Jane Carr (Rita Brunstrom)
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Jane Carr was the stage name
of an English
stage and film actress Rita Brunstrom.
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, England on 7 January 1943 at the Registry Office, Westminster
. 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
, as was that of Prince Monolulu
.
Jane was divorced from John Donaldson-Hudson before September 1947. Jane and John had a daughter, Charlotte Donaldson-Hudson, who relates the details of Noel Coward
visiting her mother's flat in London at about the time of the Festival of Britain preparations in 1950. She said:
Jane Carr's daughter, Charlotte Donaldson-Hudson, the great granddaughter of Charles Donaldson-Hudson
talked about Noel Coward writing the song and playing it on the pianos at her mother's flat in a BBC radio broadcast about the festival of Britain (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b010t6yf/Random_Edition_The_Random_Edition_Festival_of_Britain_Special/)
In Spring 1955 she married Henry J. Robert Stent, the managing director of Trust House hotels. Jane Carr died on 29 September 1957 at Middlesex Hospital
, London
and is buried in an unmarked grave at Mendham, Suffolk
.
Her 1st cousin once removed is Richard Brunstrom
, the former Chief Constable of North Wales Constabulary.
broadcasts on 15 November 1932.
Stage name
A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, wrestlers, comedians, and musicians.-Motivation to use a stage name:...
of an English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
stage and film actress Rita Brunstrom.
Biography
Carr attended Harrogate Ladies College. Her first husband was James Bickley, a civil engineer, the eldest son of a farmer and wheelwright, born on the 4th October 1896 at Wythall, Warwickshire, to whom she was married on the 14th September 1931 at the Register Office, Marylebone, London. According to The TimesThe Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
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
Charles Donaldson-Hudson
Charles Donaldson-Hudson was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1885....
, from Cheswardine
Cheswardine
Cheswardine is a rural village and civil parish in north east Shropshire, England. The village lies close to the border with Staffordshire and is about 8 miles north of Newport and 5 miles south east of Market Drayton...
Hall, Shropshire, England on 7 January 1943 at the Registry Office, Westminster
Westminster
Westminster is an area of central London, within the City of Westminster, England. It lies on the north bank of the River Thames, southwest of the City of London and southwest of Charing Cross...
. 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
BBC Television
BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The corporation, which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927, has produced television programmes from its own studios since 1932, although the start of its regular service of television...
image on 15 November 1932, using apparatus designed by John Logie Baird
John Logie Baird
John Logie Baird FRSE was a Scottish engineer and inventor of the world's first practical, publicly demonstrated television system, and also the world's first fully electronic colour television tube...
, as was that of Prince Monolulu
Prince Monolulu
Ras Prince Monolulu , whose real name was Peter Carl Mackay , was something of an institution on the British horse racing scene from the 1920s until the time of his death...
.
Jane was divorced from John Donaldson-Hudson before September 1947. Jane and John had a daughter, Charlotte Donaldson-Hudson, who relates the details of Noel Coward
Noël Coward
Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy...
visiting her mother's flat in London at about the time of the Festival of Britain preparations in 1950. She said:
Jane Carr's daughter, Charlotte Donaldson-Hudson, the great granddaughter of Charles Donaldson-Hudson
Charles Donaldson-Hudson
Charles Donaldson-Hudson was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1885....
talked about Noel Coward writing the song and playing it on the pianos at her mother's flat in a BBC radio broadcast about the festival of Britain (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b010t6yf/Random_Edition_The_Random_Edition_Festival_of_Britain_Special/)
In Spring 1955 she married Henry J. Robert Stent, the managing director of Trust House hotels. Jane Carr died on 29 September 1957 at Middlesex Hospital
Middlesex Hospital
The Middlesex Hospital was a teaching hospital located in the Fitzrovia area of London, United Kingdom. First opened in 1745 on Windmill Street, it was moved in 1757 to Mortimer Street where it remained until it was finally closed in 2005. Its staff and services were transferred to various sites...
, London
London
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and is buried in an unmarked grave at Mendham, Suffolk
Mendham, Suffolk
Mendham is a village and civil parish in the Mid Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. Located on the east bank of the River Waveney around a mile east of Harleston, in 2005 its population was 440. The parish includes the hamlets of Withersdale Street...
.
Her 1st cousin once removed is Richard Brunstrom
Richard Brunstrom
Richard Brunstrom was the Chief Constable of North Wales Police, a position he held from January 2001 to July 2009.-Early life:...
, the former Chief Constable of North Wales Constabulary.
Career
Carr had worked in theatre since 1928, and had appeared in a number of films through the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. She can be seen in one of her early films, The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes which is available on the Internet at http://www.archive.org/details/The_Triumph_of_Sherlock_Holmes. She appeared in one of the earliest of BBC televisionBBC Television
BBC Television is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The corporation, which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927, has produced television programmes from its own studios since 1932, although the start of its regular service of television...
broadcasts on 15 November 1932.
Filmography
- Let Me Explain, DearLet Me Explain, DearLet Me Explain, Dear is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Gene Gerrard and Frank Miller and starring Gerrard, Viola Lyel and Claude Hulbert. It was adapted from the play A Little Bit of Fluff by Walter Ellis. It was made by British International Pictures...
(1932) - Love Me, Love My Dog (1932)
- Up for the DerbyUp for the DerbyUp for the Derby is a 1933 British sports comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Sydney Howard, Dorothy Bartlam and Tom Helmore. A tramp surprisingly comes into some money, buys a racehorse which goes on to win the Epsom Derby.-Cast:...
(1933) - Keep It QuietKeep It QuietKeep it Quiet is a 1933 British crime film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Bertha Belmore, Frank Pettingell, Cyril Raymond and Davy Burnaby. Joe Puddlefoot becomes involved with criminals trying to steal valuable jade pieces belonging to the distinguished Sir Charles Goode....
(1933) - Orders Is OrdersOrders Is OrdersOrders Is Orders is a 1934 British comedy film starring Charlotte Greenwood, James Gleason and Cyril Maude about an American film crew who move into a British army barracks to start making a film, much to the commander's horror...
(1933) - Dick TurpinDick Turpin (1933 film)Dick Turpin is a 1933 British historical drama film directed by Victor Hanbury and John Stafford it starred Victor McLaglen, Jane Carr, Frank Vosper, James Finlayson and Cecil Humphreys. The film depicts the adventures of the eighteenth century highwayman Dick Turpin and his legendary ride to York....
(1933) - Taxi to Paradise (1933)
- Those Were the DaysThose Were the Days (1934 film)Those were the Days is a film primarily remembered as Will Hay's first major film role. It was based on the farce The Magistrate written by playwright Sir Arthur Wing Pinero, and was the first of two Hay movies that were based Pinero's plays, the other being Dandy Dick...
(1934) - On the Air (1934)
- The OutcastThe Outcast (1934 film)The Outcast is a 1934 British comedy crime film directed by Norman Lee and starring Leslie Fuller, Mary Glynne and Hal Gordon. A travelling theatre troupe have to take up gambling to make a living.-Cast:* Leslie Fuller - Bill Potter...
(1934) - Intermezzo (1934)
- Murder at the Inn (1934)
- Oh No Doctor! (1934)
- The Night Club Queen (1934)
- The Church MouseThe Church MouseThe Church Mouse is a 1934 British comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Laura La Plante, Ian Hunter and Edward Chapman....
(1934) - Lord Edgware Dies (1934)
- Youthful Folly (1934)
- The Lad (1935)
- The Ace of SpadesThe Ace of SpadesThe Ace of Spades is a 1935 British drama film directed by George Pearson and starring Michael Hogan, Dorothy Boyd and Richard Cooper....
(1935) - Get Off My FootGet Off My FootGet Off My Foot is a 1935 British comedy film, directed by William Beaudine and starring Max Miller and Chili Bouchier. It is classed as a lost film....
(1935) - Annie, Leave the Room! (1935)
- The Triumph of Sherlock HolmesThe Triumph of Sherlock HolmesThe Triumph of Sherlock Holmes is a 1935 British mystery film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and based on The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle.- Plot summary :...
(1935) - Night MailNight MailNight Mail is a 1936 documentary film about a London, Midland and Scottish Railway mail train from London to Scotland, produced by the GPO Film Unit. A poem by English poet W. H. Auden was written for it, used in the closing few minutes, as was music by Benjamin Britten...
(1935) - Hello, SweetheartHello, SweetheartHello, Sweetheart is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Claude Hulbert, Gregory Ratoff and Jane Carr. It is based on the play The Butter and Egg Man by George S. Kaufman...
(1935) - Get Off My FootGet Off My FootGet Off My Foot is a 1935 British comedy film, directed by William Beaudine and starring Max Miller and Chili Bouchier. It is classed as a lost film....
(1935) - The Interrupted Honeymoon (1936)
- It's You I Want (1936)
- Millions (1937)
- Little Miss Somebody (1937)
- The Lilac Domino (1937)
- Captain's OrdersCaptain's OrdersCaptain's Orders is a 1937 British drama film directed by Ivar Campbell and starring Henry Edwards, Jane Carr, Marie La Varre, Wally Patch and Basil Radford.-Cast:* Henry Edwards - Captain Trent* Jane Carr - Belle Mandeville...
(1937) - Melody and RomanceMelody and RomanceMelody and Romance is a 1937 British musical comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Hughie Green, Margaret Lockwood and Jane Carr. Two teenagers with aspirations to become stars fall in love.-Cast:* Hughie Green - Hughie Hawkins...
(1937) - The Seventh SurvivorThe Seventh SurvivorThe Seventh Survivor is a 1941 British, black-and-white, spy, war film, directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Felix Aylmer, Jane Carr, Wally Patch, Linden Travers, Austin Trevor, Frank Pettingell, Ronald Shiner as Ernie and Martita Hunt...
(1941) - AlibiAlibi (1942 film)Alibi is a 1942 British mystery film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Margaret Lockwood, James Mason and Hugh Sinclair. Police hunt for the killer of a nightclub hostess. It was based on the novel L'Alibi by Marcel Achard.-Cast:...
(1942) - Sabotage at Sea (1942)
- Lady from LisbonLady from LisbonLady from Lisbon is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Francis L. Sullivan, Jane Carr, Martita Hunt and Charles Victor....
(1942) - It's Not CricketIt's Not Cricket (1949 film)It's Not Cricket is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Alfred Roome and starring Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Susan Shaw and Maurice Denham. It was one of the final films made by Gainsborough Pictures before the studio was merged into the Rank Organisation.-Plot:Major Bright and Capain Early...
(1949) - A Night with the Stars (1950)
- Stop the Merry-Go-Round (1952)
- BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1 episode, 1952) (TV)
- The Saint's Girl FridayThe Saint's Girl FridayThe Saint's Girl Friday is the title of an Anglo-American crime thriller distributed by RKO in 1953, filmed by Hammer Film Productions and Royal Productions in London, and produced by Anthony Hinds and Julian Lesser. American release of the film occurred in 1954...
(1953) - Terror Street (1953)
External links
- Jane Carr at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...