Entertainers and performers

Sir Bruce Forsyth

1928-2017
Actor and entertainer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Harry Fragson

1869-1913
Music hall entertainer at the piano
Sitter in 1 portrait

Henri Adolphe Franconi

1801-1855
Equestrian performer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Ida Frank

Music hall entertainer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Walter de Frece

1870-1935
Music hall entrepreneur and politician
Sitter in 6 portraits

Ernest George Galvin

1889-1965
Music hall performer; son of Dan Leno and Lydia Reynolds
Sitter in 3 portraits

May Lillian Galvin

1895-1975
Stage performer and youngest daughter of Dan Leno and Lydia Reynolds
Sitter in 3 portraits

Jeremy Geidt

1930-2013
Actor, comedian and children's television presenter
Sitter in 1 portrait

Gertie Gitana (née Gertrude Mary Astbury)

1887-1957
Music hall entertainer
Sitter in 4 portraits

Dora Glennie

Music hall entertainer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Isolde Iona Hephzibah Godfrey

1989-
Performer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Maggie Godsmark

Music hall entertainer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Richard Corney Grain

1844-1895
Entertainer and songwriter
Sitter in 3 portraits

Joseph Grimaldi

1778-1837
Entertainer
Sitter associated with 3 portraits

George Grossmith

1847-1912
Entertainer and author
Sitter in 15 portraits

Hilda Hammerton

Music hall entertainer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Rolf Harris

1930-2023
Television presenter and entertainer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Clifford Harrison

1857-1903
Poet, elocutionist and performer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Louis Harrison

active 1923
Performer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Emily Hayes (Mrs G.H. Elliott)

died 1940
Music hall entertainer; wife of G. H. Elliott
Sitter in 1 portrait

Rosie Boote

1878-1958
Actress and gaiety girl society hostess; wife of 4th Marquess of Headfort; daughter of Charles Boote
Sitter in 18 portraits

John Hegley

1953-
Poet and performer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Jim Henson

1936-1990
Puppeteer, actor, animator and film-maker
Sitter in 1 portrait

May Hobson

Music hall entertainer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Ann Hogarth

1910-1993
Puppeteer
Sitter in 2 portraits

William Holland

1837-1895
Minstrel; music hall proprietor
Sitter in 1 portrait

Mary Honri

1910-1988
Music hall entertainer
Sitter in 18 portraits

Percy Honri

1874-1953
Music hall entertainer
Sitter in 18 portraits

Rod Hull

1935-1999
Puppeteer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Barry Humphries

1934-2023
Comic actor behind 'Dame Edna Everage' and 'Sir Les Patterson'; entertainer and writer
Sitter in 12 portraits

Alexander ('Alec') Hurley

1870 or 1871-1913
Music hall entertainer and second husband of Marie Lloyd
Sitter in 2 portraits

Daisy Jerome

born 1886
Music hall entertainer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Tom Jones

1940-
Singer and entertainer
Sitter in 18 portraits

Boulden ('Bod') Jose

1874-1931
Music hall entertainer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Victor Julien

Trapeze artist
Sitter associated with 1 portrait

Lindsay Kemp

1938-2018
Founder, Artistic Director and Principal Performer, Lindsay Kemp Company; Painter, designer and teacher
Sitter in 3 portraits

Beatrice Maude Kerr

1887-1971
Swimmer and entertainer
Sitter in 1 portrait

James Kirby

died 1826
Clown
Sitter in 1 portrait

Danny La Rue

1927-2009
Entertainer and female impersonator
Sitter in 3 portraits

Eve Lavallière (Eugénie Marie Pascaline Fenoglio)

1866-1929
Music hall entertainer
Sitter in 1 portrait

John Lawson

1865-1920
Actor-manager and director; music hall entertainer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Marcelle Lender

1862-1926
Music hall entertainer and model for Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Sitter in 1 portrait

Dan Leno Jr (Sidney Paul Galvin)

1891-1962
Music hall performer; youngest son of Dan Leno and Lydia Reynolds
Sitter in 3 portraits

Hubert Leslie

1890-1976
Silhouettist, entertainer and teacher
Sitter in 1 portrait | Artist of 700 portraits

Miss Levy

Performer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Miss Levy

Performer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Miss Levy

Performer
Sitter in 1 portrait

George Leybourne

1842-1884
'Champagne Charlie'; music-hall entertainer
Sitter in 4 portraits

Alice Lloyd (née Wood)

1873-1949
Music hall entertainer; sister of Marie Lloyd
Sitter in 8 portraits

Annie Lloyd (née Wood)

Music hall entertainer; sister of Marie Lloyd
Sitter in 1 portrait

Grace Lloyd (née Wood)

1875-1961
Music hall entertainer; sister of Marie Lloyd
Sitter in 1 portrait

Marie Lloyd

1870-1922
Music hall entertainer
Sitter in 26 portraits

Maud Lloyd (née Wood)

born 1890
Music hall entertainer; sister of Marie Lloyd
Sitter in 1 portrait

Rosie Lloyd (née Wood)

born 1879
Music hall entertainer; sister of Marie Lloyd
Sitter in 1 portrait

Sydney Lloyd (né Wood)

Music hall entertainer; brother of Marie Lloyd
Sitter in 1 portrait

Marie Loftus

1857-1940
Music hall entertainer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Gilbert Hastings Macdermott

1845-1901
Music-hall entertainer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Paul William McKenna

1963-
Hypnotist, entertainer and broadcaster
Sitter in 2 portraits

Paul Martinetti

1851-1924
Pantomimist
Sitter in 1 portrait

Max Miller

1895-1963
Music hall entertainer
Sitter in 3 portraits