Rita Webb

Rita Webb
Born
Olive Rita Webb

(1904-02-25)25 February 1904
Died30 August 1981(1981-08-30) (aged 77)
London, England
OccupationComedy actress
Years active1950–1981
Spouse(s)Lionel Stanley "Thommie" Thompson
(m. 1926; sep. 19??)
RelativesGeorge Webb
(half-brother)
Leonard Keysor
(cousin)

Olive Rita Webb (25 February 1904 – 30 August 1981),[1] later known as Olive Rita Thompson, was an English character actress, mainly in comedy roles. She was the eldest child of Henry Augustus Webb (1880–1926) and Rose Jeannette Keysor.[2] She had a younger brother, Henry Richard Webb, also an actor, and two elder identical twin half-brothers, Leslie and Gordon Durlacher, from her mother's first marriage to Samuel Durlacher. A half-brother was the actor George Webb.

  1. ^ GRO Register of deaths: SEP 1981 15 1754 WESTMINSTER - Olive Rita Thompson, DoB = 25 Feb 1904
  2. ^ "A Short Biography of Rita Webb".