IN MEMORIAM






"You do not die,
you just change form.
You are divine,
As is everything.

Shirley MacLaine, 1984




The following artistes, some known, some unknown, have exited stage left - permanently. They contributed, each in their own way, to the enjoyment of theatre, television and film audiences whilst they were alive. They were members of an honourable tribe: the professional performer (some dancers, some actors, some skaters, and some choreographers and directors). And we remember them with pride. They contributed to the artistic life of their time. They are not forgotten. Their talent, enthusiasm and presence still enhances our lives today. They are part of our history, and we of their's.

This is a personal list, unique to this website.

The men and women below, were either colleagues, friends, teachers, relatives, and in some cases, employers, of men and women who receive the website newsletter. We remember them all with a grateful smile.









ALAN BIRD


ALAN NORBURN


ALAN STARKEY


ALEX PLASSCHAERT


ANDREW ROBINSON
(Coco)


BART CARROLL


BERNARD CROC


BERNARD JOHNSON


BILLY PETCH


BILLY WILSON


BOB HOPE


BOB SMITH


BOB STREET


BRIAN GRANT


BUDDY VEST


CHARLES NELSON REILLY


CHARLIE HENCHIS


CHRISTOPHER WREN


CLAUDE THOMPSON


CLEMENT ZELESKI


CLIVE PERRY


COLIN WEBSTER WATSON


CONNELL MILES


CRAIG SEELEY


DALTON DAVIS


DAVID BROWNLEE


DAVID DOYLE


DAVID HOLLIDAY


DAVID KERR


DAVID LE BLANC


DAVID LICHINE


DAVID MACHIN


DAVID MAINMAN


DAVID NILLO


DAVID SPURLING


DAVID TOGURI


DAVID WRIGHT


DENNY BETTIS


DENYS PALMER


DEREK ALMANZA


DES GRAHAM


DONALD BARCLAY


EDDIE JAMES


EDDIE MACMILLAN


EDDIE REID
(of The Edorics)


EDDIE WESTON


ELROY JOSEPH


ERIC H. SYREE
(of The Edorics)


ERICH MILLER


FAYARD NICHOLAS


FRANK GREEN


FRANK RIEDEL


FRANCIS (FRANK) RODGERS


FRED ASTAIRE


FREDERIC APCAR


FREDERIC REY


GARY CHAPMAN


GARY DOWNIE


GENE KELLY


GEORGE CARDEN


GEORGE GILES


GUS GIORDANO


HAROLD INNOCENT


HAROLD NICHOLAS


HERB CHORN


HOWARD JEFFREY


IAN KAYE


IAN ROBERTSON


IRVING DAVIS


JACK COLE


JACK TOWNZEN


JAMES MAXWELL


JEAN-DANIEL MORENCY


JERRY DEWERT


JERRY GRASSE


JIMMY ROGERS


JIMMY WEBSTER


JOHN CURRY


JOHN DOMMETT


JOHN HARMER


JOHN KLINELINE


JOHNNY GREENLAND


JOHNNY KRIZA


JON THORNTON


JOUAN CARLO MIRANDA


KEITH LAWRENCE


KELLY BROWN


KEN ROBSON


KEN WALLER


KEVIN ROLAND


LARRY OAKS


LARS DRESLER


LAVERNE MEYER


LENNIE MAYNE


LEO KHARIBIAN


LES STEVENS


LIONEL DRAPER


LISBURN THOMAS


MARC CAMBOULAS


MARK BREY


MARK TAN


MAURICE BEJART


MICHAEL BRADSHAW


MICHAEL D. TELMONT


MICHAEL DARRIN


MICHAEL GRAHAM COX


MICHAEL KIDD


MICHAEL POBER


MICHAEL SUNDIN


MIGUEL GODREAU


MISCHA (MICHEL) PANAIEFF


MITCH HRUSHOWY


NEIL MCKAY


NICHOLAS JOHNSON


NICKY BENTON


NORMAN BRADLEY


NORMAN MAEN


PADDY STONE


PAOLO CARLINI


PATRICK MAES


PAUL CLARKE


PAUL MCGRATH


PAUL REEVES


PAUL TOOMEY


PAUL WATSON


PETE PURDY


PETER JESSUP


PETER KENTON


PETER SALMON


PHIL RICCOBUONO


PHILIP LEE


RAM GOPAL


REG BUNDY


REX RAINER


RICARDO ROLLINS


RICHARD DARNELL


RICHARD GARNER


RICHARD GOUGH


RICHARD SAMPSON


RIKKI SEPTIMUS


RICKY REID


ROD ALEXANDER


RODNEY JAMES


RON ALEXANDER


RON FIELDS


RONALD EMBLEN


ROY DURBIN


ROY PANNELL


RUDY DEL CAMPO


SEAMUS GORDON


STANLEY GRAHAM


STEPHEN PAPICH


STEVE HARMON


STEVE MARLAND


TERRY DANE


TERRY GILBERT


TERRY SKELTON


TODD BOLLENDER


TOM ABBOT


TOM HANSEN


TOM HEALEY


TOM PANKO


TOMMY SHAW


TONY MANNING


TONY WHITE


VICTOR CULVER


VINCE LOGAN


WILLIAM HAYDEN


WINSTON DEWITT HEMSLEY


ZACHARY SOLOV









"SHE MOVES A GODDESS..."
Alexander Pope, from Homer's Iliad




DAME ALICIA MARKOVA


ANDREA KARLSEN


ANN MILLER


ANNA MAESTRI


AUDREY BAILEY


AUDREY TURNER


BARRIE DUFFUS


BELITA


BELLA LEWITZKY


BETTY OLIPHANT


CARMELITA MARACCI


CYD CHARISSE


EYELYN LAYE


ELISE VALLEE


FRANCES MORGAN


GINGER ROGERS


GRETCHEN WYLER


IRENE CLAIRE


JANET LEIGH


JANET SANDERS ORCHARD


JUDITH ALEXANDRE


JUDY GARLAND


JUDY GRIDLEY


JULIET PROWSE


JUNE TAYLOR


KAY MCNALLY


MAGGIE BANKS


MARIKA ROKK


MELISSA HAYDEN


MISS BLUEBELL
(Margaret Kelly)


ONNA WHITE


PAMELA DEVIS


PAMELA MAY


PAT DALTON LETORGEON


PENNY FRANCE


RITA HAYWORTH


SALLY GILPIN


SYLVA KOSCINA


TALLULAH BANKHEAD


TATIANA RIABOUCHINSKA (LICHINE)


VELMA DAWSON









Fame is a food that dead men eat, -
I have no stomach for such meat.
In little light and narrow room,
They eat it in the silent tomb,
With no kind voice of Comrade near
To bid the feaster be of cheer.



But Friendship is a nobler thing, -
Of Friendship it is good to sing.
For truly, when a man shall end,
He lives in memory of his friend,
Who doth his better part recall
And of his fault make funeral.

Austin Dobson, 1840-1921