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{{Short description|British actress (1909–1957)}}
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| birth_place = [[Whitley Bay]], [[Tynemouth]], [[Northumberland, England]]
| birth_place = [[Whitley Bay]], [[Tynemouth]], [[Northumberland, England]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1957|9|29|1909|8|1|df=y}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1957|9|29|1909|8|1|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Middlesex Hospital]], [[London]]
| death_place = [[Middlesex Hospital]], [[London]], England
| resting_place= [[Mendham, Suffolk]]
| resting_place= [[Mendham, Suffolk]]
| nationality = [[England|English]]
| nationality = [[England|English]]
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| occupation =
| occupation =
| years_active= 1928–1953
| years_active= 1928–1953
| spouse = James Bickley (1931-)<br/>John Donaldson-Hudson (1943-1947)<br/>Henry J. Robert Stent (1953-1957)
| spouse = James Bickley (1931–?)<br/>John Donaldson-Hudson (1943–1947)<br/>Henry J. Robert Stent (1953–1957)
| children = Charlotte Donaldson-Hudson
| children = Charlotte Donaldson-Hudson
}}
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==Biography==
==Biography==
Born in the [[Northumberland]] seaside town of [[Whitley Bay]], Carr attended [[Harrogate Ladies College]]. Her first husband was James Bickley, a civil engineer, the eldest son of a farmer and wheelwright, born on 4 October 1896 at [[Wythall]], [[Warwickshire]], to whom she was married on 14 September 1931 at the Register Office, [[Marylebone]], London. According to ''[[The Times]]'' dated 2 December 1936, Jane was engaged to Major A. J. S. Fetherstonhaugh, D.S.O., M.C., the only son of Colonel and Mrs. Fetherstonhaugh of The Hermitage, [[Powick]], [[Worcester]]. However she subsequently married John Donaldson-Hudson, the grandson of [[Charles Donaldson-Hudson]], from [[Cheswardine]] Hall, [[Shropshire]] on 7 January 1943 at the Registry Office, [[Westminster]].<ref name="bio"/>
Born in the [[Northumberland]] seaside town of [[Whitley Bay]], Carr attended [[Harrogate Ladies College]]. Her first husband was James Bickley, a civil engineer, the eldest son of a farmer and wheelwright, born on 4 October 1896 at [[Wythall]], [[Warwickshire]], to whom she was married on 14 September 1931 at the Register Office, [[Marylebone]], London. According to ''[[The Times]]'' dated 2 December 1936, Jane was engaged to Major A. J. S. Fetherstonhaugh, D.S.O., M.C., the only son of Colonel and Mrs. Fetherstonhaugh of The Hermitage, [[Powick]], [[Worcester, England|Worcester]]. However she subsequently married John Donaldson-Hudson, the grandson of [[Charles Donaldson-Hudson]], from [[Cheswardine]] Hall, [[Shropshire]] on 7 January 1943 at the Registry Office, [[Westminster]].<ref name="bio"/>


John Donaldson-Hudson was one of the partners in [[John Logie Baird Ltd]], and Jane Carr's face appeared as one of the first images to be shown as a [[BBC television]] image on 15 November 1932, using apparatus designed by [[John Logie Baird]],<ref name="bio"/> as was that of [[Prince Monolulu]].{{cn|date=February 2018}}
John Donaldson-Hudson was one of the partners in [[John Logie Baird Ltd]], and Jane Carr's face appeared as one of the first images to be shown as a [[BBC television]] image on 15 November 1932, using apparatus designed by [[John Logie Baird]],<ref name="bio"/> as was that of [[Prince Monolulu]].{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}


Jane was divorced from John Donaldson-Hudson before September 1947.<ref name="bio"/> Jane and John had a daughter, Charlotte Donaldson-Hudson, who relates the details of [[Noël Coward]] visiting her mother's flat in London at about the time of the Festival of Britain preparations in 1950. She said:{{Quote|"Noel Coward was a frequent visitor to our flat in [[South Audley Street]], [[Mayfair]], where my mother, a well known actress at the time, Jane Carr, had two [[Bluthner]] grand pianos in our drawing room. Noel wrote the song "[[Festival of Britain]]" there, and my mother, who at the time was a pianist and singer at Quaglino's and [[Savoy Hotel|The Savoy]], sang it regularly. It may have been frivolous, but was in my opinion immensely amusing, starting with a stanza I can't quite entirely remember. I only learnt it sitting on his knee 60 years ago!"}}
Jane was divorced from John Donaldson-Hudson before September 1947.<ref name="bio"/> Jane and John had a daughter, Charlotte Donaldson-Hudson, who relates the details of [[Noël Coward]] visiting her mother's flat in London at about the time of the Festival of Britain preparations in 1950. She said:{{Quote|"Noel Coward was a frequent visitor to our flat in [[South Audley Street]], [[Mayfair]], where my mother, a well known actress at the time, Jane Carr, had two [[Bluthner]] grand pianos in our drawing room. Noel wrote the song "[[Festival of Britain]]" there, and my mother, who at the time was a pianist and singer at Quaglino's and [[Savoy Hotel|The Savoy]], sang it regularly. It may have been frivolous, but was in my opinion immensely amusing, starting with a stanza I can't quite entirely remember. I only learnt it sitting on his knee 60 years ago!"}}
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In Spring 1955 Jane Carr married Henry J. Robert Stent, the managing director of Trust House hotels. Less than two months after her 48th birthday, she died of cancer at London's [[Middlesex Hospital]] and is buried in an unmarked grave at [[Mendham, Suffolk]].<ref name="bio"/>
In Spring 1955 Jane Carr married Henry J. Robert Stent, the managing director of Trust House hotels. Less than two months after her 48th birthday, she died of cancer at London's [[Middlesex Hospital]] and is buried in an unmarked grave at [[Mendham, Suffolk]].<ref name="bio"/>


Her 1st cousin once removed is [[Richard Brunstrom]], the former Chief Constable of [[North Wales]] Constabulary.{{cn|date=February 2018}}
Her 1st cousin once removed is [[Richard Brunstrom]], the former Chief Constable of [[North Wales]] Constabulary.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}


==Career==
==Career==
[[File:Jane Carr Millions.jpg|thumb|210px|Cropped publicity still of Jane Carr in ''Millions'', published in the 25 July 1936 issue<ref name="Picturegoer"/> of ''[[Picturegoer]]''.]]
[[File:Jane Carr Millions.jpg|thumb|Cropped publicity still of Jane Carr in ''Millions'', published in the 25 July 1936 issue<ref name="Picturegoer"/> of ''[[Picturegoer]]'']]
Carr began to work in the theatre in 1928,<ref name="book1"/><ref name="book2"/> and in September 1932 she joined [[Harry S. Pepper]], [[Stanley Holloway]], [[Doris Arnold]], [[Joe Morley]], and [[C. Denier Warren]] to revive the White Coons Concert Party show of the [[Edwardian era]] for [[BBC Radio]].<ref>[http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/fabdc58524d84987bef85552d972e385 HARRY S. PEPPER revives The White Coons Concert Party : National Programme Daventry, 28 September 1932 22.00] at bbc.co.uk, accessed 28 July 2016</ref> She went on to appear in one of the earliest [[BBC television]] broadcasts on 15 November 1932<ref name="bio"/> and was cast in a number of films through the 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s. One of her early films, ''[[The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes]]'' (1935) is available on the Internet.<ref>available at [https://archive.org/details/The_Triumph_of_Sherlock_Holmes Archive.org: The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)]</ref>
Carr began to work in the theatre in 1928,<ref name="book1"/><ref name="book2"/> and in September 1932 she joined [[Harry S. Pepper]], [[Stanley Holloway]], [[Doris Arnold]], [[Joe Morley]], and [[C. Denier Warren]] to revive the White Coons Concert Party show of the [[Edwardian era]] for [[BBC Radio]].<ref>[http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/fabdc58524d84987bef85552d972e385 HARRY S. PEPPER revives The White Coons Concert Party : National Programme Daventry, 28 September 1932 22.00] at bbc.co.uk, retrieved 28 July 2016</ref> She went on to appear in one of the earliest [[BBC television]] broadcasts on 15 November 1932<ref name="bio"/> and was cast in a number of films through the 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s. One of her early films, ''[[The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes]]'' (1935) is available on the Internet.<ref>available at [https://archive.org/details/The_Triumph_of_Sherlock_Holmes Archive.org: The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)]</ref>


===Filmography===
===Filmography===
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* ''[[Let Me Explain, Dear]]'' (1932)
* ''[[Let Me Explain, Dear]]'' (1932)
* ''Love Me, Love My Dog'' (1932)
* ''Love Me, Love My Dog'' (1932)
* ''[[Up for the Derby]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Up for the Derby]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Keep It Quiet]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Orders Is Orders]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Orders Is Orders]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Dick Turpin (1933 film)|Dick Turpin]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Dick Turpin (1933 film)|Dick Turpin]]'' (1933)
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* ''[[Get Off My Foot]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Get Off My Foot]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Annie, Leave the Room!]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Annie, Leave the Room!]]'' (1935)
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* ''[[The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes]]'' (1935)
* ''[[The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Night Mail]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Night Mail (1935 film)|Night Mail]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Hello, Sweetheart]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Hello, Sweetheart]]'' (1935)
* ''[[The Interrupted Honeymoon]]'' (1936)
* ''[[The Interrupted Honeymoon]]'' (1936)
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* ''[[Sunday Night Theatre]]'' (1 episode, 1952) (TV)
* ''[[Sunday Night Theatre]]'' (1 episode, 1952) (TV)
* ''[[The Saint's Return]]'' (1953)
* ''[[The Saint's Return]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Terror Street]]'' (1953)
* ''[[36 Hours (1953 film)|36 Hours]]'' (1953) (US:[[Terror Street]])
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==References==
==References==
<references>
<references>
<ref name="book1">{{cite book|first=Leslie |last=Halliwell|first2= John |last2=Walker|title=Halliwell's who's who in the movies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cnMelOEV10YC&pg=PA84&dq=%22Jane+Carr%22+%2Bactress&hl=en&ei=nI-dTIOpFZTCsAOslOHVAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22Jane%20Carr%22%20%2Bactress&f=false|edition=15, illustrated|year=2003|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|isbn=0-06-053423-0|page=84}}</ref>
<ref name="book1">{{cite book|first1=Leslie |last1=Halliwell|first2= John |last2=Walker|title=Halliwell's who's who in the movies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cnMelOEV10YC&q=%22Jane+Carr%22+%2Bactress&pg=PA84|edition=15, illustrated|year=2003|publisher=[[HarperCollins]]|isbn=0-06-053423-0|page=84}}</ref>


<ref name="eveningindependent">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=U5ULAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lVUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1582,3737267&dq=rita-brunstrom&hl=en|title=Names Used In Pictures Differ Greatly From Those With Which Stars Were First Christened|date=24 August 1936|work=[[Evening Independent]]|accessdate=26 September 2010}}</ref>
<ref name="eveningindependent">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=U5ULAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lVUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1582,3737267&dq=rita-brunstrom&hl=en|title=Names Used in Pictures Differ Greatly From Those With Which Stars Were First Christened|date=24 August 1936|work=[[Evening Independent]]|accessdate=26 September 2010}}</ref>


<ref name="citwf">{{cite web|url=http://www.citwf.com/person119148.htm|title=Jand Carr at ''Complete Index to World Film''|work=Complete Index to World Film|accessdate=26 September 2010}}</ref>
<ref name="citwf">{{cite web|url=http://www.citwf.com/person119148.htm|title=Jand Carr at ''Complete Index to World Film''|work=Complete Index to World Film|accessdate=26 September 2010}}</ref>
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[[Category:English film actresses]]
[[Category:English television actresses]]
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Jane Carr
Born(1909-08-01)1 August 1909
Whitley Bay, Tynemouth, Northumberland, England
Died29 September 1957(1957-09-29) (aged 48)
Middlesex Hospital, London, England
Resting placeMendham, Suffolk
NationalityEnglish
Other namesDorothy Henrietta Brunstrom
Rita Brunstrom
Years active1928–1953
Known forStage actress
Film actress
Spouse(s)James Bickley (1931–?)
John Donaldson-Hudson (1943–1947)
Henry J. Robert Stent (1953–1957)
ChildrenCharlotte Donaldson-Hudson

Jane Carr (born Dorothy Henrietta Brunstrom; 1 August 1909 – 29 September 1957) was the stage name of English stage and film actress[1] Rita Brunstrom.[2][3][4]

Biography

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Born in the Northumberland seaside town of Whitley Bay, Carr attended Harrogate Ladies College. Her first husband was James Bickley, a civil engineer, the eldest son of a farmer and wheelwright, born on 4 October 1896 at Wythall, Warwickshire, to whom she was married on 14 September 1931 at the Register Office, Marylebone, London. According to The Times dated 2 December 1936, Jane was engaged to Major A. J. S. Fetherstonhaugh, D.S.O., M.C., the only son of Colonel and Mrs. Fetherstonhaugh of The Hermitage, Powick, Worcester. However she subsequently married John Donaldson-Hudson, the grandson of Charles Donaldson-Hudson, from Cheswardine Hall, Shropshire on 7 January 1943 at the Registry Office, Westminster.[4]

John Donaldson-Hudson was one of the partners in John Logie Baird Ltd, and Jane Carr's face appeared as one of the first images to be shown as a BBC television image on 15 November 1932, using apparatus designed by John Logie Baird,[4] as was that of Prince Monolulu.[citation needed]

Jane was divorced from John Donaldson-Hudson before September 1947.[4] Jane and John had a daughter, Charlotte Donaldson-Hudson, who relates the details of Noël Coward visiting her mother's flat in London at about the time of the Festival of Britain preparations in 1950. She said:

"Noel Coward was a frequent visitor to our flat in South Audley Street, Mayfair, where my mother, a well known actress at the time, Jane Carr, had two Bluthner grand pianos in our drawing room. Noel wrote the song "Festival of Britain" there, and my mother, who at the time was a pianist and singer at Quaglino's and The Savoy, sang it regularly. It may have been frivolous, but was in my opinion immensely amusing, starting with a stanza I can't quite entirely remember. I only learnt it sitting on his knee 60 years ago!"

Jane Carr's daughter, Charlotte Donaldson-Hudson (born 17 December 1944), the great granddaughter of Charles Donaldson-Hudson talked about Noël Coward writing the song and playing it on the pianos at her mother's flat in a BBC radio broadcast from 4 May 2011, about the festival of Britain. The programme is available at BBC iPlayer: Random Edition.

In Spring 1955 Jane Carr married Henry J. Robert Stent, the managing director of Trust House hotels. Less than two months after her 48th birthday, she died of cancer at London's Middlesex Hospital and is buried in an unmarked grave at Mendham, Suffolk.[4]

Her 1st cousin once removed is Richard Brunstrom, the former Chief Constable of North Wales Constabulary.[citation needed]

Career

[edit]
Cropped publicity still of Jane Carr in Millions, published in the 25 July 1936 issue[5] of Picturegoer

Carr began to work in the theatre in 1928,[1][6] and in September 1932 she joined Harry S. Pepper, Stanley Holloway, Doris Arnold, Joe Morley, and C. Denier Warren to revive the White Coons Concert Party show of the Edwardian era for BBC Radio.[7] She went on to appear in one of the earliest BBC television broadcasts on 15 November 1932[4] and was cast in a number of films through the 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s. One of her early films, The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) is available on the Internet.[8]

Filmography

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ a b Halliwell, Leslie; Walker, John (2003). Halliwell's who's who in the movies (15, illustrated ed.). HarperCollins. p. 84. ISBN 0-06-053423-0.
  2. ^ "Names Used in Pictures Differ Greatly From Those With Which Stars Were First Christened". Evening Independent. 24 August 1936. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Jand Carr at Complete Index to World Film". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Hendry, Michael. "Jane Carr bio". Retrieved 26 September 2010.
  5. ^ a b Cousins, E. G. (25 July 1936). "E. G. Cousins Covers The British Studios". Picturegoer. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  6. ^ Hobson, Harold (1957). International theatre annual. Vol. 3. Grove Press.
  7. ^ HARRY S. PEPPER revives The White Coons Concert Party : National Programme Daventry, 28 September 1932 22.00 at bbc.co.uk, retrieved 28 July 2016
  8. ^ available at Archive.org: The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)
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