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Joan Turner

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Joan Turner (24 November 1922 – 1 March 2009) was a British comedian and singer, born in Belfast and brought up in London. [1]

71 relations: Addiction, Audition, Autobiography, Bankruptcy, Banstead, BBC Radio 4, Belfast, Bette Davis, Beverly Hills, California, British Army, Brookside, Bus driver, Cameo appearance, Cameron Mackintosh, Channel 4, Charity shop, Chortle, Comedian, Convent, Disc jockey, Documentary film, EastEnders, Harry Secombe, Homelessness, Ireland, Jessie Matthews, Las Vegas Valley, Lesley Garrett, London, London Palladium, Los Angeles, Movie theater, Music hall, Myocardial infarction, New Statesman, New York City, Obituary, Oliver!, Palm Springs, California, Peckham, Penny, Permanent residence (United States), Peter Sellers, Poplar, London, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Revue, Royal Variety Performance, Sacred Heart, Scholarship, Shirley Temple, ..., Silver jubilee, Singing, Soprano, South London, Sunday Mirror, Sunset Boulevard, Surrey, Taxicab, Termination of employment, Terry-Thomas, The Beatles, The Crazy Gang, The Daily Telegraph, The Evening News (London newspaper), The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies, The Guardian, The Stage, The Times, Tony Hancock, United Kingdom, Victoria, London. Expand index (21 more) »

Addiction

Addiction is a brain disorder characterized by compulsive engagement in rewarding stimuli despite adverse consequences.

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Audition

An audition is a sample performance by an actor, singer, musician, dancer or other performer.

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Autobiography

An autobiography (from the Greek, αὐτός-autos self + βίος-bios life + γράφειν-graphein to write) is a self-written account of the life of oneself.

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Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy is a legal status of a person or other entity that cannot repay debts to creditors.

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Banstead

Banstead is a residential town/village in the borough of Reigate and Banstead in Surrey, England, on the border with London, south of Sutton, west of Croydon and southeast of Kingston-upon-Thames and south of Central London.

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BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4 is a radio station owned and operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history.

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Belfast

Belfast (is the capital city of Northern Ireland, located on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast of Ireland.

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Bette Davis

Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television, and theater.

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Beverly Hills, California

Beverly Hills is an affluent city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, surrounded by the cities of Los Angeles and West Hollywood.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces.

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Brookside

Brookside is a British soap opera set in Liverpool, England.

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Bus driver

A bus driver, bus operator, or omnibus driver is a person who drives buses for a living.

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Cameo appearance

A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance or voice part of a known person in a work of the performing arts, typically unnamed or appearing as themselves.

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Cameron Mackintosh

Sir Cameron Anthony Mackintosh (born 17 October 1946) is a British theatrical producer and theatre owner notable for his association with many commercially successful musicals.

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Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster that began transmission on 2 November 1982.

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Charity shop

A charity shop or thrift shop is a retail establishment run by a charitable organization to raise money.

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Chortle

Chortle is a British comedy website launched in 2000 by Steve Bennett.

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Comedian

A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh.

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Convent

A convent is either a community of priests, religious brothers, religious sisters, or nuns; or the building used by the community, particularly in the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion.

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Disc jockey

A disc jockey, often abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays existing recorded music for a live audience.

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Documentary film

A documentary film is a nonfictional motion picture intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education, or maintaining a historical record.

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EastEnders

EastEnders is a British soap opera created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since 1985.

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Harry Secombe

Sir Harry Donald Secombe, CBE (8 September 1921 – 11 April 2001) was a Welsh comedian, actor and singer.

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Homelessness

Homelessness is the circumstance when people are without a permanent dwelling, such as a house or apartment.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic.

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Jessie Matthews

Jessie Matthews, OBE (11 March 1907 – 19 August 1981) was an English actress, dancer and singer of the 1920s and 1930s, whose career continued into the post-war period.

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Las Vegas Valley

The Las Vegas Valley is a major metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada.

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Lesley Garrett

Lesley Garrett, CBE (born 10 April 1955) is an English soprano singer, musician, broadcaster and media personality.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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London Palladium

The London Palladium is a 2,286-seat Grade II* West End theatre located on Argyll Street in the City of Westminster.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Movie theater

A movie theater/theatre (American English), cinema (British English) or cinema hall (Indian English) is a building that contains an auditorium for viewing films (also called movies) for entertainment.

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Music hall

Music hall is a type of British theatrical entertainment that was popular from the early Victorian era circa 1850 and lasting until 1960.

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Myocardial infarction

Myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to a part of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle.

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New Statesman

The New Statesman is a British political and cultural magazine published in London.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Obituary

An obituary (obit for short) is a news article that reports the recent death of a person, typically along with an account of the person's life and information about the upcoming funeral.

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Oliver!

Oliver! is an English musical, with music and lyrics by Lionel Bart.

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Palm Springs, California

Palm Springs (Cahuilla: Se-Khi)Wilkerson, Lyn (2009).

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Peckham

Peckham is a district of south-east London, England, south-east of Charing Cross.

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Penny

A penny is a coin (. pennies) or a unit of currency (pl. pence) in various countries.

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Permanent residence (United States)

United States lawful permanent residency, informally known as having a green card, is the immigration status of a person authorized to live and work in the United States of America permanently.

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Peter Sellers

Peter Sellers, CBE (born Richard Henry Sellers; 8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was an English film actor, comedian and singer.

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Poplar, London

Poplar is a mainly residential district of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, East London, about 5.5 miles (8.9 km) east of Charing Cross.

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Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002) was the wife of King George VI and the mother of Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon.

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Revue

A revue (from French 'magazine' or 'overview') is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance, and sketches.

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Royal Variety Performance

The Royal Variety Performance is a televised variety show held annually in the United Kingdom to raise money for the Royal Variety Charity (of which Queen Elizabeth II is life-patron).

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Sacred Heart

The devotion to the Sacred Heart (also known as the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Sacratissimum Cor Iesu in Latin) is one of the most widely practiced and well-known Roman Catholic devotions, taking Jesus Christ′s physical heart as the representation of his divine love for humanity.

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Scholarship

A scholarship is an award of financial aid for a student to further their education.

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Shirley Temple

Shirley Temple BlackWhile Temple occasionally used "Jane" as a middle name, her birth certificate reads "Shirley Temple".

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Silver jubilee

Silver jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 25th anniversary.

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Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques.

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Soprano

A soprano is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types.

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South London

South London is the southern part of London, England, south of the River Thames, and includes the historic districts of Southwark, Lambeth, Bankside and Greenwich.

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Sunday Mirror

The Sunday Mirror is the Sunday sister paper of the Daily Mirror.

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Sunset Boulevard

Sunset Boulevard is a boulevard in the central and western part of Los Angeles County, California that stretches from Figueroa Street in Downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific Coast Highway at the Pacific Ocean.

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Surrey

Surrey is a county in South East England, and one of the home counties.

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Taxicab

A taxicab, also known as a taxi or a cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride.

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Termination of employment

Termination of employment, is an employee's departure from a job and the end of an employee's duration with an employer.

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Terry-Thomas

Terry-Thomas (born Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens; 10 July 19118 January 1990) was an English comedian and character actor who became known to a worldwide audience through his films during the 1950s and 1960s.

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The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960.

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The Crazy Gang

The Crazy Gang were a group of British entertainers, formed in the early 1930s.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Evening News (London newspaper)

The Evening News, earlier styled as The Evening News, was an evening newspaper published in London from 1881 to 1980, reappearing briefly in 1987.

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The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies

The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies was a Ziegfeld Follies style dance and musical review show that played at the historic Plaza Theatre in Palm Springs, California, United States, seasonally from November to mid-May.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Stage

The Stage is a British weekly newspaper and website covering the entertainment industry, and particularly theatre.

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The Times

The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London, England.

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Tony Hancock

Anthony John Hancock (12 May 1924 – 25 June 1968) was an English comedian and actor.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Victoria, London

Victoria is a small district in the City of Westminster in central London, named after Victoria Street and Victoria Station and indirectly, after Queen Victoria.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Turner

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