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Arthur Lucan (born Arthur Towle; 16 September 1885 – 17 May 1954) was an English actor who performed the drag act Old Mother Riley on stage, radio and screen, with a series of comedy films from the late 1930s to the early 1950s.
Arthur Lucan. Actor: Old Mother Riley's Circus. Arthur Towle was in show business from when he left school in1900 until his dying day. He started as an Irish character comedian in British music halls. Touring Ireland with this act in 1913, he met Kitty McShane and married her later that year (she was 16, he 28).
Old Mother Riley (full comedy name: Daphne Bluebell Snowdrop Riley) is an Irish washerwoman and charwoman character, devised by Lucan (born Arthur Towle). [1] [3] His wife Kitty McShane played Old Mother Riley's daughter, Kitty. [1] It was essentially a drag act but also a double act.
Actor: Old Mother Riley's Circus. Arthur Towle was in show business from when he left school in1900 until his dying day. He started as an Irish character comedian in British music halls.
Kathleen "Kitty" McShane (19 May 1897 – 24 March 1964) was an Irish actress, best known as the wife and acting partner of Arthur Lucan, with whom she appeared in a series of Old Mother Riley stage shows and films from the 1930s to the 1950s. Early life.
Mar 31, 2019 · This gave him the idea to change his name to Arthur Lucan and create a stage partnership with Kitty as Lucan and McShane. It was there in ‘Dublin’s fair city’ he created the famous washer-woman character for the pantomime ‘Little Jack Horner.’
Arthur Lucan has for too long been forgotten (or excluded?) from the roll call of these masters and mistresses of brilliant British Comedy - a travesty of the highest order! Robert Kenny has righted this wrong with a wonderfully readable biography of this oft overlooked comedy genius.
- Robert V. Kenny
During the 1930s and 40s, Arthur Lucan and his wife Kitty McShane were among the highest-paid and most admired variety artistes in Britain. They packed theatres throughout the land, and made a...
Jun 4, 2012 · Old Mother Riley was an Irish washerwoman character, devised by Lucan (born Arthur Towle). His wife Kitty McShane played Old Mother Riley's daughter, Kitty. It was essentially a drag act but...
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