Marjorie Gordon
Marjorie Gordon (12 November 1893 – 14 October 1983) was an English actress and singer.
Gordon was born in Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire as Marjorie Kettlewell. Her professional stage career began in 1915 on tour in the chorus of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company. The next season, she was given the roles of the Plaintiff in Trial by Jury and Lady Psyche in Princess Ida. She also understudied and occasionally played the title role in Patience and Yum-Yum in The Mikado. She left D'Oyly Carte in June 1916 to understudy the role of Sylvia Dale at the Adelphi Theatre in London in the Rudolf Friml musical High Jinks, sometimes appearing in the role until July 1917 and touring in the role later that year.[1]
Gordon starred in the title role in the romantic comic opera Valentine at the
Later stage roles included Midge in Tulip Time in 1935 at the
She died one month shy of her 90th birthday in Eastbourne, Sussex.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Stone, David. Marjorie Gordon. Who Was Who in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 10 September 2001, accessed 12 May 2011
- ^ Wearing, J. P. The London Stage 1910–1919: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel (London: Scarecrow Press, 1982), p. 872
- ^ Tulip Time. Guide to Musical Theatre, accessed 12 May 2011