Cicely Courtneidge

Dame Esmerelda Cicely Courtneidge DBE was an English actress, comedian and singer. The daughter of the producer Robert Courtneidge, she was appearing in his productions in the West End, by the age of 16, and was quickly promoted from minor to major roles in his Edwardian musical comedies.

Courtneidge, the elder daughter and second of three children, was born in Sydney to a theatrical family, while her father was touring Australia with the J. C. Williamson company. The family returned to England in 1894. Her parents were the Scottish producer and actor Robert Courtneidge and his wife, Rosaline May . Rosaline was the daughter of the singer and actress Cicely Nott and the sister of three other actresses, including Ada Blanche, a wellknown pantomime star. In 1901, at the age of eight, Courtneidge made her stage debut as the fairy Peaseblossom in her fathers production of A Midsummer Nights Dream at the Princes Theatre, Manchester.

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