Cicely Courtneidge, Australian-English actress (died 1980)

Cicely Courtneidge

British actress (1893–1980)

Dame Esmerelda Cicely Courtneidge was an Australian-born British actress, comedian and singer. The daughter of the producer and playwright 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…