Hilda, Pat Coombs, Peggy Mont, Rita Webb, Hattie Jaques, Thora Hurd. All learned their craft in provincial theatres making the transition to TV in the 60s. These wonderful ladies kept us entertained during the 60s and 70s a few made it to the early 80s. Sadly they have almost been forgotten. Great to see these wonderful clips on YT keeping their flame burning.
Today Gina Lollobrigida passed away. I can't think of any finer tribute than having your name put through the mangle by the wonderful Hylda Baker. R.I.P. Gina, and Hylda.
You can see where Victoria Wood got her 'I'm looking for my friend Kimberly, have you seen her?' from watching this. Thanks for uploading, I've wanted to see this for a long time.
The beginning of this reminds me of Victoria Woods Kimberley sketch "I'm looking for my friend, Kimberly, have you seen her?" Hilda Baker is the Goddess of comedy. Amazing soul inside that body.
I love Hylda Baker. If anything underestimated. She was highly professional and had a reputation of being a little difficult. But she was unique and extremely talented.❤
its so sad it seems when she was in the nursing home , no one bothered about her cause she had made some enemies also she had dementia. so sad...what a great talent..DEMENTIA is a curse. more and more people are getting it and it destroys the person and the family , caregivers lives.
I am not British but whom today will fit her calibre of acting standards and professionalism. My Father used to say comedy is the toughest medium in show biz. It's true
what catch phrase's she left behind for us to remember her She knows you know Have you been Walter I must get a small hand on this watch plus many more Thanks Hildaxx
I agree with the comments below. Her style came straight from reality. The North had thousands of these Mrs Malaprops. The closer to reality, the funnier it seems,, as everyone could recognize the performance in reality, and the reality in performance.
A friend of ours auditioned(successfully) to be her last Cynthia(Matthew Kelly played her once in The Good Old Days,but that doesn't really count),he was very tall and well built.She had a read through of her stage act,and watched him carefully.He got the job on the spot,why? because he didn't laugh once (He actually didn't find her funny)He appeared with her over a long period and never corpsed once. I believe her first Cynthia was her husband.
"Whooooo are you goiiiiing to beeee, tonight, Mathew...?" Matthew Kelly's stint as Cynthia there, I think. Lucky man to have worked onstage with the glorious Hylda B; not so lucky to have worked FOR the star Hylda B, but probably worth it.
Hilda Baker was great. A trailblazer. She opened the door for so many female comics. Unfortunately she got dementia and her "friends" and colleagues didn't realise it. I saw her live in Blackpool several times. RIP Ms Baker. Victoria Wood copied her: I'm looking for me friend. Have you seen her? She's tall....etc etc
@@walverden1 My late Grandfather played opposite her, also. Eric Wainwright, whom you can read about here: www.gentlemenranters.com/3.html#Eric . I believe this is him - the nose, more than, well, anything else! - has me thinking so, as he was extremely handsome, in real life: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-e6rMJ6bCot4.html Either way, thanks and cheers!
starlight76able Thank you for your view,sorry to hear that you thought the sound and the picture was poor,but if you have head phones it would help the audio greatly.
My morher was a hotel chambermaid in the 60s and met lots of lovely stars but sadly Hilda Baker wasn't one of them, rather stuck up an demanding, but a good comedienne all the same
i can think of two great comedy actresses who off and on tried to emulate her style....'Mrs Slocombe from ''Are you being served'' and Mrs Bouquet from '' kEEPING up Appearances..
@@walverden1 Am ancient Old man!!! Loved all these great artists. Never been a FAN like lots of people now just like who I like!. But the old time entertainers were wonderful. Robb Wilton, Ken Dodd and others too numerous to name
@@vaslav030547 Thank you Harvey for tuning in to my channel, Hilda was in her day one of the funnest comics around,but i appreciate now it comes across as old and stale .🇬🇧👍
Wonderful Hylda - this country's funniest-ever comedienne - went round the theatre circuits for years with her act singing, playing the piano, clog dancing and cracking jokes. Then she saw Arthur Worsley, the absolute best ventriloquist in history, who famously never spoke, his dummy Charlie Brown doing all the talking and uproariously funny, and life changed for diminutive Hylda: she got herself an enormously tall male stooge, called him Cynthia, who also never said a word, while Hylda cracked joke after joke. She did this new act on The Good Old Days tv variety show in 1952, and was, after all those years touring round, an overnight star, which she remained for the rest of her life.
