Cissie and Ada
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Cissie and Ada, in full Cissie Braithwaite and Ada Shufflebotham, are a comedy drag act featuring two fictional housewives from Northern England. The act was created and played by the comedian Les Daw
Les Dawson (right) and Roy Barraclough (left) as Cissie and Ada on The Les Dawson Show (BBC, 1978)
Les Dawson
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Leslie Dawson was an English comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and pianist. He was known for his deadpan style, curmudgeonly persona, musical routines, and jokes about his mother-in-law and wife.
Cissie and Ada
…drag act featuring two fictional housewives from Northern England (or, more specifically, Lancashire). The act was created and played by the comedian Les Dawson and the comic actor Roy Barraclough on television in the 1970s and 1980s. Cissie and Ada sketches featured the two women gossiping. Their comedic…
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