... Daughter of a professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at London University, she worked in a munitions factory during the Second World War. She married Robert Mitchell, a Kent farmer, in 1956, and leaves two children of her own and three stepchildren. Peter ...

... unfortunately pre vented her from continuing her stage career here. She never lost her love of the stage and until the Second World War appeared occasionally in Emilio Colombo's CaK Colette for the B.B.C. She was for many years a regular producer of plays ...

... Kaempfert, who had made his home in Switzerland for several years, rose to prominence as a bandleader following the Second World War and became one of the biggest recording artists on the Continent His music was known internationally, particularly his ...

... from a theatrical background and with his parents appeared in fit ups and later revue and concert par ties. During the Second World War he was a prominent member of ENSA and toured North Africa, Scapa Row, and later Italy with his stand up comic routine ...

... continuing story of ordinary Glasgow folk, which achieved top listening figures as an early radio soap opera after the Second World War. Bom in 1910, Lee was a newsman and later a feature writer covering the radio scene for the Scottish Daily Express before ...

... was educated at Brighton College. He became an actor, at Brighton Theatre Royal, when he left school, and before the Second World War worked under the name Val Blanchard, appearing at Bath and Cambridge and on tour. Joining the Royal Artillery at the ...

... KEN RYAN Ken Ryan Grant, who died at the age of 80, was a stalwart of Forces shows during and after the Second World War notably as a female impersonator and later, with the decline of variety, turning to being a full-time dresser to many actors. Born ...

... joiner and a seaside landlady, qualifying as a chartered accountant and setting up in practice in his home town. After the Second World War he moved to London and joined the large accountancy firm of Binder Hamlyn, which carried out many audits in the entertainment ...

... regularly 'cleaned up' at the local drama festivals. Walk- ons with the Court Players and Nottingham Playhouse before the Second World War drew her into the stage as a profession. While serving in the ATS she became a member of Stars in Battledress and (as ...

... was The Harmonica Kid. He proved to be a hit, which led him to join the touring show. After active service during the Second World War, Yorke formed the Monarchs, which consisted of himself, Les Henry, Jimmy Prescott and Johnny Crowe. After six months ...

... DFM and Belgian Croix de Guerre et Palme. Bom on April 3, 1921, he attended Bryanston School in Dorset and during the Second World War volunteered for the RAF. He took part in raids over Europe and the Middle East and in the defence of Malta. During further ...

... though he presented Liberace for the first time in Britain. One of Britain's most renowned dance teachers before the Second World War and the owner of the Regent Street club which bore his name, SANTOS CASANI has died aged 85. Born in South Africa, he ...