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This list of British music hall performers includes a related list of British Variety entertainers.

Music Hall and Variety

Music Hall, Britain's first form of commercial mass entertainment, emerged, broadly speaking, in the mid-19th century, and ended (arguably) after the First World War, when the halls rebranded their entertainment as Variety. Perceptions of a distinction in Britain between bold and scandalous Victorian Music Hall and subsequent, more respectable Variety may differ (in the US, Burlesque and Vaudeville have analogous connotations).

British Music Hall entertainers

  • Annie Adams (1843–1905)
  • Fred Albert (1844–1886)
  • Charles Austin (1878–1944)
  • Wilkie Bard (1874–1944)
  • Fred Barnes (1885–1938)
  • Ida Barr (1882–1967)
  • T. W. Barrett (1851–1935)
  • George Beauchamp (1862–1900)
  • Harry Bedford (1873-1939)
  • Bessie Bellwood (1856–1896)
  • Ada Blanche (1862–1953)
  • Bessie Bonehill (1855–1902)
  • Herbert Campbell (1844–1904)
  • Kate Carney (1869–1950)
  • Mrs Caulfield (1817–1870)
  • Harry Champion (1865–1942)
  • Charles Chaplin Sr. (1863–1901)
  • Hannah Chaplin (1865–1928)
  • Albert Chevalier (1861–1923)
  • G. H. Chirgwin (1854–1922)
  • Tom Clare (1876–1946)
  • Harry Clifton (1832–1872)
  • Charles Coborn (1852–1945)
  • Lottie Collins (1865–1910)
  • Sam Collins (1825–1865)
  • Kitty Colyer (1881–1972)
  • Margaret Cooper (1877–1922)
  • Sam Cowell (1820–1864)
  • Whit Cunliffe (1875–1966)
  • Marie Dainton (1881–1938; half-Russian)
  • Daisy Dormer (1883–1947)
  • Leo Dryden (1863–1939)
  • T. E. Dunville (1867–1924)
  • Gus Elen (1862–1940)
  • G. H. Elliott (1882–1962)
  • Kate Everleigh (1864–1926)
  • James Fawn (1850–1923)
  • George Formby Sr (1875–1921)
  • Tom Foy (1879–1917)
  • Harry Fragson (1869–1913)
  • Will Fyffe (1885–1947)
  • Barclay Gammon (1866–1915)
  • Gertie Gitana (1887–1957)
  • Robert Glindon (c. 1799–1866)
  • Charles Godfrey (1854–1900)
  • Ernest Hastings (1879–1940)
  • Dick Henderson (1891–1958)
  • May Henderson (1884–1937)
  • Jenny Hill (1848–1896)
  • Thomas Hudson (1791–1844)
  • Alec Hurley (1871–1913)
  • Jack Judge (1872–1938)
  • Marie Kendall (1873–1964)
  • Hetty King (1883–1972)
  • John Labern (c. 1815–1881)
  • Walter Laburnum (1847–1902)
  • George Lashwood (1863–1942)
  • Harry Lauder (1870–1950)
  • John Lawson (1865–1920)
  • Dan Leno (1860–1904)
  • Fannie Leslie (1856–1935)
  • George Leybourne (1842–1884)
  • George Leyton (1864–1948)
  • Letty Lind (1861–1923)
  • Millie Lindon (1869–1940)
  • Victor Liston (1838–1913)
  • Alice Lloyd (1873–1949)
  • Arthur Lloyd (1839–1904)
  • Marie Lloyd (1870–1922)
  • Tommy Lorne (1890–1935)
  • G. H. MacDermott (1845–1901)
  • E. W. Mackney (1825–1909)
  • Clarice Mayne (1886–1966)
  • Ernie Mayne (1871–1937)
  • Jack Mayne (1887–1963) Comedian (name George Albert Caley)
  • Sam Mayo (1881–1938)
  • Billy Merson (1879–1947)
  • Victoria Monks (1884–1927)
  • Lily Morris (1882–1952)
  • Jolly John Nash (1828–1901)
  • Harry Nicholls (1852–1926)
  • Talbot O'Farrell (1878–1952)
  • Joe O'Gorman (1863–1937)
  • Denise Orme (1885–1960)
  • Charles Penrose (1873–1952)
  • Mrs F. R. Phillips (c. 1829–1899)
  • Jack Pleasants (1875–1924)
  • Nelly Power (1854–1887)
  • Arthur Prince (1881–1946)
  • Harry Randall (1857–1932)
  • Ada Reeve (1874–1966)
  • Ella Retford (1885–1962)
  • J. W. Rickaby (1870–1929)
  • Arthur Roberts (1852–1933)
  • George Robey (1869–1954)
  • Frederick Robson (1821–1864)
  • Austin Rudd (1868–1929)
  • Maidie Scott (1881–1966)
  • Malcolm Scott (1872–1929)
  • Jack Selbini (c.1854–1932)
  • Mark Sheridan (1864–1918)
  • Ella Shields (1879–1952)
  • J. H. Stead (c. 1827–1866)
  • Eugene Stratton (1861–1918)
  • Marie Studholme (1872–1930)
  • Randolph Sutton (1888–1969)
  • Harry Sydney (c. 1825–1870)
  • Harry Tate (1872–1940)
  • Little Tich (1867–1928)
  • Vesta Tilley (1864–1952)
  • Sam Torr (1849–1923)
  • Alfred Vance (1839–1888)
  • Harriet Vernon (1852–1923)
  • Vesta Victoria (1873–1951)
  • Harry Weldon (1881–1930)
  • Bessie Wentworth (1873–1901)
  • Mabel Whittaker (1888–1963) (Dancer) The Rainbow Girl
  • Charles Whittle (1874–1947)
  • Daisy Wood (1877–1961)
  • Wee Georgie Wood (1894–1979)
  • Tom Woottwell (1864–1941)
  • Charles Coborn (1852–1945)
  • Gus Elen (1862–1940)
  • Little Tich (1867–1928)
  • Marie Lloyd (1870–1922)
  • Vesta Victoria (1873–1951)
  • Frank Travis (1854-1931)

British Variety entertainers

  • Arthur Askey (1900–1982)
  • Billy Bennett (1887–1942)
  • Issy Bonn (1903–1977)
  • Max Bygraves (1922–2012)
  • Charlie Chester (1914–1997)
  • Ken Dodd (1927–2018)
  • Clive Dunn (1920–2012)
  • Sid Field (1904–1950)
  • Gracie Fields (1898–1979)
  • Flanagan and Allen (respectively: 1896–1968; 1894–1982)
  • Flanders and Swann (respectively: 1922–1975; 1923–1994)
  • George Formby (1904–1961)
  • Bruce Forsyth (1928–2017)
  • Dickie Henderson (1922–1985)
  • Joan Hinde (1933–2015)
  • Stanley Holloway (1890–1982)
  • Roy Hudd (1936–2020)
  • Jack Hylton (1892–1965)
  • Jewel and Warriss (respectively: 1909–1995; 1909–1993)
  • Davy Kaye (1916–1998)
  • Danny La Rue (1927–2009)
  • Kenneth McKellar (1927–2010)
  • Max Miller (1894–1963)
  • Ivor Novello (1893–1951)
  • Joe O'Gorman (1890–1974)
  • Tessie O'Shea (1913–1995)
  • Bob and Alf Pearson (respectively: 1907–1985; 1910–2012)
  • Frank Randle (1901–1957)
  • Ted Ray (1905–1977)
  • Leslie Sarony (1897–1985)
  • Andy Stewart (1933–1993)
  • Tommy Trinder (1909–1989)
  • Max Wall (1908–1990)
  • Jimmy Wheeler (1910–1973)
  • Robb Wilton (1881–1957)
  • Ivor Novello (1893–1951)
  • Gracie Fields (1898–1979)
  • George Formby (1904–1961)
  • Danny La Rue (1927–2009)
  • Ken Dodd (1927–2018)

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