He was well known for a string of hit performances on the West End, including Goodnight Mrs. Puffin and Busybody.
She started her acting career in 1945, and is probably best known for her role as Valborg Jensen in the Olsenbanden movies, as Marve Fleksnes' mother on the long-running Norwegian television comedy Fleksnes Fataliteter and as the janitor's wife in the comedy film Skulle det dukke opp flere lik, er det bare å ringe (based on the play BusyBody by Jack Popplewell).
Oswald Barron, writing in 1905 and 1906, described her: 'She was a great lady and a busybody, and her cloud of kinsfolk held her in fear as their patroness and suzerain', '... a masterful woman, she lived feared and respected by her numerous kindred whom she advanced by her interest at court' .
Josephine Palmer, stage name Lynne Carol, (29 June 1914, Usk, Monmouthshire–30 June 1990, Blackpool, Lancashire) was an English actress made famous by playing busybody Martha Longhurst in the soap opera Coronation Street from the second episode in 1960 until the character was killed off in 1964.