Jessie Broughton
Jessie Broughton (29 March 1885 – 1938) was an English
Early life and career
Broughton was born in Hackney, London, as Jessie Broughton Black, the daughter of Broughton Black,[1][2] an actor who had performed with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.[3] She used the stage name Jessie Broughton and for recordings sometimes used the pseudonym Agnes Preston.
She was a voice pupil of Madame Oudin and also studied the piano.[1][4]
Stage career
In 1903 she was engaged by the theatre manager
In 1910, Broughton married the tenor and violinist Dennis Creedon.[8] Between 1911 and 1915, she continued to appear at the principal variety houses.[5] During the next twenty years or so, the couple toured and performed in the UK, US, Africa and Australia.[4][9]
Recording career
Broughton made dozens of records mostly of the sacred or light classical type
She died in Hampstead, London, England in 1938 aged 53.
References
- ^ a b c Who's Who in Music, Ed. Sir Landon Ronald, Shaw Publishing Co. Ltd., 1935, p. 51
- ^ a b Who's Who in Music, Ed. H. Saxe Wyndham, Boston - Small, Maynard and Co. 1913, p. 31
- ^ Stone, David. "Broughton Black (1890)", Who Was Who in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 12 January 2008, accessed 1 May 2012
- ^ a b c Culme, John. "Postcard of the week", Footlight Notes, 30 January 2010, accessed 1 May 2012
- ^ a b c d e f Who's who in the theatre, John Parker, Pitman, London, 1916, "Who's Who in Variety" p. 10
- ^ The Play. Vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 25–52, London: Greening & Co., Ltd., 1904
- ^ W. Macqueen-Pope, Gaiety Theatre of Enchantment, W.H.Allen & Co., Ltd., London, 1949, p. 418
- ^ "British General Register Office". Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
- ^ "The Wintergarden Theatre", The Brisbane Courier, 24 February 1925, p. 9
- ^ London Musical Shows on Record, Brian Rust,General Gramophone Publications Ltd., 1977
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