Which actress was the mother of the man who provided text for the narrated portions of the comic ballet Punch and the Judy?
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Punch and the Judy Punch and the Judy is a comic ballet about marital discord choreographed by Martha Graham to music by Robert McBride. Arch Lauterer designed the set, Charlotte Trowbridge, the costumes. Edward Gordon Craig provided text for the narrated portions. The piece premiered on August 10, 1941, at the Bennington College Theatre in Bennington, Vermont.
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Edward Gordon Craig Edward Henry Gordon Craig (born Edward Godwin; 16 January 1872 – 29 July 1966), sometimes known as Gordon Craig, was an English modernist theatre practitioner; he worked as an actor, director and scenic designer, as well as developing an influential body of theoretical writings. Craig was the son of actress Dame Ellen Terry.
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Mother Knows Best (film) Mother Knows Best is a 1928 American film directed by John G. Blystone, based on a novel by Edna Ferber, fictionalizing the life of vaudevillian Elsie Janis. The film was Fox's first real talkie, using the Movietone sound system which had been used for sound effects in "Sunrise", although it still contained silent sections. The sound sections were directed by actor Charles Judels. The film starred Madge Bellamy, with Louise Dresser as her domineering mother, Barry Norton, and Albert Gran.
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Jacqui Hawkins Jacqueline "Jacqui" Hawkins (born 1945) is an English book author and illustrator. With her husband Colin Hawkins, they are known for their creative partnership, having illustrated and written over 150 children's books. They are also the parents of actress Sally Hawkins.
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Peg Murray Margaret L. "Peg" Murray (born February 14, 1924) is an American actress of stage, musical theatre and television.
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Maude Apatow Maude Apatow (born December 15, 1997) is an American actress. She is the elder daughter of director Judd Apatow and actress Leslie Mann and is known for her roles as the daughter to her real-life mother's characters in "Knocked Up" (2007), "Funny People" (2009), and "This Is 40" (2012).
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Sandra Knight Sandra Knight (born January 1, 1940) is an American actress, painter and writer. She is best known for her work as an actor in low-budget films of the 1950s and 1960s, such as "Frankenstein's Daughter", "The Terror" where she plays an evil spirit, and "Tower of London". Knight was married to Jack Nicholson from 1962 until 1968. She is the mother of his daughter, Jennifer Nicholson.
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Peter Murray-Hill Peter Auriol Murray Hill (20 April 1908 – 25 November 1957) was an English actor, and publisher He was married to the actress Phyllis Calvert from 1941 until his death.
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Debbie Newsome Debbie Newsome was an Australian television personality, born in 1960 and is a mother of
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Melinda O. Fee Melinda O. Fee (born October 7, 1942) is an American actress who has starred in films and on television. Her first starring role was on the television series "Love of Life". Her mother was actress Astrid Allwyn and her second husband, Charles O. Fee.
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Eric Thompson Eric Norman Thompson (9 November 1929 – 30 November 1982) was an English actor, television presenter and producer. He is best remembered for creating and performing the English narration for "The Magic Roundabout", which he adapted from the original French "Le Manège Enchanté".
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Sandy Powell (comedian) Sandy Powell MBE (30 January 1900 – 26 June 1982) was an English comedian best known for his radio work of the 1930s and for his catchphrase "Can You Hear Me, Mother?". He first said this in a theatre in Coventry. Fifty years later, deciding he needed a rest from the business (he planned a cruise around the world with his wife), he again said it in a Coventry theatre, for the last time.
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Margaret Talbot Margaret Talbot is an American essayist and non-fiction writer. She is also the daughter of the veteran Warner Bros. actor Lyle Talbot, whom she profiled in an October 2012 "The New Yorker" article and in her book "The Entertainer: Movies, Magic and My Father's Twentieth Century" (Riverhead Books, 2012).
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Rula Lenska Rula Lenska (born Róża Maria Leopoldyna Łubieńska, 30 September 1947) is an English actress. She mainly appeared in United Kingdom productions, but also appeared in a United States television advert that presented her as a celebrity, even though she was not widely known there at the time. She is a former wife of British actor Dennis Waterman.
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Punch and Judy (disambiguation) "The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch", a graphic novel by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean
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Virginia Stride Virginia Stride (born Virginia Thomas in Yokohama, Japan) is a British actress of stage and screen who first came to public attention on television in the 1960s. She was the first wife of the actor John Stride (born 1936), whom she met when they were studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), and in 1964 she introduced the first programme to be seen on BBC Two.
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Eddie Cantor Eddie Cantor (January 31, 1892 – October 10, 1964), born Edward Israel Itzkowitz, was an American "illustrated song" performer, comedian, dancer, singer, actor, and songwriter. Familiar to Broadway, radio, movie, and early television audiences, this "Apostle of Pep" was regarded almost as a family member by millions because his top-rated radio shows revealed intimate stories and amusing anecdotes about his wife Ida and five daughters. Some of his hits include "Makin' Whoopee", "Ida", "Yes! We Have No Bananas", "If You Knew Susie", "Ma! He's Makin' Eyes at Me", "Baby", "Margie", and "How Ya Gonna Keep 'em Down on the Farm (After They've Seen Paree)?" He also wrote a few songs, including "Merrily We Roll Along", the "Merrie Melodies" Warner Bros. cartoon theme.
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Liz Crowther Elizabeth Ann 'Liz' Crowther (born 9 December 1954 in Isleworth, then Middlesex now Greater London, England) is an English television actress. She is the daughter of comedian Leslie Crowther.
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Frances Shand Kydd Frances Ruth Roche Shand Kydd (20 January 1936 – 3 June 2004) was the mother of Diana, Princess of Wales. Her biographer, Max Riddington, who was the writer of "Frances: The Remarkable Story of Princess Diana's Mother", described Shand Kydd as a woman who was "certainly complicated" and also "funny, warm, intelligent, and energetic." Following her divorce from Viscount Althorp in 1969, and Diana's death in 1997, Shand Kydd devoted the final years of her life to Roman Catholic charity work.
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Noel Streatfeild Mary Noel Streatfeild OBE (24 December 1895 –11 September 1986), was an English author, best known for children's books including the "Shoes" books, which were not a series. Random House, the U.S. publisher of the 1936 "Ballet Shoes" (1936), published some of Streatfeild's subsequent children's books using the word "Shoes" in their titles, to capitalize on the popularity of Ballet Shoes; thus "Circus Shoes", "Party Shoes" (in Britain, "Party Frock"). She won the third annual Carnegie Medal for "The Circus Is Coming", also published as "Circus Shoes". She was a member of the historic Streatfeild family.
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Fay Compton Virginia Lilian Emmeline Compton-Mackenzie, CBE ( ; 18 September 1894 – 12 December 1978), known professionally as Fay Compton, was an English actress from a notable lineage of actors; her father was actor/manager Edward Compton; her mother Virginia Bateman was a distinguished member of the profession, as were her elder sister, the actress Viola Compton, and her uncles and aunts. Her grandfather was the 19th century theatrical luminary Henry Compton. Author Compton Mackenzie was her elder brother.
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Lyudmila Makarova Lyudmila Iosifovna Makarova (Людмила Иосифовна Макарова; 20 October 1921 – 30 May 2014) was a Russian stage actress from Saint Petersburg. From 1938 to 1941, she studied at the Greater Drama Theatre, becoming the theatre's lead actress under Georgy Tovstonogov. In 1977, she was named a People's Artist of the USSR. Her on-screen appearances were rather brief. She was married to actor Yefim Kopelyan from 1941 until his death in 1975. Their son, Kirill Kopelyan (died 2005), was also an actor.