Richard Tarlton
English actor and clown of the Elizabethan era.
Boulton and Park
Thomas Ernest Boulton and Frederick William Park were two Victorian cross-dressers. In 1870, while in drag, they were arrested after leaving a London theatre. They were charged with conspiracy to commit sodomy, a crime that carried a maximum prison sentence of life with hard labour.
Jack Bologna
Italian actor and dancer who did much to popularise the role of Harlequin in Georgian pantomimes.
Herbert Campbell
English comedian and actor who appeared in music hall, burlesques and musical comedies during the Victorian era.
J. S. Grimaldi
English stage actor, comedian, clown and dancer.
Sarah Baker
English actor, theatre manager, and one of the most successful self-made women of her time.
Harry Liston
English comedian and actor.
Sabrina (actor)
Norma Ann Sykes, better known as Sabrina, was a 1950s English glamour model who went on to have a minor film career; she is best known for her hourglass figure.
Dorothy Dene
English stage actor and a protégé of Frederic Leighton, for whom she modelled for several of his paintings.