Rita Webb | |
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Born | Olive Rita Webb 25 February 1904 |
Died | 30 August 1981 London, England | (aged 77)
Occupation | Comedy actress |
Years active | 1950–1981 |
Spouse(s) | Lionel Stanley "Thommie" Thompson (m. 1926; sep. 19??) |
Relatives | George 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.