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  • Diana Josephine Churchill (1913 - 1994)
    Diana starred in Oranges and Lemons, the first revue after WWII in the West End. So she was one of the first to have her name in lights after the blackout. She was in the Old Vic rep in the 1950s, incl...
  • David Mervyn Johns (1899 - 1992)
    David Mervyn Johns, known as Mervyn Johns, was born in 1899, the son of William Johns and Margaret Anne Samuel. He was educated at Llandovery College and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London. He ...
  • Alys Maud Johns (Steele-Wareham) (1901 - 1970)
    Glynis Johns was born into a theatrical family. Her mother was Alyce Steele-Wareham, an Australian-born concert pianist who had studied in London and Vienna.[7] Originally of English descent, Alyc...
  • Glynis Margaret Payne Johns (1923 - 2024)
    Biography Glynis Margaret Payne Johns (5 October 1923 – 4 January 2024) was a British actress. In a career spanning eight decades on stage and screen, Johns appeared in more than 60 films and 30 pla...
  • Alfred Standing Bear (1879 - 1914)
    Newspaper clippings Source: McKean County Miner, Smethport, Pennsylvania · Thursday, September 08, 1910 Source: The Boston Herald. Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, Jan ...

This is a collection for show business families on Geni - historic and contemporary.

The guideline is that at least one of the relationships in the clan should be by blood – siblings, parents, children, cousins, and so on.

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