Maidie Andrews was an English actress and singer who, in career that spanned six decades, was a child actress and later a stage beauty who appeared in musical comedy including the original London productions of No, No, Nanette (1925) and Cavalcade (1931). The latter years of her career saw her taking roles in television and film.
Andrews aged 10 in The Climbers (1903) - photograph by Lizzie Caswall Smith
Andrews as Alice in Alice in Wonderland - The Tatler (January 1904)
As the Second Twin in Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up (1907)
Maidie Andrews (left), Marie Lohr, Sybil Thorndike and Maureen Delany (right) rehearsing for Waiting in the Wings at the Duke of York's Theatre, 6 September 1960
Cavalcade is a play by Noël Coward with songs by Coward and others. It focuses on three decades in the life of the Marryots, an upper-middle-class British family, and their servants, beginning in 1900 and ending in 1930, a year before the premiere. It is set against major historical events of the period, including the Relief of Mafeking; the death of Queen Victoria; the sinking of the RMS Titanic; and the First World War. The popular songs at the time of each event were interwoven into the score.
Playbill for original production
