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No. 25 of 50
Enid Trevor is the wife of Claude Hulbert, Trevor being her maiden
name. Born at Richmond, Surrey, in 1900, she is the daughter of the
late Colonel Philip Trevor, CBE, and great-grand-niece of David Garrick,
so acting is in her blood. Her stage début was under the management
of Dennis Eadie at the Haymarket and Royalty Theatres, when she played
cockney character parts. Late she joined a concert party as a comedienne;
Claude Hulbert was also a member of that party and they married. In
June 1928 they appeared together "on the air" and leapt into
popularity in a domestic quarrelling sketch Some More Nonsense
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No. 26 of 50
Will Hay is probably one of the most versatile of entertainers. He
is not only a character comedian of the first rank, but also an astronomer
(he discovered the spot on the plant Saturn in 1933), a fully qualified
air pilot, and was once an engineer. Born at Stockton-on-Tees in
1888, he became interested in astronomy in school and now he carries on
his research work in this direction after his nightly stage
entertainments. He was first "on the air" in 1922, and
since then his sketches of "St. Michaels" (of which he is the
"Head") have proved among the most popular items in radio
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No. 29 of 50
Mabel Constanduros, the popular radio celebrity, began broadcasting in
1925 with one of her own inimitable sketches. The Buggins Family is
of course the most famous of these. At one time she was the whole family -
Mrs. Buggins, Grandma, Ag, Emma, Alfie and the Baby, but when Michael
Hogan joined her, Father and Bert came into being. Mabel
Constanduros, who was born in South London, was a Miss Tilling. from
her earliest days, she wanted to be an actress, but now in her busy radio,
stage and film life she finds time to do a little journalism, write short
stories and novels, and invent all her own sketches. |
No. 30 of 50
Stanley Holloway, actor, singer and jester was born in London in
1890. It is said of him that he is one of the few first0class actors
with an excellent singing voice - baritone. He started his professional
career with a troupe of travelling pierrots, but achieved real fame as an
original member of "The Co-Optimists." His first broadcast
was as a singer in 1924, and he was then firmly established in public
favour as an actor and singer in musical comedies. In 1933 he was
specially engaged to go to Canada to give one hour's entertainment at a
fee of £1,000 - for the Society of Lancashiremen in Toronto.
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