Janet Brown Janet Brown Janet McLuckie Brown (14 December 192327 May 2011) was a Scottish actress, comedian and impressionist who gained considerable fame in the 1970s and 1980s for her impersonations of Margaret Thatcher. Brown was the wife of Peter Butterworth who was best known for his appearances in the "Carry on" films. Butterworth died in 1979 and Brown never remarried. Brown was born in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, and educated at Rutherglen Academy. Beginning with Margaret Thatcher's election as the leader of the Conservative Party in 1975, Brown gained increasing prominence because of her realistic impression of the Tory politician. She performed as
John Brown (actor) Hollywood blacklist. Brown died of a heart attack on May 16, 1957, in West Hollywood, California, while en route to his doctor's office. John Brown (actor) John Brown (April 4, 1904 - May 16, 1957) was an English radio and film actor. Brown was born in Hull, Yorkshire, England. Brown had major roles in several popular radio shows: He was "John Doe" in the Texaco Star Theater's version of Fred Allen's Allen's Alley, played Irma's love interest Al in "My Friend Irma", both "Gillis" and Digby "Digger" O'Dell in "The Life of Riley", (a role he reprised for the first