List of British music hall performers
Performers in music hall, a British entertainment from mid 19th to early 20th century
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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.[1] 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).[2]
British Music Hall entertainers
- Annie Adams (1843–1905)[3]
- Fred Albert (1844–1886)[4]
- Charles Austin (1878–1944)[5]
- Wilkie Bard (1874–1944)[6]
- Fred Barnes (1885–1938)[7]
- Ida Barr (1882–1967)[8]
- T. W. Barrett (1851–1935)[9]
- George Beauchamp (1862–1900)[10]
- Harry Bedford (1873-1939)[11]
- Bessie Bellwood (1856–1896)[12]
- Ada Blanche (1862–1953)[13]
- Bessie Bonehill (1855–1902)[14]
- Herbert Campbell (1844–1904)[15]
- Kate Carney (1869–1950)[16]
- Mrs Caulfield (1817–1870)[6]
- Harry Champion (1865–1942)[17]
- Charles Chaplin Sr. (1863–1901)[18]
- Hannah Chaplin (1865–1928)[18]
- Albert Chevalier (1861–1923)[19]
- G. H. Chirgwin (1854–1922)[20]
- Tom Clare (1876–1946)[21]
- Harry Clifton (1832–1872)[22]
- Charles Coborn (1852–1945)[23]
- Lottie Collins (1865–1910)[24]
- Sam Collins (1825–1865)[25]
- Kitty Colyer (1881–1972)[26]
- Margaret Cooper (1877–1922)[27]
- Sam Cowell (1820–1864)[28]
- Whit Cunliffe (1875–1966)[29]
- Marie Dainton (1881–1938; half-Russian)[30]
- Daisy Dormer (1883–1947)[31]
- Leo Dryden (1863–1939)[32]
- T. E. Dunville (1867–1924)[33]
- Gus Elen (1862–1940)[34]
- G. H. Elliott (1882–1962)[35]
- Kate Everleigh (1864–1926)[36]
- James Fawn (1850–1923)[37]
- George Formby Sr (1875–1921)[38]
- Tom Foy (1879–1917)[39]
- Harry Fragson (1869–1913)[40]
- Will Fyffe (1885–1947)[41]
- Barclay Gammon (1866–1915)[42]
- Gertie Gitana (1887–1957)[43]
- Robert Glindon (c. 1799–1866)[6]
- Charles Godfrey (1854–1900)[6]
- Ernest Hastings (1879–1940)[44]
- Dick Henderson (1891–1958)[45]
- May Henderson (1884–1937)[46]
- Jenny Hill (1848–1896)[47]
- Thomas Hudson (1791–1844)[6]
- Alec Hurley (1871–1913)[48]
- Jack Judge (1872–1938)[49]
- Marie Kendall (1873–1964)[50]
- Hetty King (1883–1972)[51]
- John Labern (c. 1815–1881)[6]
- Walter Laburnum (1847–1902)[52]
- George Lashwood (1863–1942)[53]
- Harry Lauder (1870–1950)[54]
- John Lawson (1865–1920)[55]
- Dan Leno (1860–1904)[56]
- Fannie Leslie (1856–1935)[57]
- George Leybourne (1842–1884)[58]
- George Leyton (1864–1948)[59]
- Letty Lind (1861–1923)[53]
- Millie Lindon (1869–1940)[60]
- Victor Liston (1838–1913)[61]
- Alice Lloyd (1873–1949)[62]
- Arthur Lloyd (1839–1904)[63]
- Marie Lloyd (1870–1922)[64]
- Tommy Lorne (1890–1935)[65]
- G. H. MacDermott (1845–1901)[6]
- E. W. Mackney (1825–1909)[66]
- Clarice Mayne (1886–1966)[67]
- Ernie Mayne (1871–1937)[68]
- Jack Mayne (1887–1963) Comedian (name George Albert Caley)
- Sam Mayo (1881–1938)[6]
- Billy Merson (1879–1947)[69]
- Victoria Monks (1884–1927)[70]
- Lily Morris (1882–1952)[71]
- Jolly John Nash (1828–1901)[72]
- Harry Nicholls (1852–1926)[73]
- Talbot O'Farrell (1878–1952)[74]
- Joe O'Gorman (1863–1937)[75]
- Denise Orme (1885–1960)[76]
- Charles Penrose (1873–1952)[77]
- Mrs F. R. Phillips (c. 1829–1899)[6]
- Jack Pleasants (1875–1924)[78]
- Nelly Power (1854–1887)[79]
- Arthur Prince (1881–1946)[6]
- Harry Randall (1857–1932)[80]
- Ada Reeve (1874–1966)[81]
- Ella Retford (1885–1962)[82]
- J. W. Rickaby (1870–1929)[83]
- Arthur Roberts (1852–1933)[84]
- George Robey (1869–1954)[85]
- Frederick Robson (1821–1864)[6]
- Austin Rudd (1868–1929)[86]
- Maidie Scott (1881–1966)[87]
- Malcolm Scott (1872–1929)[88]
- Jack Selbini (c.1854–1932)[89]
- Mark Sheridan (1864–1918)[90]
- Ella Shields (1879–1952)[91]
- J. H. Stead (c. 1827–1866)[92]
- Eugene Stratton (1861–1918)[93]
- Marie Studholme (1872–1930)[94]
- Randolph Sutton (1888–1969)[95]
- Harry Sydney (c. 1825–1870)[6]
- Harry Tate (1872–1940)[96]
- Little Tich (1867–1928)[97]
- Vesta Tilley (1864–1952)[98]
- Sam Torr (1849–1923)[99]
- Alfred Vance (1839–1888)[100]
- Harriet Vernon (1852–1923)[101]
- Vesta Victoria (1873–1951)[102]
- Harry Weldon (1881–1930)[103]
- Bessie Wentworth (1873–1901)[104]
- Mabel Whittaker (1888–1963) (Dancer) The Rainbow Girl
- Charles Whittle (1874–1947)[105]
- Daisy Wood (1877–1961)[106]
- Wee Georgie Wood (1894–1979)[107]
- Tom Woottwell (1864–1941)[108]
British Music Hall entertainers: gallery
Charles Coborn (1852–1945)
Gus Elen (1862–1940)
Little Tich (1867–1928)
Marie Lloyd (1870–1922)
Vesta Victoria (1873–1951)
Frank Travis (1854-1931)
British Variety entertainers
- Arthur Askey (1900–1982)[109]
- Billy Bennett (1887–1942)[110]
- Issy Bonn (1903–1977)[111]
- Max Bygraves (1922–2012)[112]
- Charlie Chester (1914–1997)[113]
- Ken Dodd (1927–2018)[114]
- Clive Dunn (1920–2012)[115]
- Sid Field (1904–1950)[116]
- Gracie Fields (1898–1979)[117]
- Flanagan and Allen (respectively: 1896–1968; 1894–1982)[118]
- Flanders and Swann (respectively: 1922–1975; 1923–1994)[119]
- George Formby (1904–1961)[120]
- Bruce Forsyth (1928–2017)[121]
- Dickie Henderson (1922–1985)[122]
- Joan Hinde (1933–2015)[123]
- Stanley Holloway (1890–1982)[124]
- Roy Hudd (1936–2020)[125]
- Jack Hylton (1892–1965)[126]
- Jewel and Warriss (respectively: 1909–1995; 1909–1993)[127][128]
- Davy Kaye (1916–1998)[129]
- Danny La Rue (1927–2009)[130]
- Kenneth McKellar (1927–2010)[131]
- Max Miller (1894–1963)[132]
- Ivor Novello (1893–1951)[133]
- Joe O'Gorman (1890–1974)[134]
- Tessie O'Shea (1913–1995)[135]
- Bob and Alf Pearson (respectively: 1907–1985; 1910–2012)[136][137]
- Frank Randle (1901–1957)[138]
- Ted Ray (1905–1977)[139]
- Leslie Sarony (1897–1985)[140]
- Andy Stewart (1933–1993)[141]
- Tommy Trinder (1909–1989)[142]
- Max Wall (1908–1990)[143]
- Jimmy Wheeler (1910–1973)[144]
- Robb Wilton (1881–1957)[145]
British Variety entertainers: gallery
Ivor Novello (1893–1951)
Gracie Fields (1898–1979)
George Formby (1904–1961)
Danny La Rue (1927–2009)
Ken Dodd (1927–2018)
