Charlotte Mitchell

Pada tahun 1950-an dia mengisi lirik, sketsa, dan kadang-kadang berakting dalam pertunjukan musik di West End London. Dia sangat sukses dalam usahanya menyediakan lirik untuk Madeleine Dring di Airs on a Shoestring (1953), Pay the Piper (1954), dan Fresh Airs (1956), semua produksi Laurier Lister. Dia pernah (diduga) pacar Peter Sellers, dan muncul di episode The Goon Show Ye Bandit dari Sherwood Forest (1954) sebagai Maid Marian dan Tales of Montmartre (1956) sebagai kekasih Seagoon, Fifi. Charlotte Mitchell menikah dengan aktor Philip Guard[3] dan merupakan ibu dari tiga anak, aktor Christopher Guard[4] dan Dominic Guard[5] serta animator dan novelis Candy Guard. Charlotte tinggal di London Barat pada akhir hidupnya dan terus aktif sebagai penyair. Dia muncul di Radio BBC bersama Ian Carmichael di Kehidupan Gerald C. Potter yang Kecil dan Rumit. Carmichael berperan sebagai Gerald C. Potter, penulis misteri, sementara dia berperan sebagai Diana, istrinya, yang, dengan nama samaran Miss Magnolia Badminton, menulis novel romantis. Dia juga bermain, di radio, Janda Duchess (ibu Lord Peter Wimsey) dalam adaptasi radio Strong Poison yang dibintangi Ian Carmichael sebagai Peter Wimsey dan karakter Kath Miller dalam serial harian BBC Radio 2 Waggoners' Walk. Dia juga tampil sebagai Maid Marion di The Goon Show's "Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest" pada bulan Desember 1958. Di televisi, dia berperan sebagai Amy Winthrop sebagai pengurus rumah tangga di The Adventures of Black Beauty (1972–74), dan Monica Spencer di And Mother Makes Five. Puisinya diterbitkan dalam koleksi seperti "Dua Belas Panci Terbakar", "Melihat Berbahaya", "Aku Ingin Pulang" dan "Berjaga-jaga". Ini menjadi dasar dari serangkaian program populer di BBC Radio 4 di mana dia membaca karyanya sendiri. Puisinya sering diminta dan dibaca di Puisi Tolong Radio BBC 4, dan salah satu puisinya dipilih oleh Judi Dench dan Michael Williams dalam program gabungan Radio BBC 4 Dengan Senang Hati

In the 1950s she provided lyrics, sketches, and occasionally acted in revues on London's West End. She was especially successful in her ventures providing lyrics for Madeleine Dring in Airs on a Shoestring (1953), Pay the Piper (1954), and Fresh Airs (1956), all productions of Laurier Lister. She was once (allegedly) the girlfriend of Peter Sellers, and appeared in The Goon Show episodes Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1954) as Maid Marian and Tales of Montmartre (1956) as Seagoon's love interest, Fifi. Charlotte Mitchell was married to the actor Philip Guard[3] and was the mother of three children, actors Christopher Guard[4] and Dominic Guard[5] and animator and novelist Candy Guard. Charlotte lived in West London during the later part of her life and continued to be active as a poet. She appeared on BBC Radio with Ian Carmichael in The Small, Intricate Life of Gerald C. Potter. Carmichael played Gerald C. Potter, mystery writer, while she played Diana, his wife, who, under the pseudonym of Miss Magnolia Badminton, wrote romantic novels. She also played, on radio, the Dowager Duchess (Lord Peter Wimsey's mother) in the radio adaption of Strong Poison that starred Ian Carmichael as Peter Wimsey and the character of Kath Miller in the BBC Radio 2 daily serial Waggoners' Walk. [9] She also featured as Maid Marion in The Goon Show's "Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest"[10] in December 1958. On television, she played Amy Winthrop the housekeeper in The Adventures of Black Beauty (1972–74), and Monica Spencer in And Mother Makes Five. Her poetry was published in collections such as "Twelve Burnt Saucepans", "Looking Round Dangerously", "I Want to Go Home" and "Just in Case". These provided the basis of a series of popular programmes on BBC Radio 4 in which she read her own work. Her poetry is often requested and read on the BBC Radio 4's Poetry Please, and one of her poems was chosen by Judi Dench and Michael Williams in their joint BBC Radio 4 programme With Great Pleasure