Kate Carney

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Kate Carney

Born Catherine M. (Carney?)
1869
Southwark, London
Died 1950 aged 80
Wandsworth, London
Burial place Putney Vale Cemetery (Plot D5 no 47)
Occupation Singer, music hall artist, theatre operator
Spouse George Barclay (b. 1868)
Children George (b.1887)
Richard (b.1889)
William (b.1891)
Harry (b.1893)
Kate (b.1899)
Relatives Gladys Mavius


Kate Carney (1869 – 1950) was an English singer and comedian who played the music halls in London.

Catherine M. -Kate- (Carney?) was born in Southwark, London in 1869 [1] [2]. She first appeared as Kate Carney at the Albert Music Hall in Canning Town, singing Irish songs. She was, however, more famous for her Cockney songs, and became known as the Coster Comedienne. She appeared in the Royal Variety Performance in 1935, and, following the death of her husband, became the lessee of the Grand Theatre, Clapham Junction [3] in her own right. Carney continued to perform until just before she died in 1950 [4], at the age of 80.

She married George Barclay (b.1868 Lambeth), a commission agent, in the late 1880s, and had at least 5 children all born in Newington, including:

  • George (b.1887)
  • Richard (b.1889)
  • William (b.1891)
  • Harry (b.1893)
  • Kate (b.1899) [2]

She is buried with her husband and a son, in Putney Vale Cemetery (Plot D5 no 47) [5]. She was also the mother-in-law of the Canadian dancer, Gladys Mavius.

[edit] Songs

  • Are We to Part Like This, Bill
  • Three Pots a Shilling
  • Sarah
  • A Donkey Cart Built for Two
  • Here's To An English Tar
  • Mother, I Love You
  • Stand Up For The Rose
  • There's A Nice Little Home A-Waiting

[edit] References

  1. ^ No GRO birth entry under the surname Carney
  2. ^ a b 1901 census: RG13/475 f.162 p.28 - 221 Brixton Hill, Streatham - Kate Barclay, born Southwark, London
  3. ^ Theatres and Halls in Clapham Junction and Battersea
  4. ^ GRO Register of Deaths: MAR 1950 5d 759 WANDSWORTH - Catherine M. Barclay, aged 80
  5. ^ Music Hall and Variety Artistes Burial Places
  • Gammond, Peter. Oxford Companion to Popular Music. ISBN 0193113236. 
  • Barker, Anthony. Music Hall magazine, issue MH44. 
  • Kilgarriff, Michael (1999). Grace, Beauty & Banjos. 

[edit] External links

  • Review of Kate Carney at Hammersmith Varieties Theatre, March, 1897 - The Era, London, Saturday, 6 March 1897, p.18c/d at Gabrielle Ray's website
  • Sing Us One Of The Old Songs webpage - A Guide to Popular Song 1860-1920 by Michael Kilgarriff
Persondata
NAME Carney, Kate
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barclay, Catherine M.
SHORT DESCRIPTION Music hall entertainer, singer, theatre operator
DATE OF BIRTH 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Southwark, London
DATE OF DEATH 1950
PLACE OF DEATH Wandsworth, London