Kate Carney

English singer and comedian who played the music halls in London. (1869 – 1950) She was born in Southwark, London, in 1869 as Catherine M. Pattinson, and first appeared as Kate Carney at the Albert Music Hall in Canning Town, singing Irish songs. She was, however, more famous for her Cockney songs, and became known as the Coster Comedienne. She appeared in the Royal Variety Performance in 1935, and, following the death of her husband, became the lessee of the Grand Theatre, Clapham Junction in her own right. Carney continued to perform until just before she died in 1950, at the age of 80.