 Portrait of Stanley Holloway taken at the London studio of Allan Warren Image by Allan warren, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Stanley HollowayStanley Holloway Stanley Holloway British actor, singer and comedian (1890–1982) Stanley Augustus Holloway OBE (1 October 1890 – 30 January 1982) was an English actor, comedian, singer and monologist. He was famous for his comic and character roles on stage and screen, especially that of Alfred P. Doolittle in My Fair Lady. He was also renowned for his comic monologues and songs, which he performed and recorded throughout most of his 70-year career. Holloway in 1974 Born in London, Holloway pursued a career as a clerk in his teen years. He made early stage appearances before infantry service in the First World War, after which he had his first major theatre success starring in Kissing Time when the musical transferred… (Source: Wikipedia)
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