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Her most famous role was as the nervous spinster dominated by Peggy Mount in Sailor Beware. She recreated this role in the subsequent film. She retired at the height of her career. Not only had she established herself as a regular in the hot new Carry On film series, she was also starring in the popular sitcom The Rag Trade.
Fenner Fashions makes women's clothing. Reg Turner (Reg Varney) is the downtrodden foreman on the shop floor. The machinists are all women, led by their union rep, Paddy Fleming (Miriam Karlin). The stories are all about the schemes the machinists get up to to make life hard for the boss, Henry Fenner (Peter Jones). The foreman's life is also made hard by the women, who have him around their ...
Other cast members included Sheila Hancock, Esma Reese Cannon, Wanda Ventham and Barbara Windsor. The Rag Trade was revived by ITV company LWT in 1977, with Jones and Karlin reprising their roles. The 1977 version ran for two series, most of the scripts being based on the BBC episodes from the 1960s, and featured Anna Karen and future EastEnders star Gillian Taylforth as factory workers.
Other cast members including Shiela Hancock, Esma Reese Cannon and Barbara Windsor. Much of the scripts from the original early '60s series were adapted for use in the late '70s one. In contrast to most sitcoms of the time, The Rag Trade had fairly strong feminist leanings and was a satire on the way in which pompous, patronising male bosses sought to suppress women's right in the workplace.
Esma Ellen Charlotte Littman (née Cannon), credited as Esme or Esma Cannon, was a diminutive (4 feet 7 inches (1.40 m)) Australian-born character actress and comedian, who moved to Britain in the early 1930s. Although better known in her latter years for her television roles, she was best known as a film actress, with a lengthy career in early ...
Amazon.com: The Rag Trade - Season 1 - 2-DVD Set ( The Rag Trade - Series 1 ) ( The Rag Trade - Series One ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - United Kingdom ] : Peter Jones, Miriam Karlin, Irene Handl, Wanda Ventham, Reg Varney, Barbara Windsor, Esma Cannon, Sheila Hancock, Ann Beach, Toni Palmer, Dennis Main-Wilson, The Rag Trade - Season 1 - 2-DVD Set ( The Rag Trade - Series 1 ) ( The ...
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