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Celebrating television's This Is Your Life
Zena DARE (1887-1975)
THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Zena Dare, actress and singer, was surprised by Eamonn Andrews during the curtain call of the musical My Fair Lady at London's Drury Lane Theatre, from where the programme was then recorded.
Zena, who was born in London, made her professional stage debut in the pantomime, Babes in the Wood, in 1899. After modelling for fashionable picture postcards, she went on to appear in various Edwardian musical comedies, notably for the actor-manager Seymour Hicks, including An English Daisy and The Beauty of Bath.
Having married, she retired from the stage at the height of her career in 1911 and later volunteered to nurse injured soldiers in France during the First World War. In 1926, she returned to the stage and later formed her own production company before taking over the management of the Haymarket Theatre.
"It's all too much! What do I do!"
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