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Mabel Constanduros
Writer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born March 29, 1880Died February 8, 1957 (76 years)
Mabel Constanduros, birth name Mabel Tilling, was an English actress and screenwriter. She gained public notice playing Mrs.Buggins on the radio programme The Buggins Family, which ran from 1928 to 1948. As well as writing the series, she started off playing the whole family as well. She trained under Elsie Fogerty at the Central School of Speech Training, then based at the Royal Albert Hall, London, making her stage debut at the London Coliseum in 1929. She subsequently played a variety of roles in London and on tour, including Anne of Cleves in The Rose Without a Thorn at the Duke of York's Theatre in 1933. Constanduros became a radio celebrity after broadcasting her own sketches in 1925. She also wrote novels, short stories, and co-wrote 29 Acacia Avenue with her nephew Denis Constanduros. After World War II, she played Earthy Mangold in the popular Worzel Gummidge radio serial on the BBC Children's Hour.
Mabel Constanduros Filmography
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) |
| 1949 | Vote for Huggett · as Screenplay |
| 1948 | Here Come the Huggetts · as Screenplay |
| 1948 | Easy Money · as Grandma (segment: The Stafford Story) |
| 1946 | Caravan · as Woman |
| 1945 | My Ain Folk · as Mrs. Mackenzie |
| 1944 | Medal for the General · as Mrs. Bates |
| 1942 | Rose of Tralee · as Mrs. Thompson |
| 1936 | Stars on Parade · as Grandma Buggins |
| 1935 | The Hope of His Side · as Mrs. Scodger |
| 1929 | Ag and Bert · as Aggie Buggins |
| 1954 | The Vise (TV Series) · as Play |
| 1949 | The Huggetts Abroad · as In Collaboration With |
| 1947 | Holiday Camp · as Additional Dialogue |
| 1945 | The Facts of Love · as Play "acacia Avenue" |
| 1943 | I'll Walk Beside You · as Dialogue |
| 1943 | Variety Jubilee · as Dialogue |
| 1929 | Ag and Bert · as Sketch |