Interesting People from The Past…

Albert Chevalier was a vaudeville actor, and a child actor at the young age of eight. He made his first professional appearance with the Bancrofts in 1877. He was associated for many years with the Kendals, Sir John Hare and Pinero, and achieved fame on the music-hall stage touring with his own entertainments in Cockney imitations, notably with My Old Dutch and Mrs. ‘Enery ‘Awkins. He was born in 1861 and died in 1923.