Dame Esmerelda Cicely Courtneidge, DBE (1 April 1893 – 26 April 1980) was an Australian-born British actress, comedian and singer. The daughter of the...
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in comedy productions, and often working alongside his wife (Dame) Cicely Courtneidge. Born in Ely, Cambridgeshire, he was the elder and more successful...
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was the father of the actress Cicely Courtneidge, who played in many of his early 20th century productions. Courtneidge began as a comic actor in the...
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Buses and its film spin-offs, after replacing the original actress Cicely Courtneidge. Hare was born in Bargoed, Glamorgan. Her parents had a portable theatre...
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Blake, but on occasion has fallen foul of the inspector's wrath. Cicely Courtneidge (series 1) and Doris Hare (series 2–7 & films) as Mabel Butler ("Mum")...
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as well as a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Cicely Courtneidge gave what she considered her finest film performance, in a role wholly...
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Distributors. Courtneidge plays a dual role as the sisters Bertha and Cicely Fytte. Bertha is a dour schoolteacher, while the bubbly Cicely runs a nearby...
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released in 1976. It was the last film to feature appearances by Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert who had been a leading celebrity couple in the 1930s...
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directed by Godfrey Grayson and starring Glynis Johns, John Justin, Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert. It was adapted by Albert G. Miller and Eldon Howard...
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comedy spy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge and Austin Trevor. The film was an independent production made at...
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Look up cicely or Cicely in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cicely is an herb, Myrrhis odorata Cicely may also refer to: Osmorhiza, a genus of plants...
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Me", "If I Gave You", "Forever and a Day", and "Home Sweet Heaven". Cicely Courtneidge accepted the role of Madame Arcati. This was an unhappy episode in...
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1935 British comedy film, directed by Victor Saville, and starring Cicely Courtneidge, Tom Walls, Barry MacKay, Peter Gawthorne, Henry Oscar and Cecil Parker...
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comedy crime film starring Diana Dors, Patrick Holt, Jack Hulbert and Cicely Courtneidge. It was the last major feature film directed by Leslie Arliss. The...
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was "Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty" (1917). The song is sung by Cicely Courtneidge in the 1962 film The L-Shaped Room. The term was also referenced in...
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thriller film directed by Walter Forde and starring Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge and Ann Todd. It is based on the play The Ghost Train by Arnold Ridley...
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Hulbert, and starring Jack Hulbert and Cicely Courtneidge. Rival journalists Jack and Minnie (Hulbert and Courtneidge) compete for a scoop about a missing...
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Martin and Robert Stevenson, and starring Lilian Harvey, Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge, Sonnie Hale, and Edward Chapman. It was made as a co-production between...
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singer-actors and actresses including Barbara Brown, Graham Stark and Cicely Courtneidge. David Croft himself played a number of roles, including Timmy Willie...
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Cleghorn Thomson, journalist, author and politician (born 1900) 26 April Cicely Courtneidge, actress (born 1893) Irene Ward, Baroness Ward of North Tyneside,...
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on 16 February 1951, where it ran for 504 performances and starred Cicely Courtneidge as Gay, Lizbeth Webb as Linda, and Thorley Walters. While it embraced...
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"Shakespeare's Sister") and Cicely Courtneidge as an elderly lesbian veteran of the music halls. The soundbite is Courtneidge's character nostalgically singing...
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1945 she appeared in the hit musical Under the Counter alongside Cicely Courtneidge. She was married in 1933 to businessman Bernard Docker but their union...
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written no role for himself; the show starred the comedy actress Cicely Courtneidge and was a departure from his established pattern, balancing the contrasting...
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Liver Birds (1969–74), mostly alongside Nerys Hughes. She played Cicely Courtneidge in the biographical musical of the actress Once More with Music in...
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the directors, led by C. B. Cochran refused to sell. In 1939–1940, Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert appeared at the Palace in Under Your Hat, a comedy...
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1936 British musical film directed by Charles Reisner and starring Cicely Courtneidge, Ernest Truex, Percy Parsons and Alma Taylor. The film's sets were...
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1933 British musical comedy film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Cicely Courtneidge, Sam Hardy and Phyllis Clare. The film was made by Gainsborough Pictures...
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Kingdom. She started her career in England, in the vein of entertainer Cicely Courtneidge. Desmond carved out a career as a variety performer, as a singer and...
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British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge, Francis Lister and Peter Gawthorne. It became well known for its...
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