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Mabel Constanduros is a Actor and Scriptwriter born on 29 march 1880

Mabel Constanduros

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Birth 29 march 1880
Death 8 february 1957 (at 76 years) at Chichester (United-kingdom)

Mabel Constanduros (29 March 1880 – 8 February 1957), birth name Mabel Tilling, was an English actress and screenwriter. She achieved fame playing Mrs.Buggins on the radio programme The Buggins Family, which ran from 1928 to 1948. As well as writing the series, she started off playing the whole family as well. She trained at the Central School of Speech Training at the Royal Albert Hall, making her stage debut at the London Coliseum in 1929. She subsequently played a variety of roles in London and on tour, including Anne of Cleves in The Rose Without a Thorn at the Duke of York's Theatre in 1933. Constanduros became a radio celebrity after broadcasting her own sketches in 1925. She also wrote novels, short stories, and co-wrote 29 Acacia Avenue with her nephew Denis Constanduros. After World War II, she played Earthy Mangold in the popular Worzel Gummidge radio serial on the BBC Children's Hour.

Mabel was one of the seven children of Richard Tilling, managing director of the Thomas Tilling bus company and Sophie (née Thorn).

Barry Took wrote, "although today her reputation has faded, she was a popular cultural figure between the wars, helping to establish the style and flavour of British radio comedy.

Usually with

Sydney Box
Sydney Box
(3 films)
Petula Clark
Petula Clark
(5 films)
David Tomlinson
David Tomlinson
(4 films)
Jack Warner
Jack Warner
(4 films)
Jimmy Hanley
Jimmy Hanley
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Mabel Constanduros (14 films)

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Actress

Easy Money
Easy Money (1948)
, 1h34
Directed by Bernard Knowles
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Themes Sports films, Théâtre, Association football films, Films based on plays
Actors Petula Clark, Mervyn Johns, Jack Warner, Jack Watling, Yvonne Owen, Mabel Constanduros
Roles Grandma Stafford
Rating60% 3.048423.048423.048423.048423.04842
In the first story, a comedy, a content suburban family, headed by Jack Warner, is turned into an unhappy lot when they believe that they have the winning coupon in the football pool. But when it's discovered that the winning coupon apparently wasn't mailed by the younger daughter (Petula Clark), they regain their previously happy lives that had been made unhappy by plans they made regarding how to spend their winnings. Then, when it is discovered that the winning coupon was, in fact, mailed, they decide that they have learned their lesson and resolve not to let the money ruin their happiness. The second is more tragic, with a mild-mannered clerk (Mervyn Johns) concerned about quitting his mundane job. The third is a suspenseful crime caper involving a coupon checker (Dennis Price) and his nightclub singer girlfriend (Greta Gynt in a send-up of Rita Hayworth's Gilda) who devise a scheme to embezzle the winning pot. The final episode, another comedy, concerns a dispirited bass player (Edward Rigby) who discovers he misses the orchestra he left.
Bad Company
Bad Company (1946)
, 44minutes
Genres Drama
Actors Mabel Constanduros, Gordon Begg
Roles Ma White

A dancer whose career was ruined in an accident has her mobility restored by a surgeon. Her boyfriend gives her a stolen diamond.
Medal for the General
Medal for the General (1944)
, 1h40
Directed by Maurice Elvey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Godfrey Tearle, Petula Clark, Morland Graham, Mabel Constanduros, John Laurie, Patric Curwen
Rating66% 3.3185353.3185353.3185353.3185353.318535
The title character is Victor Church, a World War I veteran who becomes despondent when his advancing age prevents him from playing an active role in the battles of World War II. Feeling unwanted and useless, he retreats to his country estate and plans his suicide. He finds a new purpose in life when he opens his home to six rambunctious Cockney children evacuated from the London slums and tries to keep the mischievous group under control.
Salute John Citizen
Salute John Citizen (1942)
, 1h36
Directed by Maurice Elvey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Actors Edward Rigby, Mabel Constanduros, Jimmy Hanley, Peggy Cummins, Dinah Sheridan, Stanley Holloway
Roles Mrs. Bunting
Rating62% 3.1217553.1217553.1217553.1217553.121755
The life of an ordinary family during the London Blitz. In the summer before that explosive September, elderly clerk Mr. Bunting (Edward Rigby) loses his job at the Department store where he's worked for over 40 years. George Bunting is the head of a happy home, with wife Mary (Mabel Constanduros), daughter Julie (Peggy Cummins), and two sons, Chris (Eric Micklewood) and Ernest (Jimmy Hanley). When the Blitz hits London, we observe its effect on the family, and how they cope with the crisis. Mr. Bunting is rehired in his former job due to the shortage of manpower, though little else in his life is positive. Daughter Julie goes to work in a factory. The London blitz destroys everything in sight, and one of his sons, Chris, is killed. In the wake of this destruction, his other son, Ernest is converted from pacifism to the war effort.
Stars on Parade
Stars on Parade (1936)
, 1h21
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Robb Wilton, Mabel Constanduros, Pat O'Brien
Roles Grandma Buggins
Rating54% 2.740132.740132.740132.740132.74013

Scriptwriter

The Huggetts Abroad
The Huggetts Abroad (1949)
, 1h29
Directed by Ken Annakin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Susan Shaw, Petula Clark, David Tomlinson, Dinah Sheridan
Rating57% 2.86192.86192.86192.86192.8619
After Joe Huggett loses his job, the family decide to emigrate to South Africa, travelling via a land route that takes them across Africa. On their journey they become entangled with a diamond smuggler.
Vote for Huggett
Vote for Huggett (1949)
, 1h24
Directed by Ken Annakin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Susan Shaw, Petula Clark, David Tomlinson, Diana Dors
Rating61% 3.0979453.0979453.0979453.0979453.097945
After writing a letter to the local newspaper, calling for the construction of a pleasure garden for a new war memorial, Joe Huggett is overwhelmed by the response of the public. However, his call is awkward for a corrupt local counciller who has plans of his own for the space.
Here Come the Huggetts
Here Come the Huggetts (1948)
, 1h33
Directed by Ken Annakin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Jane Hylton, Susan Shaw, Petula Clark, Jimmy Hanley
Rating61% 3.098363.098363.098363.098363.09836
La vie de famille est calme chez les Huggett, en tous cas jusqu'à ce que la jolie Diana arrive chez eux pour quelques jours.
29 Acacia Avenue
29 Acacia Avenue (1945)
, 1h23
Directed by Henry Cass
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Gordon Harker, Betty Balfour, Jimmy Hanley, Henry Kendall, Carla Lehmann, Dinah Sheridan
Rating65% 3.2848453.2848453.2848453.2848453.284845
Peter Robinson falls in love with the naïve country girl Fay and the worldly, wealthy and already-married Joan, and lives with them both (and Joan's husband) at his parents' house. However, one day Peter's parents unexpectedly return from holiday, and all hell breaks loose.
Variety Jubilee
Variety Jubilee (1943)
, 1h32
Directed by Maclean Rogers
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Reginald Purdell, Lesley Brook, George Robey, Ernest Butcher, Amy Dalby, Arthur Hambling
Rating56% 2.8457152.8457152.8457152.8457152.845715
A melodrama chronicling three generations of a family of music hall owners. At the start of the 20th century, two former variety artists, Joe and Kit, become partners in running a music hall. The First World War brings the death of Kit's son, and the end of the war a decline in popularity of music halls. Joe and Kit's business falls into disrepair, and finally, Kit and his wife die in poverty. Eventually, Kit's grandson successfully resurrects the family music hall, before joining the RAF to fight in the second World War.