Jane Carr (1909–1957)
| Jane Carr | |
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| Born |
1 August 1909 Whitley Bay, Tynemouth, Northumberland, England |
| Died | 29 September 1957 (aged 48) Middlesex Hospital, London |
| Resting place | Mendham, Suffolk |
| Nationality | English |
| Other names | Dorothy Henrietta Brunstrom Rita Brunstrom |
| Years active | 1928–1953 |
| Known for |
Stage actress Film actress |
| Spouse(s) | James Bickley (1931-) John Donaldson-Hudson (1943-1947) Henry J. Robert Stent (1953-1957) |
| Children | Charlotte Donaldson-Hudson |
Jane Carr (born Dorothy Henrietta Brunstrom: 1 August 1909 at Whitley Bay, Tynemouth, Northumberland, England – 29 September 1957) was the stage name of English stage and film actress Rita Brunstrom.
Carr attended Harrogate Ladies College. Her first husband was James Bickley, a civil engineer, the eldest son of a farmer and wheelwright, born on 4 October 1896 at Wythall, Warwickshire, to whom she was married on 14 September 1931 at the Register Office, Marylebone, London. According to The Times dated 2 December 1936, Jane was engaged to Major A. J. S. Fetherstonhaugh, D.S.O., M.C., the only son of Colonel and Mrs. Fetherstonhaugh of The Hermitage, Powick, Worcester. However she subsequently married John Donaldson-Hudson, the grandson of Charles Donaldson-Hudson, from Cheswardine Hall, Shropshire, England on 7 January 1943 at the Registry Office, Westminster. John Donaldson-Hudson was one of the partners in John Logie Baird Ltd, and Jane Carr's face appeared as one of the first images to be shown as a BBC television image on 15 November 1932, using apparatus designed by John Logie Baird, as was that of Prince Monolulu.
Jane was divorced from John Donaldson-Hudson before September 1947. Jane and John had a daughter, Charlotte Donaldson-Hudson, who relates the details of Noël Coward visiting her mother's flat in London at about the time of the Festival of Britain preparations in 1950. She said:
"Noel Coward was a frequent visitor to our flat in South Audley Street, Mayfair, where my mother, a well known actress at the time, Jane Carr, had two Bluthner grand pianos in our drawing room. Noel wrote the song "Festival of Britain" there, and my mother, who at the time was a pianist and singer at Quaglino's and The Savoy, sang it regularly. It may have been frivolous, but was in my opinion immensely amusing, starting with a stanza I can't quite entirely remember. I only learnt it sitting on his knee 60 years ago!"
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