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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 (1885-1954) was a British comedian who starred in 17 films as Old Mother Riley, a charwoman or laundress with eccentric ways and malapropisms. He also wrote and performed songs and sketches with his wife Kitty McShane in music halls and TV shows.
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- Boston, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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- Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK
Old Mother Riley is a fictional character portrayed from about 1934 to 1954 by Arthur Lucan and from 1954 to the 1980s by Roy Rolland as part of a British music hall act. [1] [2] Old Mother Riley (full comedy name: Daphne Bluebell Snowdrop Riley) is an Irish washerwoman and charwoman character, devised by Lucan (born Arthur Towle).
Arthur Lucan was a British comedian who created the character of Old Mother Riley, a cross-dressing Irish woman. He starred in 17 films and performed in music halls with his wife Kitty McShane until his death in 1954.
- September 16, 1885
- May 17, 1954
Kitty McShane. Arthur Lucan and Kitty McShane as Old Mother Riley and her daughter 'Kitty'. 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.
Jun 4, 2012 · Old Mother Riley was a music hall act which originally ran from about 1934 to 1954 played by Arthur Lucan, then from 1954 to 1977 by Roy Rolland.Old Mother R...
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Mar 31, 2019 · Arthur Lucan had gone, but his comic creation of the old ‘washer-woman’ lives on in film. Arthur Lucan was buried in Hull’s Eastern Cemetery. At the graveside were showbusiness friends, his son Donald and Kitty along with numerous members of staff and the cast of the show he would have been appearing with at the Tivoli.
