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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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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
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.
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.
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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Let's face it, in America at least, to most cult movies fans, Arthur Lucan (AKA Old Mother Riley), is a footnote, the eccentric co-star with Bela Lugosi in the 1952 British film "Mother Riley Meets the Vampire."
