biography
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McCracken, Esther (Helen)
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née Armstrong
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| female
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| lived:
| (1902–71)
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| biography:
| Playwright and actress, born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE England, UK. She acted with the Newcastle Repertory Company (1924–37), and had her first play produced in 1936, but it was with Quiet Wedding (1938) that her reputation was made as a writer of domestic comedy. Other successes were Quiet Weekend (1941) and No Medals (1944). |
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