| 词条 | Gwen Farrar |
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Gwendoline "Gwen" Farrar (14 July 1899 – 25 December 1944) was an English duettist, cellist, singer, actress and comedian. Early lifeGwendoline Farrar was born on 14 July 1899, the daughter of Sir George Farrar, a prominent figure in South African mining and politics, and Ella Mabel Waylen (c.1869–1922). She trained as a cellist.[1] CareerShe became famous after the World War I in partnership with Norah Blaney. Between 1921 and 1924 they appeared at leading London and provincial variety theatres, as well as in the cabaret shows: Pot Luck! (1921), starring Jack Hulbert and Beatrice Lillie; Rats (1923), starring Alfred Lester and Gertrude Lawrence; Yes! (1923), starring A. W. Bascomb, Norah Blaney and Gwen Farrar, all of which were presented by André Charlot at the Vaudeville Theatre, Strand, London; The Punch Bowl (1924), at the Duke of York's Theatre, London, with Alfred Lester, Billy Leonard, Sonnie Hale, Ralph Coram, Hermione Baddeley and Marjorie Spiers.[1] Alone, Farrar appeared in: the revue White Birds (His Majesty's Theatre, London, 1927), starring Maurice Chevalier, Anton Dolin, Billy Mayerl, José Collins and Maisie Gay; Wonder Bar (Savoy Theatre, London, 1930), a "musical play of night life"; After Dinner (Gaiety Theatre, London, 1932) which ran for only fifteen performances.[1] Together again, Blaney and Farrar appeared in The House that Jack Built (originally produced at the Adelphi Theatre, London, 1929) with Jack Hulbert and Cicely Courtneidge upon its transferral to the Winter Garden in 1930.[1] Farrar appeared also in three British films: She Shall Have Music (1935), with Jack Hylton; Beloved Imposter (1936), which featured the popular pianist Leslie Hutchinson; and Take a Chance (1937), with Binnie Hale, Claude Hulbert and Harry Tate.[1] Personal lifeAt the time of her father's death, the Farrar family were living at Chicheley Hall, Buckinghamshire, which her father had rented from John G. Chester, whose family had owned the hall since the 1500s.[2] The death of her father left Gwen a comfortable fortune which, in addition to her own earnings on stage, made her an independent woman. She owned a 17th-century mansion in Northamptonshire, and a house at 217 King's Road, Chelsea. After her mother's death, some of her sisters continued to live as tenants at Chicheley Hall.[1] She was friends with Radclyffe Hall, Joe Carstairs and their circle.[3] She was romantically linked to actress Tallulah Bankhead when the latter was living in London.[1][4][5] She died after a short illness on 25 December 1944.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite web|title=Gwen Farrar|url=http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/mkha/mkha/projects/jt/tw/docs/46.html|website=The Way We Were|accessdate=25 December 2017}} 2. ^In English Homes: The Internal Character, Furniture & Adornments of Some of the Most Notable Hovses of England, vol. 2, Henry Avray Tipping, 1908, Contents Page and p. 360 3. ^{{cite book|last1=Summerscale|first1=Kate|title=The Queen of Whale Cay: The Extraordinary Story of 'Joe' Carstairs, the Fastest Woman on Water|date=2012|publisher=A&C Black|page=75|url=https://books.google.it/books?id=LUj0Pjn6rCoC&pg=PA75|accessdate=25 December 2017}} 4. ^{{cite book|last1=Phillips|first1=Neville|title=The Stage Struck Me!|date=2008|publisher=Troubador Publishing Ltd|page=165|url=https://books.google.it/books?id=15AbBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT165}} 5. ^{{cite book|last1=Souhami|first1=Diana|title=The Trials of Radclyffe Hall|date=2012|publisher=Hachette UK|page=134|url=https://books.google.it/books?id=Iv5gBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT134|accessdate=25 December 2017}} External links
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