Mabel Constanduros
| Mabel Constanduros | |
|---|---|
| Born |
29 March 1880 London, England |
| Died |
February 8, 1957 (aged 76) Chichester, Sussex, England |
| Occupation | Actress, Screenwriter |
Mabel Constanduros (29 March 1880 - 8 February 1957), birth name Mabel Tilling, was an English actress and screenwriter. She achieved fame playing Mrs.Buggins on the radio programme The Buggins Family, which ran from 1928 to 1948.[1] She played Earthy Mangold in the popular Worzel Gummidge radio serial on the BBC Children's Hour after World War II. As a writer, she co-wrote 29 Acacia Avenue with her nephew Denis Constanduros.
Mabel was the daughter of Richard Tilling, managing director of the Thomas Tilling bus company and Sophie (née Thorn).[2]
Selected filmography
- Where's George? (1935)
- Stars on Parade (1936)
- Rose of Tralee (1942)
- Variety Jubilee (1943)
- I'll Walk Beside You (1943)
References
- ↑ http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/christopherhowse/3647261/From_Mrs_Buggins_to_Acacia_Avenue/
- ↑ Barry Took, ‘Constanduros , Mabel (1880–1957)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2011 accessed 25 Feb 2011
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