Charlotte Mitchell

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Charlotte Mitchell
Candy Guard
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Charlotte Mitchell (born Edna Winifred Mitchell; 23 July 1926 – 2 May 2012) was an English actress and poet.[1]

Biography

In the 1950s she provided lyrics, sketches, and occasionally acted in revues on

London's West End. She was especially successful in her ventures providing lyrics for Madeleine Dring in Airs on a Shoestring (1953), Pay the Piper (1954), and Fresh Airs (1956), all productions of Laurier Lister.[citation needed
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She was once (allegedly) the girlfriend of

Candy Guard.[2] Charlotte lived in West London during the later part of her life and continued to be active as a poet.[3]

She appeared on

Her poetry was published in collections such as Twelve Burnt Saucepans, Looking Round Dangerously, I Want to Go Home and Just in Case. These provided the basis of a series of popular programmes on BBC Radio 4 in which she read her own work. Her poetry is often requested and read on BBC Radio 4's Poetry Please, and one of her poems was chosen by Judi Dench and Michael Williams in their joint BBC Radio 4 programme With Great Pleasure.[citation needed]

Death

Mitchell died in Chiswick, London, on 2 May 2012, aged 85, from pneumonia. She had previously battled

myeloma.[7]

Filmography

Films

Television

References

  1. ^ "Charlotte Mitchell 23rd July 1926 – 2nd May 2012 « The Shakespeare Code". Theshakespearecode.wordpress.com. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Candy Guard – David Higham Associates". Archived from the original on 5 January 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2008.
  3. ^ Just in Case: Poems in My Pocket: Amazon.co.uk: Charlotte Mitchell: Books. ASIN 0285630601.
  4. ^ "BBC Genome Project". Waggoners' Walk. 27 October 1975. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
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  7. ^ Hayward, Anthony (7 June 2012). "Charlotte Mitchell obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 January 2018.

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