Helen Norman
Helen Norman, born Nellie Mills Norman, enjoyed a long career as a performer in Scottish pantomime, variety theatre and as a straight actress on stage and in film and television. She was born in Southwark into a theatrical family in 1907. She died in Glasgow in 1992.[1][2]
Career
Norman was a niece, and one-time assistant, of the celebrated hypnotist and illusionist "Dr" Walford Bodie. In her teens she was already playing principal boy in pantomime. In 1935, she formed a life-long professional partnership with Scottish character actor Jack Radcliffe as his comic feed.[3][4] In the 1950s, Norman regularly appeared with Jimmy Logan and Jack Radcliffe in the popular "Five Past Eight" shows at the Glasgow Alhambra, where she played Mrs McAuley in a sketch with Jack Radcliffe as her fictional husband and Jimmy Logan playing the part of their son.[5]
Norman also enjoyed a successful acting career in her own right, appearing on stage, and in film and television.[3][4]
In May 1962, she played Babette at the first complete performance in Britain of "The Fire Raisers" by Max Frisch at the Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow.[6] She played the major role of Amanda in "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams in Aberdeen in September 1964[7].
Film and TV appearances included Country Dance (1970), The Wicker Man (1973), Sutherland's Law (Agnes - one episode in 1973)[8] and Square Mile of Murder (1980).[1]
Helen Norman left her estate to The Scottish Showbusiness Benevolent Fund.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Helen Norman - Biography". www.imdb.com.
- ↑ House, Jack (1986). Music Hall Memories. Glasgow: Richard Drew Publishing Ltd. pp. 59–63. ISBN 0-86267-167-1. Search this book on
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Women in Scottish Popular Theatre". University of Glasgow School of Critical Studies.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "The Glasgow Story - Norman and Radcliffe". Glasgow University Library Special Collections.
- ↑ Logan, Jimmy with Billy Adams (1998). It's a Funny Life. Edinburgh: B&W Publishing Ltd. p. 100. ISBN 1-873681-76-6 Check
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- ↑ "Jack Radcliffe Goes Legit". The Stage. 31 May 1962.
- ↑ "Macduff Actress in Famous Play". Banffshire Journal. 22 September 1964.
- ↑ "Sutherland's Law". www.imdb.com.
- ↑ Logan, Jimmy with Billy Adams. It's a Funny Life. p. 125. Search this book on
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