Elsie Randolph

English actress

Elsie Randolph
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Born	(1904-12-09)December 9, 1904 London, England
Died	October 15, 1982(1982-10-15) (aged 77) London, England
Occupation(s)	Actress, singer, dancer
Years active	1931–1981
Spouse	Vernon Page (1946 – 1959) (his death)^[1]

Elsie Randolph (9 December 1904 – 15 October 1982) was an English actress, singer and dancer.^[2] Randolph was born and died in London.^[3]

She is best remembered for her partnership with Jack Buchanan in several stage and film musicals.^[4]^[5] She also appeared in two of Alfred Hitchcock's British films, made 40 years apart.^[6]

One of her final roles was a guest part in the 1981 television series Funny Man set in the music halls of the late 1920s.

Her papers are in the collection of the University of Birmingham that also has performance details in its collection.^[7]

Theatre credits (all London productions)

1919 The Girl for the Boy
1920 The Naughty Princess
1921 My Nieces
1922 His Girl
1923 Battling Buttler
1924
- Toni
- Madame Pompadour
1925 Boodle
1926 Sunny
1927 Peggy-Ann
1928 That's a Good Girl
1929 Follow Through
1930
- The Co-Optimists
- The Wonder Bar
1931 Stand Up and Sing
1934 Mr. Whittington
1935 Charlot's Char-a-Bang
1936 This'll Make You Whistle
1942 The Maid of the Mountains
1943 It's Time To Dance
1945 Great Day

Filmography

Film credits

Rich and Strange (1931) as The Old Maid
Life Goes On (1932) as Phoebe Selsey
Brother Alfred (1932) as Mamie
Yes, Mr Brown (1933) as Anne Weber
That's a Good Girl (1933) as Joy Dean
Night of the Garter (1933) as Jenny Warwick
This'll Make You Whistle (1936) as Bobbie Rivers
Smash and Grab (1937) as Alice Thornby / Alice Forrest
Cheer the Brave (1951) as Doris Wilson
Riders in the Sky (1968) as Nurse Henderson
Frenzy (1972) as Gladys

Television appearances

Harpers West One (1962) as Mrs. Barbara Cater
The Jimmy Logan Show (1969)
Fraud Squad (1970) as Agnes Holland
ITV Sunday Night Theatre (1971) as Iris / Lilian
Beryl's Lot (1973) as Madge Gold
Father Brown (1974) as Miss Oliphant
Within These Walls (1974–1978) as Mrs. Dobbing
Thriller (1975) as Mrs. Fitch
Z-Cars (1976) as Edna Allbright
Seven Faces of Woman (1977) as Mrs. Gilmore
Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978) as Lady Colefax
Quatermass (1979) as Woman Minister
Company and Co (1980) as Mrs. Dersley
ITV Playhouse (1981) as Mrs. Jackson
Funny Man (1981) as Mary Hodge
BBC2 Playhouse (1981) as Emmy (final appearance)

Bibliography

Stanley Green Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre, Dodd, Mead, 1976
Peter Gammond The Oxford Companion To Popular Music, Oxford University Press, 1991

References

^ "Elsie Randolph Collection : Reference : MS490" (PDF). Calmview.bham.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
^ "Elsie Randolph". BFI. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016.
^ "Elsie Randolph discography". RateYourMusic.com.
^ "Elsie Randolph". AllMusic.
^ Victoria and Albert Museum, Digital Media (20 April 2011). "Jack Buchanan". Vam.ac.uk.
^ "Elsie Randolph – Movies and Filmography – AllMovie". AllMovie.com.
^ "UoB Calmview5: Search results". Calmview.bham.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2022.