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Sadie Corré (born 31 May 1918 – 26 August 2009) was an English actress, tap dancer, comic performer and leading pantomime cat. She was sometimes credited as Sadie Corrie. ==Early years== Her parents were Abraham and Kate Corré, who owned the Carlton Tavern public house.〔http://deadpubs.co.uk/LondonPubs/Camberwell/CarltonTavern.shtml〕 Her father died in 1919 and her mother continued to run the pub alone until she married William Bundle in August 1922. From this union Sadie gained a half brother, Edward, and two half sisters, Joan and Alma. Under medical advice Sadie was given huge numbers of over-ripe bananas to eat as this was considered to be the cure at that time for her lack of height. It did not work, however, and Sadie never ate bananas again. Corré was educated and trained at the Italia Conti stage school, where a classmate was Dinah Sheridan. Her first stage appearance was aged 7 at the Palace Pier in Brighton and her first professional role was aged 12 as Trouble in ''Madame Butterfly'' at the Streatham Hill Theatre.〔() Obituary in ''The Times'' October 6, 2009〕 Her next appearance was in ''Where the Rainbow Ends'' at the Holborn Empire. Corré's film roles at that time included juvenile parts with Marlene Dietrich and Richard Tauber. After Holborn she appeared in Noël Coward’s ''Cavalcade'' in 1931 for 11 months at the Theatre Royal in London's Drury Lane. Her next stage work was for the producer and manager Charles B. Cochran during 1935 and 1936 at the Adelphi Theatre in ''Follow the Sun'' with Vic Oliver.〔 Corré’s break came in 1937 when she was invited by Hughie Green to join his touring concert party “Hughie Green and his Gang”. With a cast entirely made up of children, the company toured until the outbreak of World War II in 1939. Corré later appeared on the same bill as Max Miller, Robb Wilton and Wee Georgie Wood. During 1939 and 1940 she toured as Michael in ''Peter Pan'' and spent the rest of the war touring the country with ENSA, entertaining the troops. In 1947, while she was appearing at the Gateshead Empire, Hughie Green invited her to join his new roadshow ''Opportunity Knocks''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sadie Corré」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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