deaths
April 26, 1980
Cicely Courtneidge, Australian-born British actress, comedian and singer (born 1893)
Cicely Courtneidge
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 roles in his Edwardian musical comedies.