Elsie Randolph

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]

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)

• 1919 The Girl for the Boy
• 1920 The Naughty Princess
• 1921 My Nieces
• 1922 His Girl
• 1923 Battling Butler
• 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

Film credits

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

Bibliography

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

References

External links

• Elsie Randolph on IMDb
• Elsie Randolph performances in University of Bristol Theatre Archive
• Elsie Randolph Collection, University of Birmingham