Daisy Harcourt
title: "Daisy Harcourt" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["english-vaudeville-performers", "year-of-birth-missing", "year-of-death-missing", "english-radio-personalities", "english-women-singers", "english-stage-actresses", "english-women-comedians"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_Harcourt" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
Daisy Harcourt was an English comedian who appeared on the vaudeville circuit during the early 20th century. An orphan, she advertised for a stage mother in March 1906. She wanted someone who could shield her from the difficulties of a theatrical career. Harcourt is significant for having an enduring stage career which she followed up as a radio presenter.
Actress and singer
A 1906 billing at Hammerstein's Victoria Theatre included Harcourt, as did a January 1909 theatrical show at the American Theater in New York City.Paternal Feeling Won, The New York Times, January 13, 1909, pg. 6. She played the role of Kar-Mi, a conjurer, in vaudeville entertainment which celebrated the fourteenth anniversary of the Victoria Theatre, in September 1914.
A versatile performer, she performed songs on WMSG 1350 AM, New York City, in 1929.Today on the Radio, The New York Times, November 21, 1929, pg. 38.
References
References
- ''Many Mothers To Hire'', ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 27, 1906, pg. 9.
- ''[http://cinematreasures.org/theater/1182/ Hammerstein's Victoria Theater] Cinema Treasures'', Hammerstein's Victoria Theater, retrieved on January 20, 2010.
- "The Week In The Theatres", ''The New York Times'', September 29, 1914, pg. 11.
- [http://www.angelfire.com/nj2/piratejim/nycamhistory5.html WMSG 1350 AM NYC AM Radio History] {{Webarchive. link. (2009-09-22 , retrieved on January 20, 2010.)
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