1. Kate Carney was born in the London district of Southwark.
12 Facts About Kate Carney
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Kate Carney's father worked in a double act, the Brothers Raynard, and her mother performed on stage.
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Kate Carney soon became popular, and gradually replaced the Irish songs in her act with Cockney songs, including "Three Pots a Shilling" and "Sarah, Sarah ".
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Kate Carney's songs combined a ripe humour with the pathos of East London life.
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Kate Carney performed at the Empress Theatre in Brixton on its opening night in December 1898.
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Kate Carney appeared in her first Royal Variety Performance in 1912.
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Kate Carney established her own company of dancers to support her own stage act, and acquired enough wealth to buy a large house in Brixton as well as racehorses and expensive cars.
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Kate Carney appeared in the 1935 and 1938 Royal Variety Performances.
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Kate Carney appeared on BBC radio, and continued to perform until her last broadcast in 1949.
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Kate Carney died four-and-a-half months later, on New Year's Day, 1950.
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Kate Carney had five children with her husband George Shea and is buried alongside her husband, and a son who pre-deceased her, in Putney Vale Cemetery.
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Kate Carney was the mother-in-law of Canadian dancer Gladys Mavius.