... Carlo, Paris and Ostend, then led bands at London's Cafe de Paris and at the London Casino until the outbreak of the Second World War, during which he served in the Army. Soon after wards he appeared in Stars in Battledress and from the late for ties ...

... Among the many plays in which she appeared was Brighton Rock with Richard Attenborough and Henmione Baddeley. After the Second World War Pat met and married an American, making her home with him in Boston, returning to her beloved Margate after his death ...

... 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 ...

... theatre under the successive managements of Rich Waldron and Harry McKelvie for 23 consecutive years. During and after the Second World War he toured with James Shirvell's companies, and managed Mr. Shirvell's tour of June Mad. He also toured the Scottish ...

... the problems being encountered in the rebuilding of the city of Plymouth following the devastation suffered during the Second World War. Craigie was subsequently widely acclaimed for Blue Scar (1948), a drama set in a South Wales mining village, but there ...

... with composition, achieving considerable success with his Octet (1933), still regarded as his finest work. During the Second World War he helped the celebrated pianist Myra Hess with the organisation of the famous daily chamber con certs at the National ...

... moved to London to train at the Italia Conti School, where she joined the staff in due course. With the advent of the Second World War, she joined ENSA and following hostilities was ballet mistress for Clarkson Rose for a number of years. She then worked ...

... Dance, in which she was the subject of Poor Little Rich Girl. But it was in intimate revue, both before and after the Second World War, that she made her mark, though she returned to straight acting, both in films and the theatre, on numerous occasions ...

... BBC in Edinburgh before joining the Corporation's fledgling tele vision service at Alexandra Palace in 1938. During the Second World War, he served for two years as a marine radio officer in the Merchant Navy, and also played the part of 'Sparks' in the ...

... producers specialising in pre senting female impersonation. Lawrence culled most of his artists from ENSA shows during the Second World War and gave them dates in touring shows dur ing the early fifties. Some of the most famous were names such as Ford and Sheen ...

... AUBREY RICHARDS Aubrey Richards was born in Swansea on June 6, 1920. Having served in the RAF during the Second World War, he started his acting career in The Brothers Karamazov, directed by Alec Guinness at the Lyric Theatre. He joined Laurence Olivier ...

... Crowborough. His career as a tenor began with the BBC Singers and the chorus at Glyndebourne, but by the beginning of the Second World War he was establishing himself as a soloist His partnership with Britten, like himself a lifelong pacifist and a conscientious ...