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... MARY GREW MARY GREW, the actress, died at her London home last week, aged 68. She made her first ap pearance on the stage at the Fortune in 1925 in We Moderns and scored a success in The Combined Maze at the Royalty in 1927. She played Laura in The Father at the Everyman in 1929 and later toured as Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion and in Love From a Stranger, among other plays. She was a French ...
... ALBERT LIEVEN ALBERT LIEVEN, the actor, died at his Farnham home on December 16, aged 65. He was bom in East Germany and played almost 100 parts in various Continental theatres between 1927 and 1936. He made his first appearance on the London stage in 1937 as Prince Ernest in Victoria Regina at the Lyric and later toured as Prince Albert in the same play. He was a play- reader for Gilbert ...
... WARREN CHARLES WARREN. wall-known American song writer, died, recently, after a heart attack, in New York Among his bast known numbers were Jeepers Creepers. Lullaby of Broadway and Moonglow He was formerly a member of the successful RUNNING FOUR, vocal and instrumental quartette. ...
... N. C. HUNTER N. C. HUNTER, the playwright, who died on Monday last, aged 62, was best known for two plays. Waters of the Moon and A Day By the Sea, al though he wrote many others. Waters of the Moon, splendi dly staged at the Haymarket in 1951, was a drama of personal feeling and character subtleties, with Chekhovian tints yet with qualities of sensitivity and craftsmanship all its own. But ...
... AGNES BELL AGNES BELL, known to hund reds of people in the profession as Nessie, and for many years warden of the Theatre Girls' Club in Greek Street, died in Winchester on June 29, aged 86. She retired from the Club when she was 82, having origin ally taken over the post of warden from Mrs Compton, mother of Fay Compton and Compton Mackenzie. ...
... The late LOUIS HAYDEN started at he Windmill Theatre as a resident drag act then appeared in a series of shows for the late HYMIE ZAHL which started the trend of drag performances. DANNY LA RUE and ALAN HAYNES were in the same shows. He appeared with ALFRED MARKS and some of the top comedy stars during his Wind mill days. Hayden died aged 56 in the Roosevelt Hospital, New York where he had ...
... OWEN FRANCIS (BUSTER BANOON OF THE FOUR ASTOUNDERS) at his home on February 19th, 1971 Always Near Me My Darling Your sorrowing wife Jessie Also with love from son Peter, daughter Copper son-in-law Rikki and grandson little Richard. ...
... IEAN VILAR, the French actor, has died at the age of 58. He studied for the stage with Charles Dullin and made his first appearance in Paris 30 years ago, subsequently becom ing one of the most dis tinguished actors and directors on the French stage. He made his first appearance in London in 1956 on the stage of the Palace in the title-role of Don Juan in a production which caused a minor ...
... FRANK C MARSHALL FRANK C. MARSHALL, who was general manager of Drury Lane for many years, particu larly during the Rodgers and Hammerstein period, and more recently was the general man ager of the Scala, died at his Wimbledon home on Monday last. His widow is Nita Croft. Obituaries ...
... IN LOVING MEMORY PHIL BALK who suddenly passed away April 19th. 1971 Devoted Brother to ELIZABETH UPTON and Family Sadly missed by all STEWART McBEAN 21/4/1970 Happily remembered very much missed George Hamilton IN MEMORIAM NORMA BARRY In loving memory of my darling daughter, died tragically. May 1st. 1961. Also treasured birthday memories. May 9th. Deep in my heart you will always stay, Loved ...
... MARY AUSTIN MARY AUSTIN, the actress, has died in London at the age of 98. For many years, under her own management, she pre sented The Cotton Spinner and appeared in her own romantic version of Maria Marten. ...
... DENNIS KING DENNIS KING, the actor, has died in New York, aged 73. Born in Coventry, he started as a call boy at the Birmingham Rep. Made his first London ap pearance at the Palace in 1919 in Monsieur Beaucaire and then went to America, where he spent most of his life, becoming an American citizen. He was a great success on Broadway in such musicals as Rose Marie, The Vagabond King and The ...