Stanley Holloway (1890–1982)
Author of The Stanley Holloway Monologues
About the Author
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Works by Stanley Holloway
His Greatest Performances 3 copies
At His Very Best 2 copies
'ere's 'olloway 2 copies
Penny on the Drum 1 copy
Stanley Holloway Box Set: The Happy Family, A Day to Remember, Fast And Loose, Jumping for Joy. 1 copy
The Lion & Albert 1 copy
Wiv A Little Bit O'Luck 1 copy
Associated Works
Oliver!: Original 1960 London Cast Recording — Performer — 4 copies
Champagne Charlie [1944 film] — Actor — 4 copies
The Fantasticks [1964 TV movie] 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Holloway, Stanley Augustus
- Birthdate
- 1890-10-01
- Date of death
- 1982-01-30
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Worshipful School of Carpenters, Stratford
- Occupations
- singer (incl. as boy soprano, 1904, and 'romantic baritone', 1912-1914)
comedian
actor (stage|film)
monologist
poet - Organizations
- Billingsgate Fish Market, London (clerk|1905-1906)
British Army (London Rifle Brigade|1907|Connaught Rangers|1914|subaltern|1915-1919)
British Broadcasting Corporation (radio performer) - Awards and honors
- Order of the British Empire (Officer)
- Agent
- Aza Agency, London
- Relationships
- Foran, Alice ('Queenie'|wife|1913|her death|1937)
Lane, Violet Marion (second wife|1939|his death|1982)
Holloway, Julian (son)
Dahl, Sophie (granddaughter)
Henson, Leslie (friend)
Fields, Gracie (friend) (show all 13)
Chevalier, Maurice (friend)
Olivier, Laurence (friend)
Askey, Arthur (friend)
Sinatra, Frank (friend)
Martin, Dean (friend)
Meredith, Burgess (friend)
Marx, Groucho (friend) - Cause of death
- stroke
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Manor Park, London, England (then in Essex)
- Places of residence
- Manor Park, London, England (then in Essex ; childhood)
Penn, Buckinghamshire, England
St John's Wood, London, England (a flat, for when working in London)
Angmering, West Sussex, England, UK (his last years) - Place of death
- Littlehampton, Sussex, England, UK (Nightingale Nursing Home)
- Burial location
- St. Mary the Virgin Church, East Preston, West Sussex, England, UK
- Associated Place (for map)
- England
Members
Reviews
I am old enough to have heard Stanley do these monologues and know of the comic tradition it came from. I have even heard students in pubs do them but 30 years ago when it was eccentric even then. But done with the right timing and tone there are pure comedy.
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Statistics
- Works
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- Members
- 105
- Popularity
- #183,190
- Rating
- 4.0
- Reviews
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- ISBNs
- 3