Bill Owen (actor)
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William John Owen Rowbotham was an English actor and songwriter. He is best known for portraying Compo Simmonite in the Yorkshire-based BBC comedy series Last of the Summer Wine for over a quarter of
Bill Owen
Bill Owen's grave in the churchyard of St John's Parish Church, Upperthong Lane, Holmfirth
Kathy Staff
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Kathy Staff was an English actress known for her work on British television. She was best known for her portrayal of Nora Batty in Last of the Summer Wine, the longest running sitcom in the world.
Bill Owen (actor)
…collaborated with songwriter Tony Russell on the musical The Matchgirls about the London matchgirls strike of 1888. Owen also recorded a novelty song with Kathy Staff in 1983 called "Nora Batty's Stockings". He was "a spry, dry little gnome of a Ko-Ko" for Sadler's Wells Opera in their 1962 Christmas season Mikado…
Kathy Staff