Danny La Rue Danny La Rue Danny La Rue, (born Daniel Patrick Carroll, 26 July 1927 – 31 May 2009) was an Irish-English singer and entertainer, particularly in stage theatre known for his singing and cross-dressing performances. Born as Daniel Patrick Carroll in Cork City, Ireland, in 1927, La Rue was the youngest of either four or five siblings. The family moved to England when he was six and he was brought up at Earnshaw Street in Soho, central London. When the family home was destroyed during the Blitz, his mother, a seamstress, moved her children to Kennford, a Devon village where young
Leo G. Carroll apart from the shared title), and in 1941 starred with Vincent Price and Judith Evelyn in Patrick Hamilton's "Angel Street" (better known as "Gaslight"), which ran for three years at the Golden Theatre on West 45th Street in New York City. After the production closed, he starred in the title role in J. P. Marquand's "The Late George Apley". Carroll, who had moved to Hollywood, made his film debut in "Sadie McKee" (1934). He often played doctors or butlers, but he made appearances as Marley's ghost in "A Christmas Carol" (1938) and as Joseph in "Wuthering Heights" (1939). In the