| nationality = Scottish ...name=baker/> 24 July 1902 – 9 February 1980) was a [[Scottish people|Scottish]] comedy actress and [[revue]] artist who appeared in television and film r

...ght comic songs, and by 1913 was regularly accompanied by her husband, the Scottish singer and comic entertainer Tom Copeland.<ref name=barfe/> She and Copela [[Category:20th-century English comedians]]

...anet McLuckie Brown''' (14 December 1923{{spaced ndash}}27 May 2011) was a Scottish actress, [[comedian|comedian]] and [[Impressionist (entertainment)|impressi [[Category:Scottish impressionists (entertainers)]]

| nationality = Scottish | occupation = Television presenters, <br />comedians, singers

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...episode featured comedian [[Bernard Manning]] and actor [[Richard Wilson (Scottish actor)|Richard Wilson]]. Manning clashed with Wilson and Aherne as she aske [[Category:20th-century English comedians]]

...ptable Gifts", in which she played a gauche lecturer at a meeting of the [[Women's Institute]].<ref>Hampton (2002), p. xi</ref> The impresario [[Herbert Far ...e shrinking but eager girl at the local palais, the incompetent but ardent Scottish dancer, the modern miss, and the Swedish visitor at a cocktail party.<ref n

...on]] company. The family returned to England in 1894. Her parents were the Scottish producer and actor [[Robert Courtneidge]] and his wife, Rosaline May (née [[Category:English women comedians]]

...e, whether as a panellist or host. Although the show features a variety of comedians, it has also included politicians, television personalities, actors and new ...t]], made by Hislop and by guest host [[Ray Winstone]], who joked that the Scottish economy relied chiefly on exporting "oil, whisky, tartan and tramps".<ref>{

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...n's Flying Circus]]'', his depictions of middle-aged women (or "ratbag old women" as termed by the BBC, also known as "pepper-pots" or "grannies from hell") ...land would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in September's [[2014 Scottish independence referendum|referendum on that issue]].<ref>{{cite news |url=ht

...'', depicting 1917 (the Russian Revolution, the US entry into the war, and women at work);<ref>[http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=84073 "Enough of e ...into a working-class family from [[Leeds]].{{#tag:ref|Violet's mother was Scottish, and her civil engineer father, Alfred Lane, was a [[Yorkshire]]man.<ref na

...etimes violent disagreements between the two men, Harold's attempts to bed women and momentary interest over things found on his round. Much of the humour d ...had a basic premise of Albert wishing to go to [[Argentina]] to watch the Scottish football team play in the 1978 World Cup as the "Good Luck Scotland" title

...is films, and his performances had a strong influence on a number of later comedians. Sellers was nominated three times for an [[w:Academy Award|Academy Award]] ...ia, owned by [[Jimmy Grafton]], who was also a BBC script writer. The four comedians dubbed him ''KOGVOS'' (Keeper of Goons and Voice of Sanity){{efn|The meanin

...ws.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4141019.stm|title=Cook voted 'comedians' comedian'|work=BBC News|date=2 January 2005|access-date=21 September 2008} ...Python's Life of Brian]]'', they took the idea one step further by playing women who impersonated men.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Larsen |first1=Darl |title=A B

...am Chapman. The album opens with a brief rendition of "[[Hava Nagila]]" on Scottish bagpipes. A CD version was released in 1997. ...strange role reversal in the manner of the debate, with two young upstart comedians attempting to make serious, well-researched points, while the Establishment