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Kathleen McShane was only 15, but must have been mature for her age, when she met and married Arthur Lucan, 26-year-old English comedian on tour in Ireland, in 1913. The act of Lucan and McShane was a music hall favorite for nearly 40 years. They gradually evolved the stage characters of Old Mother Riley (Lucan in drag) and her attractive daughter Kitty, whose flighty, wayward ways occasioned many of Mother's hilarious tirades. Kitty appeared in 14 of the 15 low-budget but popular Old Mother Riley films made from 1937-1952. Besides playing "straight" for Lucan's comedy, Kitty carried the love interest in the films, always being single at the start of a new film even if marriage was impending in the last. Arthur and Kitty's own marriage ended in separation by 1951; in Kitty's last film, Jungle Treasure (1950), their scenes were filmed on separate days! Kitty opened a beauty salon, which failed, while Arthur continued to support her, making one more film and many stage appearances before his sudden death in a theatre. The widowed Kitty enlisted an impersonator (usually Roy Rolland) to carry on the act, but with little success. She was found dead in her London home at age 66; the cause was not reported.- Actor
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Irving Grossman was born in 1900. He was an actor, known for Catskill Honeymoon (1950). He died on 24 March 1964.- Leslie Mason was born on 21 September 1887 in Roselle, New Jersey, USA. Leslie was a writer, known for Prowlers of the Sea (1928), The Heart Thief (1927) and The Man from Monterey (1933). Leslie was married to Helen Hancock. Leslie died on 24 March 1964 in Laguna, California, USA.
- Florence Rockwell was born on 9 July 1887 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for He Fell in Love with His Wife (1916), Body and Soul (1915) and The Purple Night (1915). She was married to Howard F. Smith (theatrical manager). She died on 24 March 1964 in Stamford, Connecticut, USA.