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Members of British Equity campaigning with bannerMembers of British Equity campaigning with a banner outside the Spanish Embassy in London, 4 August 1978. They include (left to right) John Barron (union President), Robert Morley, Paul Eddington
Twelve Hollywood Beauties from Clifford Whitley's revueTwelve musical actresses from Clifford Whitley's revue, produced by Hassard Short, at the Adelphi, London. Date: 1935
The Baddeley sisters were both actresses, Angela (right) was married to Mr Glen Byam-Shaw and Hermione was married to Mr David Tennat
Actresses on Footlight Favourites Fan Date: 1890s
Ta-ra-ra-Boom-de-ay - popular songTa-ra-ra-Boom-de-ay - the popular song in musical notation, with portraits Date: 1890s
Lily and Hilda Hanbury, English actresses Date: 1890s
Olive May (nee Olive Mary Meatyard), Countess of Drogheda (1886 - 1947)Olive May (ne Olive Mary Meatyard), Countess of Drogheda (1886 - 1947), Actress; former wife of Lord Victor Paget, and later wife of 10th Earl of Drogheda
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a portrait of Countess Poulett, formerly the actress Sylvia Storey, who married Lord Poulett in 1908
Lady Francis Hope (1866 - 1938), formerly the actress Miss May Yohe, who married Lord Francis Hope, heir to the 7th Duke of Newcastle in 1893
Front cover of The Sketch featuring engaged couple, actress Frances Doble, and sir Anthony Lindsay-Hogg wearing rather bizarre and ill-advised costume
Page from The Tatler reporting on the marriage of Mrs Stirling (formerly Clare Elizabeth Taylor) of the Gaiety Theatre and Lord George Cholmondeley, second son of the Marquess of Cholmondeley
Front cover of The Sketch reporting on the marriage of Mrs Stirling (formerly Clara Elizabeth Taylor) of the Gaiety Theatre to Lord George Cholmondeley, second son of the Marquess of Cholmondeley
Dalys Girls enjoying themselves at the swimming baths. Standing (left to right): The Misses Stella Riga, Jean Stirling, Veda Le Grand and Irene Flower
Review of Walter Greenwoods Love on the Dole at the Garrick Theatre in The Bystander magazine, complete with caricatures of the leading characters by Rouson. Date: 1935
Star-Shine and Sun-Shine on the Riviera, well known actresses (Mlle Arlette Dorgere, The Guy Sisters, Evelyn Laye, Mlle Falconetti and Betty Balfour) sketched at Monte Carlo, 1927 by A
Two gowns worn by actresses at the Poiniere Theatre, Paris, 1925 - the left worn by Mlle Marken is an emerald green crepe edged with silver rose voile
A scene from The Way You Look At It at the Queen sA scene from The Way You Look At It at the Queens Theatre, London, 1926 with Leslie Howard, Edna Best and Isabel Jeans Date: 1926
Theatrical stars June and Antia Elson on holiday in sunny England at Lulworth Cove, 1926 - top in a motorboat with Nick Prinsep (top) and with other friends (below) Date: 1926
The cast of Don t Listen, Ladies, written by Sacha Guitry, and staged at the St. Jamess Theatre in London in 1948, caricatured by Tom Tit in The Tatler
Buddy Bradleys dance schoolPrincipal Boys, including Patricia Burke and Jean Gillie, practising their dance moves for the pantomime season at Buddy Bradleys dance school. Date: 1940
Striking costumes designed by Victor Stiebel for the musical, Music in the Air, starring Mary Ellis. Date: 1933
Nell Gwynnes houseView of Nell Gwynnes house in 1820. Nell Gwynne (1650-1687) was an acclaimed actress, one of the first English actresses and a mistress of King Charles II of England. Date: 1875
Clarice Mayne, popular stage actress and considered one of the finest principle boys in the pantomime business, pictured laying the first brick of the Karsino
Front cover of The Tatler featuring theatrical impresario Charles B. Cochran with actresses Peggy Wood and Evelyn Laye. Wood
Pat Kirkwood in Black Velvet at the London HippodromePat Kirkwood performing the hit, Most Gentlemen Don t Like Love in the popular wartime revue Black Velvet at the London Hippodrome in 1940. Date: 1940
The Tatler and Eve at the Advertising Ball - fancy dressMiss Lily St. John, representing The Tatler and wearing a replica costume of the eighteenth century gentleman who appears on the cover, together with Evelyn Laye representing its sister magazine
The actress June by Madame YevondeThe actress known simply as June at the time she was appearing in the new musical comedy, Toni in Birmingham before moving to the Shaftesbury Theatre in London. Date: 1924
Dick Whittington at the London Hippodrome, 1903Dick Whittington at the London Hippodrome in 1903. Top left, Dick and his sweetheart played by Ruth Lytton and Fanny Dango. Top right, Dick with his cat (played by Mr Fred Farren Jnr)
Sketch cover - Cicely Debenham in Zig-Zag, London HippodromeCicely Debenham as Louana Lou of Honolulu in the revue " Zig-Zag!" at the London Hippodrome in 1917. Date: 1917
Camille Clifford at homeCamille Clifford (1885 - 1971), Belgian-born stage actress, the model for the Edwardian Gibson Girl drawn by Charles Dana Gibson, who married the Hon
Starlets and show-girls of Black Velvet at London HippodromePage from The Sketch featuring photographs of the starlets in Black Velvet, a revue at the London Hippodrome in 1939. Featured are Iris Lockwood (who married theatre producer Robert Nesbitt)
Jack Buchanan & Vera Pearce in Stand Up and Sing by HynesCaricature by Hynes of Jack Buchanan and Vera Pearce performing a comedy dance in the hit musical Stand Up and Sing at the London Hippodrome. Date: 1931
Jack Buchanan & Elsie Randolph Mr. Whittington, HippodromeJack Buchanan and Elsie Randolph in a scene from Mr. Whittington, a comedy musical starring Buchanan as a modern-day Dick Whittington
The Gaiety Girls - Constance Collier and Lily Harold, with an unknown actress. circa 1894
Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square by AutoriGroup caricature by Autori of music and stage stars of various nationalities who would, if the contemplated restrictions on foreign artistes in London were passed, leave Londons West End
Laura Cowie with daughter Ursula by Madame YevondeActress Laura Cowie (1892 - 1969), who in private life was Mrs John Hastings Turner, wife of the author and playwright, pictured with her daughter Ursula on the front cover of The Sketch in 1932 at
Dolly Sisters on front cover of the Sketch 1921The Dolly Sisters photographed in their costumes for the new pantomime " The Babes in the Wood" by C B Cochran. The Dolly Sisters enjoyed immense success in London
Norah Blaney in The Vagabond King 1927Norah Blaney (1894 - 1983), music hall performer and actress, appearing in the part of Huguette in The Vagabond King, playing at the Winter Garden Theatre in London in 1927. 1927
Doria March (1893 - 1974), born Katharine Hamilton Ewing, Canadian actress, hailed, the best-dressed woman in Canada. Date: 1930
Bystander front cover - Elsa MacfarlaneBystander cover featuring a colour photograph of actress and entertainer, Elsa Macfarlane, who was a member of the revue group, the Co-optimists
Voice audition for female role in a musical 1908Illustration of a voice-trial for a female role in a musical comedy, with Stanley Wade and Merlin Morgan shown judging the auditions for Mr George Edwardes theatre companies
Bystander cover - Marchioness of HeadfortThe Marchioness of Headfort, formerly known to playgoers as Miss Rose (Rosie) Boote of the Gaiety Theatre, London. She married the Marquess in April 1901, and her son became the Earl of Bective
Norah Blaney and Gwen Farrar in The House that Jack BuiltTheatrical double act Norah Blaney and Gwen Farrar dressed as what appears to be Mickey and Minnie Mouse in a scene from " The House That Jack Built"
The Sisters Levey, three Victorian actresses. late 19th century
Cartoon, Mrs Leigh Murray, English actressCartoon, Mrs Elizabeth Leigh Murray (1815-1892), English actress. 1884
Cartoon, Miss Mary Anderson, actress - The good girl who would give up her play to go to church. 1885