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
Horace Keats in Sydney, often with the ABC (which had taken over 2FC), an association that continued until his death in Sydney at age 50 in 1945, from a cerebral haemorrhage. He was survived by his wife, Janet leBrun Brown (1900–1985), who, as Barbara Russell, was the principal performer of his songs; a young son, Brennan, and a daughter. An elder son, Russell, a flautist and organist, had been killed on active service on board on 9 August 1942 near Guadalcanal. Horace Keats wrote the song "Over the Quiet Waters" in his son's memory. Janet Keats was later briefly married to Hugh