Visiting actors, musicians and other artistes
Many famous actors and actresses, musicians, opera singers, ballet dancers, pop groups and other entertainers have appeared in Jersey over the years.
Among the most prominent can be included Jersey's own Lillie Langtry and Seymour Hicks, who found fame as actors beyond the island's shores, and such giants of the world of music as Yehudi Menuhin, Benjamin Britten, Kiri te Kanawa, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.
Individual articles will be progressively added to Jerripedia on the Jersey performances of many of the greatest stars, but in the meantime the gallery below gives an indication of the variety and standing of some of the visiting performers.
- The Beatles in Jersey, 1963, four concerts by the Fab Four
- The Rolling Stones in Jersey, 1964, youths barred from concert for not wearing ties
- El Spelterini at St Aubin, Italian woman tightrope walker performs at St Aubin
- Music: More pictures of visiting artistes in our Music gallery
A gallery of actors, actresses and other entertainers who have performed in Jersey
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Actress Sybil Arundale -
Actress Lilian Braithwaite -
Edward Marris's Pierrots and Veroniques -
Pianist Alfred Brendel played at the Opera House -
Alice Lingard, who appeared at the Theatre Royal in 1894 in Oscar Wilde's A Woman of No Importance -
Arthur Lloyd was at the Theatre Royal in 1888 with his wife Katty King -
The Beatles in August 1963 -
The Beatles relaxing between concerts in Jersey in 1963 -
Composer, conductor and pianist Benjamin Britten appeared at the Opera House with Peter Pears -
Charlie Chaplin in 1912, the year he appeared on stage in Jersey -
Dame Edith Evans' appearance at the Opera House was not well supported -
Margot Fonteyn, whose parents lived in Jersey for a number of years, found the Opera House stage too small -
Fred Karno, who brought his company, including Charlie Chaplin, to Jersey in 1912 -
Henry Kemble, a London actor who died in Jersey in 1907 -
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa appeared at the Opera House and Fort Regent -
Music Hall star Marie Lloyd was at the Opera House in 1913 -
Maud, second wife of Opera House manager Wybert Rousby -
Peter Pears, who sang at the Opera House -
The Rolling Stones in 1964, the year they performed in Jersey -
Max Bygraves playing golf during a 1956 visit -
The band of the French 47th Regiment arriving in St Helier from St Malo
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Opera House manager Wybert Rousby, with his first wife Clara -
Shirley Bassey played at a packed Fort Regent in the 1990s ... -
... she had earlier performed in Jersey long before she became famous, in 1965 -
A hotel menu autographed by the Rolling Stones in 1964 -
Violinist Yehudi Menuhin appeared at the Opera House -
A very young Julie Andrews appeared in a post-war stage show at the Forum Cinema -
Chart-topping singer Sandie Shaw appeared at West Park Pavilion in 1968 -
Edward O'Henry, popular Forum Cinema organist -
The Gaieties, a visiting troupe in 1913 -
Cliff Richard performs at Wesley Grove in 1980 -
Visiting French performers for the Concours Musicale in 1907 -
1907 Concours Musicale -
Ivy Benson at the Pavilion in 1966 -
Norman Long Band at Tams -
Freddie and the Dreamers in Jersey in 1964 -
1901 -
Christopher Woodward, Tommy Cooper and Yana, 1968 -
Comedy Entertainers in 1906 -
John Warren, visiting ventriloquist, photographed by Hamilton Toovey in 1907 -
The Dandies -
Pierrots -
Pierrots and Veroniques -
A visiting theatre group arrives at the Harbour -
Jazz great Ella Fitzgerald being interviewed for Channel Television at Fort Regent
Pictures and adverts from 1911
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