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unusual facts about Pantomime dame



Malcolm McFee

McFee died suddenly on 18 November 2001 at the age of 52 at his home in Braintree, Essex, shortly before he was due to appear as a dame in a pantomime of Beauty and the Beast at the Elgiva Theatre in Chesham.

Pantomime horse

The episode also features a pantomime goose and a pantomime dame Princess Margaret, which later appeared in the video for the George Harrison song "Crackerbox Palace".

Widow Twankey

Widow Twankey first occurs in 1861; the character runs a Chinese laundry in Peking, China and is a pantomime dame; that is, always played by a man.


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Colin Bean

His work in Dad's Army came as a result of working at Watford Rep in 1962 under series co-writer Jimmy Perry as the company's actor/manager, in addition to almost 20 years of playing a pantomime dame.

Douglas Sannachan

He played a pantomime dame in the Simply Red video for the track Jericho from the album Picture Book.

Malcolm Boyden

Malcolm became a pantomime dame, in 2000 when he took on the role of Mother Goose at Coventry's Belgrade Theatre.