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Dorothy Ward (26 April 1890 – 30 March 1987) was an English actress who specialised in pantomimes, playing the principal boy roles, while her husband Shaun Glenville would play the dame roles. She had a successful 52 year career and played in over 40 pantomimes between 1905 and 1957.
Dorothy Ward who has died aged 96 was one of the greatest Principal Boys in the history of that peculiar British institution, The Pantomime. Even after her retirement in 1957, Miss Ward’s name remained synonymous with “Panto”: its doublets and hose, sheer silk stockings, chorus numbers and the inevitable duets between “Boy” and ...
Birmingham-born comedienne, actress, and singer Dorothy Ward was one of the mainstays of British Music Hall and Variety for decades. She made her stage debut at the Alexandra Palace, Birmingham, at the age of 15, and appeared in many London shows before settling largely into a career in pantomime in the 1920s.
Miss Dorothy Ward was born in Aston near Birmingham on 26th April 1890. When she was 14 she was taken to see Jack and the Beanstalk with Ada Reeve as Principal Boy, and from there she was determined to make her name in Pantomime.
actress. 76 years biography, photo, best movies and TV shows, news, birthday and age, Date of Death. «An American in Paris» (1951), «Our Girl Shirley» (1942), «Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake» (1942), «You'll Never Get Rich» (1941), «Christmas in July» (1940)...
Dorothy Ward (26 April 1890 – 30 March 1987) was an English actress who specialised in pantomimes, playing the principal boyroles, while her husband Shaun Glenville would play the dame roles. She had a successful 52 year career and played in over 40 pantomimes between 1905 and 1957.
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