Postcard of the week ending
Saturday, 30 January 2010

Dennis Creedon (b. 1880),
English violinist and tenor,
and Jessie Broughton (Mrs Dennis Creedon, b. 1885),
English actress and contralto;
together they toured as entertainers between about 1910 and the early 1930s

Dennis Creedon and Jessie Broughton

(photo: unknown, probably UK, circa 1913)

This real photograph postcard of Dennis Creedon and Jessie Broughton, which dates from about 1913 and is without photographer's or publisher's credit, was produced in the UK. Jessie Broughton, daughter of Broughton Black, studied singing under Madame Oudin before launching her career at the Apollo Theatre, London, in The Girl from Kay's in 1903. Between then and 1910 she appeared in various other musical productions, notably in Havana at the Gaiety in 1908. Afterwards she toured variety theatres and concert halls in the UK and abroad with her husband Dennis Creedon until the early 1930s. They both made a number of recordings. * * * * * * * *

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