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Elsie Randolph (9 December 1904 – 15 October 1982) was an English actress, singer and dancer.[1] Randolph was born and died in London.[2]
She is best remembered for her partnership with Jack Buchanan in several stage and film musicals.[3][4] She also appeared in two of Alfred Hitchcock's British films, made forty years apart.[5]
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[6]
Theatre credits (all London productions)[edit]
- 1919 The Girl for the Boy
- 1920 The Naughty Princess
- 1921 My Nieces
- 1922 His Girl
- 1923 Battling Butler
- 1924
- 1925 Boodle
- 1926 Sunny
- 1927 Peggy-Ann
- 1928 That's a Good Girl
- 1929 Follow Through
- 1930
- 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
Film credits[edit]
- 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[edit]
- Harpers West One (1962)
- The Jimmy Logan Show (1969)
- Fraud Squad (1970)
- ITV Sunday Night Theatre (1971)
- Beryl's Lot (1973)
- Father Brown (1974)
- Within These Walls (1974–1978)
- Thriller (1975)
- Z Cars (1976)
- Seven Faces of Woman (1977)
- Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978)
- Quatermass (1979)
- Company and Co (1980)
- ITV Playhouse (1981)
- Funny Man (1981)
- BBC2 Playhouse (1981)
Bibliography[edit]
- Stanley Green Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre, Dodd, Mead, 1976
- Peter Gammond The Oxford Companion To Popular Music, Oxford University Press, 1991
References[edit]
- ^ "Elsie Randolph". BFI.
- ^ "Elsie Randolph discography". RateYourMusic.
- ^ "Elsie Randolph". AllMusic.
- ^ Victoria and Albert Museum, Digital Media webmaster@vam ac uk (20 April 2011). "Jack Buchanan". www.vam.ac.uk.
- ^ "Elsie Randolph – Movies and Filmography – AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ^ http://calmview.bham.ac.uk/Record.aspx?src=Catalog&id=XMS490
External links[edit]
- Elsie Randolph at IMDb
- Elsie Randolph performances in University of Bristol Theatre Archive
- Elsie Randolph Collection, University of Birmingham