys. When she broke away from this act. she toured as a solo -performer in this country and overseas. During the Second World War she married Ron Weston, another variety performer who was serving at the time with the Commandos, but she continued in ...

Published: Thursday 10 November 1994
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: FamilyNotice | Words: 166 | Page: 13 | Tags: notices 

OBITUARIES: ALEC RODGER

... started working at the age of 11 as a stage hand, controlling the limes at the Metropole Theatre in Glasgow. After the Second World War he became stage manager at the Empress Theatre at St George's Cross, Glasgow, and was probably the youngest stage manager ...

Published: Thursday 21 October 1999
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: FamilyNotice | Words: 162 | Page: 27 | Tags: notices 

OBITUARIES: HEDLEY MATTINGLY

... to Canada during the fifties, and died aged 83 at Encino, California on March 3. He was bom in London and before the Second World War appeared in a number of Shakespearean productions. He then joined the RAF. After moving to Canada he resumed his acting ...

Published: Thursday 04 June 1998
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: FamilyNotice | Words: 168 | Page: 33 | Tags: notices 

OBITUARIES: JEAN INGLIS

... strong resem blance, for many years in stage and film productions. Married to Patrick 'Paddy' Fleming at the end of the Second World War, she retired from the stage as her family increased. Her husband, a wartime RAF pilot who later became one of the best- ...

Published: Thursday 15 August 1996
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: FamilyNotice | Words: 158 | Page: 33 | Tags: notices 

ALLAN QOFORD, who died in March aged 82, was known to many artists through his work with the Services Sound

... appearing in several London shows before joining the repertory com pany at Folkestone. He served with the Indian Army in the Second World War, transferring in 1943 to the Middle East, where he worked with the Army Welfare Service looking after ENSA and, later ...

Published: Thursday 29 May 1986
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: FamilyNotice | Words: 169 | Page: 21 | Tags: notices 

OBITUARY

... Jane Eyre. O'Brien also worked for many ENSA productions both on the admin istrative and acting sides throughout the Second World War. GERTE SINDING LARSEN. singing teacher of international repute, died in a Worthing hospital on February 2 at the age ...

Published: Thursday 10 February 1977
Newspaper: The Stage
County: London, England
Type: FamilyNotice | Words: 191 | Page: 19 | Tags: notices