(Florence) Elsie Waters
(1893-1990), Radio comedianSitter in 5 portraits
Older sister of Doris Waters, the Waters sisters studied piano, violin and elocution at the Guildhall before joining the family orchestra, which included their brother, actor Jack Warner. It was with their cockney alter egos, Gert and Daisy, however, that they made their names, remaining popular for some 40 years on stage and radio from their debut in 1930. Boasting that they never broadcast the same act or song twice, their radio series included Gert and Daisy's Working Party (1948), Petticoat Lane (1949) and Floggit's (1956). During the Second World War they made films for the Ministry of Food as well as touring with ENSA.
Doris Ethel Waters; (Florence) Elsie Waters
by Baron (Sterling Henry Nahum)
bromide print, 1940s
NPG x135727
(Florence) Elsie Waters; Doris Ethel Waters
by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 3 May 1947
NPG x88158
Doris Ethel Waters; (Florence) Elsie Waters
issued by W.D. & H.O. Wills
colour relief halftone cigarette card, 1934
NPG D47205
Jack Warner (Horace John Waters); (Florence) Elsie Waters; Doris Ethel Waters
by Francis Goodman
ten 2 1/4 inch square film negatives, 3 May 1947
NPG x195434
(Florence) Elsie Waters; Doris Ethel Waters
by Unknown photographer
bromide print
NPG x27289
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