Janet Webb was an English

England

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 actress. Born on 1 July 1930 as Janet Patricia Webster in Liverpool

Liverpool

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, she was most famous for appearing on The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968)

The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968)

The Morecambe & Wise Show that began airing in 1968 was the second TV series for comedy duo Morecambe and Wise.-Beginnings:The first series of the "new" Morecambe & Wise Show was broadcast in colour on BBC Two in 1968 and was deemed to be a success. Though now established as a popular star, Eric...

 where she made anonymous

Anonymity

Anonymity is derived from the Greek word ἀνωνυμία, anonymia, meaning "without a name" or "namelessness". In colloquial use, anonymity typically refers to the state of an individual's personal identity, or personally identifiable information, being publicly unknown.There are many reasons why a...

 appearances and came to be known as "the lady who comes down at the end", first appearing in a non-speaking part in the second series (1969) and in subsequent series. Her part was later expanded to a talking role, her line was usually:
This would be followed by her being showered in gifts such as flowers, boxes of chocolates and the like. Owing to ill health she stopped appearing regularly in 1972 but did make occasional cameo appearances in the Morecambe & Wise show until 1974.

She made a notable appearance on Morcambe & Wise's 1972 Christmas special. Throughout the special the show would feature clips of celebrities such as Eric Porter

Eric Porter

Eric Richard Porter was an English actor of stage, film and television.-Early life:Porter was born in Shepherd's Bush, London, to Richard John Porter and Phoebe Elizabeth Spall...

, Andre Previn, Ian Carmichael

Ian Carmichael

Ian Gillett Carmichael, OBE was an English film, stage, television and radio actor.-Early life:Carmichael was born in Hull, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The son of an optician, he was educated at Scarborough College and Bromsgrove School, before training as an actor at RADA...

 and Flora Robson

Flora Robson

Dame Flora McKenzie Robson DBE was an English actress, renowned as a character actress, who played roles ranging from queens to villainesses.-Early life:...

 stating "I worked with Morecambe and Wise and look what happened..." it is joked that Porter became a bin man, Previn a bus conductor, Carmichael became a paper boy and Robson is a tea lady for the BBC. At the end of the special Webb appears and after exiting a Rolls Royce

Rolls-Royce (car)

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 to go to her mansion

Mansion

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 states "I worked with Morecambe and Wise and it never did me any harm".

She later appeared with another celebrated double act on BBC TV, supporting The Two Ronnies

The Two Ronnies

The Two Ronnies is a British sketch show that aired on BBC1 from 1971 to 1987. It featured the double act of Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett, the "Two Ronnies" of the title.-Origins:...

(Ronnie Barker

Ronnie Barker

Ronald William George "Ronnie" Barker, OBE was a British actor, comedian, writer, critic, broadcaster and businessman...

 and Ronnie Corbett

Ronnie Corbett

Ronald Balfour "Ronnie" Corbett, OBE is a Scottish actor and comedian of Scottish and English parentage who had a long association with Ronnie Barker in the British television comedy series The Two Ronnies...

) on several shows in their 1976 and 1977 series.

She was related to the actress Rita Webb

Rita Webb

Rita Webb was an English character actress, mainly in comedy roles.Born Olive Webb in Willesden, Middlesex, England, she is best known for her appearances as a stooge for Benny Hill in his long-running Thames Television series...

 who most famously appeared as the sooth-sayer in the film version of Up Pompeii!

Up Pompeii!

Up Pompeii! is a British television comedy series broadcast between 1969 and 1970, starring Frankie Howerd. The first series was written by Talbot Rothwell, a scriptwriter for the Carry On films, and the second series by Rothwell and Sid Colin. Two later specials were transmitted in 1975 and...

 with Frankie Howerd

Frankie Howerd

Francis Alick "Frankie" Howerd OBE was an English comedian and comic actor whose career, described by fellow comedian Barry Cryer as "a series of comebacks", spanned six decades.-Early career:...

in 1971. Janet married violinist Charles Vorzanger in 1957. She died from cancer on December 29, 1983.