Gert and Daisy
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Gert and Daisy were the two characters of a British female comedy act who are particularly remembered for their contribution to film and radio entertainment during World War II. They were stalwarts of the BBC radio variety programme Workers' Playtime, where they would talk about anything and everything, but especially their fictional husbands: Bert and Wally.[1]
The characters of Gert and Daisy were played by Florence Elsie Waters (1893–1990)[2] and Doris Waters (1904–1978),[3] who were sisters of Horace John Waters(1896–1981),[4] better known as Jack Warner of Dixon of Dock Green fame.
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' Elsie and Doris Waters as perhaps the most influential social satirists of the period '
Wheeler Winston Dixon, Chair, Film Studies Program, Professor of Film Studies, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
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- http://www.sfu.ca/~stpierr/
- http://www.musichallcds.com/var19_page.htm
- http://www.musichallcds.com/xsndfile/elsie_and_doris_waters_coronation.mp3
[edit] References
- Song & Sketch Transcripts of British Music Hall Performers Elsie and Doris Waters by Paul Matthew St. Pierre ISBN 0-7734-6656-8. [1]
- imdb database listing: Florence Elsie Waters. [2]
- imdb database listing: Doris Waters. [3]
- East London history: Horace John Waters. [4]
