What British actress played the mother of singer and comedian Gracie Fields?
383198e6213a6337883211f0edb7a2f0
Minnie Rayner Minnie Rayner (2 May 1869 – 13 December 1941) was a British stage and film actress. A character actress she played working class figures, often mothers, in films of the 1930s. Her roles include the matriarch of the working-class Fulham family who takes in an exiled Russian Prince (Ivor Novello) as a lodger in the comedy "I Lived with You" (1933). The same year she played Gracie Fields' mother in "This Week of Grace".
f9bf7afffe06988c6f35a6546f42b861
Gracie Fields Dame Gracie Fields, DBE (born Grace Stansfield; 9 January 189827 September 1979) was an English actress, singer and comedian and star of both cinema and music hall. She spent the later part of her life on the isle of Capri, Italy. Fields was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for "services to entertainment" in 1938, and in 1979, seven months before her death, she was invested a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II.
ce73ff4c00127215256a229bbdac3fe2
Love, Life and Laughter (1934 film) Love, Life and Laughter is a 1934 British comedy drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Gracie Fields, John Loder and Ivor Barnard.
1dbcdda1bb5e9e565570916ba617104a
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.
21f70d6c0e4b357d768d0c3a71c88498
Colette O'Neil Colette O'Neil (born 1935) is a Glasgow-born actress noted for her various roles on British television.
fc678718dd068569f9e6fcb1f7e19aa1
Helen Shingler Helen Shingler (born 19 August 1919) is a British film actress, widow of Seafield Laurence Stewart Murray Head, mother of actor/singer Murray Head, and actor Anthony Stewart Head and the grandmother of Kathryn and Sophie Head and actresses Emily and Daisy Head.
cabf7d61fe9ef28b924a38a0d31aff21
Meg Wynn Owen Meg Wynn Owen (born 8 November 1939) is a Welsh actress, who is best known for her role as Hazel Bellamy, née Forrest, in the television series "Upstairs, Downstairs".
a726895d46059c17e2cfa8f226fff73d
Laura Shavin Laura Helen Shavin (born 23 December 1965 Islington, London) is a British actress and comedian.
bd770efce6dd9c1376ad08c3c7b12f5c
June Spencer June Rosalind Spencer, CBE (born 14 June 1919) is an English actress best known for her role in the BBC Radio 4 soap opera "The Archers" as Peggy Woolley. She was born in Nottingham, England.
212078e70c240525793e7ae82cbb5d3d
Joan Orenstein Joan Orenstein (December 4, 1923 – October 10, 2009) was a British-born Canadian actress, primarily on stage, although she performed in other media. One of her best-known roles was in the 1997 film "The Hanging Garden" as the dotty old grandmother, Grace.
561213092f2f3f4c4f3c9ba9c328ba32
Totie Fields Totie Fields (May 7, 1930 – August 2, 1978) was an American comedienne.
f0dbe24a92246e7205b5419b6d8c0608
Barbara Lott Barbara Dulcie Lott (15 May 1920 – 19 December 2002) was a British actress probably best remembered as Ronnie Corbett's character's mother, Phyllis Lumsden in the comedy series "Sorry!". She also appeared in "Coronation Street", "Rings on Their Fingers", "Survivors", "Z-Cars", and as Rhona's auntie Pearl in the popular BBC television sitcom "2point4 Children", amongst others.
aa8309139c617542da03344a768fb742
Esma Cannon Esma Ellen Charlotte Littman (née Cannon) (27 December 1905 – 18 October 1972), credited as Esme or Esma Cannon, was a diminutive (4 ft ) Australian-born character actress and comedian, who moved to Britain in the early 1930s. Although better known in her latter years for her television roles, she was best known as a film actress, with a lengthy career in early British productions, from the 1930s to the 1950s.
2c863eb6e3003ce8872dd1bf1466e025
Muriel Aked Muriel Aked (9 November 1883– 21 March 1955) was a British film actress. She was born to George Henry Aked and his wife Emma (née Bairstow). She was a student at Liverpool Repertory Theatre for six months but left to do war work. She made her screen debut in 1920 in "A Sister to Assist 'Er". She also appeared in "Can You Hear Me, Mother?", "Public Nuisance No.1", "Royal Eagle", "Fame" and "Don't Rush Me".
e0726fb1d74e5394190399c111c6569e
Michele Dotrice Michele Dotrice (born 27 September 1948) is an English actress, best known for her portrayal of Betty Spencer, the long-suffering wife of Frank Spencer, played by Michael Crawford, in the BBC sitcom "Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em", which ran from 1973 to 1978, and returned in 2016 for a special.
b7af2f05430ab89651308115d966c6d3
Vera Frances Vera Frances (born 1930) is a British actress who worked with Arthur Askey, Tommy Handley, George Formby, Dinah Sheridan, John Mills and Alastair Sim, among others.
de9e72ea4c466e6b17b6bf483cc46853
Sally in Our Alley (1931 film) Sally in Our Alley is a 1931 British romantic comedy drama film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Gracie Fields, Ian Hunter, and Florence Desmond.
e735660086c245f3ddeaceb335e54e09
Diane Keen Diane Keen (born 29 July 1946) is an English actress, who starred in the British TV drama "Doctors" in which she played Julia Parsons from 2003-2012. She is also known for starring in the 1970s comedy series "The Cuckoo Waltz" and "Rings on Their Fingers", and for her many appearances in Nescafé coffee advertisements during the 1970s and 1980s.
4a614c00756c88a04123aad441add7da
Vivienne Chatterton Vivienne Chatterton was a British actress. Initially a stage actress, she appeared in several films during the 1930s including a lead role in the comedy "Love Up the Pole" (1936) and supporting roles in "Mayfair Melody" (1936) and "Annie Laurie" (1939). She was also a noted radio actor, voicing the character of Mrs Mountford in the popular "Mrs Dale's Diary" after the Second World War.
57221fdcffd36977e9afa78d3cd0eb5b
Poppy (1936 film) Poppy is a 1936 comedy film starring W. C. Fields and Rochelle Hudson. The film was based on a 1923 stage revue of the same name starring Fields and Madge Kennedy. This was the second film version of the revue, following "Sally of the Sawdust" in 1925 with Carol Dempster in the title role and which also starred Fields.
a330cbd1c695f51c6f4dee0b994bc250
Marjorie Westbury Marjorie Westbury (18 June 1905 - 16 December 1989) was an English radio actress and singer. Her career lasted over fifty years.
8de4dd162ded6df41499806c9dd17d39
Ethel Griffies Ethel Griffies (born Ethel Woods, 26 April 1878 in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire – 9 September 1975 in London) was an English actress of stage, screen and television. She is perhaps best-known to modern audiences as the ornithologist Mrs. Bundy in Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" (1963).