Singer oshea who appeared on ed sullivan

Welsh entertainer and actress (–)

Teresa Mary "Tessie" O'Shea (13 March – 21 April ) was a Welshentertainer and actress.^[2]

Early life

O'Shea was born at 61 Plantagenet Street in Riverside, Cardiff to newspaper wholesaler James Peter O'Shea, who had been a soldier and who was the son of Irish emigrants, and his wife Nellie Theresa Carr.^[3] O'Shea was reared in the British music hall tradition and performed on stage as early as age six, billed as "The Wonder of Wales".

When staying at Weston-super-Mare as a child, she got lost and was only discovered when her mother heard her singing the Ernie Mayne hit, "An N'Egg and some N'Ham and some N'Onion".^[3][4]

Career

By her teens she was known for her BBC Radio broadcasts and appeared on stages in Britain and South Africa.

She frequently finished her act by singing and playing a banjolele in the style of George Formby. While appearing in Blackpool in the s, she capitalised