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Blanche Coleman

Bandleader
28 February 1910 to 21 April 2008

Beginning her musical career performing in cinemas during the days of silent film, Coleman became a bandleader in the 1940s heading Blanche Coleman and Her All-Girl Band. Combining live engagements with regular broadcasts on the BBC, they were among the first on air when television was re-launched after the war.

- Read Blanche Coleman's Guardian Obituary
- Read Blanche Coleman's Times Obituary