List of British music hall performers

This list of British music hall performers includes a related list of British Variety entertainers.

Music Hall and Variety Music Hall, Britain's first form of commercial mass entertainment, emerged, broadly speaking, in the mid-19th century, and ended (arguably) after the First World War, when the halls rebranded their entertainment as Variety. Perceptions of a distinction in Britain between bold and scandalous Victorian Music Hall and subsequent, more respectable Variety may differ (in the US, Burlesque and Vaudeville have analogous connotations).

British Music Hall entertainers

Annie Adams (1843–1905)Richard Anthony Baker, British Music Hall: an illustrated history, Pen & Sword, 2014, , pp.86–87 Fred Albert (1844–1886) Charles Austin (1878–1944) Wilkie Bard (1874–1944) Fred Barnes (1885–1938) Ida Barr (1882–1967) T. W. Barrett (1851–1935) George Beauchamp (1862–1900)Raymond Mander and Joe Mitchenson, British Music Hall: A story in pictures, Studio Vista, 1965, p.101 Harry Bedford (1873-1939) Bessie Bellwood (1856–1896) Ada Blanche (1862–1953) Bessie Bonehill (1855–1902) Herbert Campbell (1844–1904) Kate Carney (1869–1950) Mrs Caulfield (1817–1870) Harry Champion (1865–1942) Charles Chaplin Sr. (1863–1901) Hannah Chaplin (1865–1928) Albert Chevalier (1861–1923) G. H. Chirgwin (1854–1922) Tom Clare (1876–1946) Harry Clifton (1832–1872) Charles Coborn (1852–1945) Lottie Collins (1865–1910) Sam Collins (1825–1865) Kitty Colyer (1881–1972) Margaret Cooper (1877–1922) Dick Weindling, "The Lady in the Long Silk Gloves", Kilburn and Willesden History, 25 September 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2021 Sam Cowell (1820–1864) Whit Cunliffe (1875–1966) Marie Dainton (1881–1938; half-Russian) Daisy Dormer (1883–1947) Leo Dryden (1863–1939) T. E. Dunville (1867–1924) Gus Elen (1862–1940) G. H. Elliott (1882–1962) Kate Everleigh (1864–1926) James Fawn (1850–1923) George Formby Sr (1875–1921) Tom Foy (1879–1917) Harry Fragson (1869–1913) Will Fyffe (1885–1947) Barclay Gammon (1866–1915) Gertie Gitana (1887–1957) Robert Glindon (c. 1799–1866) Charles Godfrey (1854–1900) Ernest Hastings (1879–1940) Ernest Hastings, Petrucci Music Library. Retrieved 17 January 2021 Dick Henderson (1891–1958) May Henderson (1884–1937) Jenny Hill (1848–1896) Thomas Hudson (1791–1844) Alec Hurley (1871–1913) Jack Judge (1872–1938) Marie Kendall (1873–1964) Hetty King (1883–1972) John Labern (c. 1815–1881) Walter Laburnum (1847–1902) "Music Hall Artistes In Abney Park Cemetery", Spitalfields Life, 10 June 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2021 George Lashwood (1863–1942) Harry Lauder (1870–1950) John Lawson (1865–1920) Dan Leno (1860–1904) Fannie Leslie (1856–1935) George Leybourne (1842–1884) George Leyton (1864–1948) Letty Lind (1861–1923) Millie Lindon (1869–1940) Victor Liston (1838–1913) Alice Lloyd (1873–1949) Arthur Lloyd (1839–1904) Marie Lloyd (1870–1922) Tommy Lorne (1890–1935) G. H. MacDermott (1845–1901) E. W. Mackney (1825–1909)A. P. Sharpe, "Banjo Pioneer", Banjo Mandolin Guitar, February 1965, pp.164–165 Clarice Mayne (1886–1966) Ernie Mayne (1871–1937) Jack Mayne (1887–1963) Comedian (name George Albert Caley) Sam Mayo (1881–1938) Billy Merson (1879–1947) Victoria Monks (1884–1927) Lily Morris (1882–1952) Jolly John Nash (1828–1901)Peter Gammond, The Oxford Companion to Popular Music, Oxford University Press, 1991, p.279 Harry Nicholls (1852–1926) Talbot O'Farrell (1878–1952) Joe O'Gorman (1863–1937) "Joe O'Gorman", Music Hall Guild. Retrieved 1 February 2021 Denise Orme (1885–1960) Charles Penrose (1873–1952) Mrs F. R. Phillips (c. 1829–1899) Jack Pleasants (1875–1924) Nelly Power (1854–1887) Arthur Prince (1881–1946) Harry Randall (1857–1932) Ada Reeve (1874–1966) Ella Retford (1885–1962) J. W. Rickaby (1870–1929) Arthur Roberts (1852–1933) George Robey (1869–1954) Frederick Robson (1821–1864) Austin Rudd (1868–1929) Maidie Scott (1881–1966) Malcolm Scott (1872–1929) Jack Selbini (1854–1932) Mark Sheridan (1864–1918) Ella Shields (1879–1952) J. H. Stead (c. 1827–1866) Eugene Stratton (1861–1918) Marie Studholme (1872–1930) Randolph Sutton (1888–1969) Harry Sydney (c. 1825–1870) Harry Tate (1872–1940) Little Tich (1867–1928) Vesta Tilley (1864–1952) Sam Torr (1849–1923) Alfred Vance (1839–1888) Harriet Vernon (1852–1923) Vesta Victoria (1873–1951) Harry Weldon (1881–1930) Bessie Wentworth (1873–1901)Raymond Mander and Joe Mitchenson, British Music Hall: A story in pictures, Studio Vista, 1965, p.91 Mabel Whittaker (1888–1963) (Dancer) The Rainbow Girl Charles Whittle (1874–1947) Daisy Wood (1877–1961) Wee Georgie Wood (1894–1979) Tom Woottwell (1864–1941)Michael Kilgarriff, Grace, Beauty and Banjos: Peculiar Lives and Strange Times of Music Hall and Variety Artistes, Oberon Books, 1998, , p.277

British Music Hall entertainers: gallery

British Variety entertainers

Arthur Askey (1900–1982) Billy Bennett (1887–1942) Issy Bonn (1903–1977) Max Bygraves (1922–2012) Charlie Chester (1914–1997) Ken Dodd (1927–2018) Clive Dunn (1920–2012) Sid Field (1904–1950) Gracie Fields (1898–1979) Flanagan and Allen (respectively: 1896–1968; 1894–1982) Flanders and Swann (respectively: 1922–1975; 1923–1994) George Formby (1904–1961) Bruce Forsyth (1928–2017) Dickie Henderson (1922–1985) Joan Hinde (1933–2015) Stanley Holloway (1890–1982) Roy Hudd (1936–2020) Jack Hylton (1892–1965) Jewel and Warriss (respectively: 1909–1995; 1909–1993) Davy Kaye (1916–1998) Danny La Rue (1927–2009) Kenneth McKellar (1927–2010) Max Miller (1894–1963) Ivor Novello (1893–1951) Joe O'Gorman (1890–1974) Tessie O'Shea (1913–1995) Bob and Alf Pearson (respectively: 1907–1985; 1910–2012) Frank Randle (1901–1957) Ted Ray (1905–1977) Leslie Sarony (1897–1985) Andy Stewart (1933–1993) Tommy Trinder (1909–1989) Max Wall (1908–1990) Jimmy Wheeler (1910–1973) Robb Wilton (1881–1957)

British Variety entertainers: gallery

See also

Music hall Music of the United Kingdom Theatre of the United Kingdom

References