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	\| birth_name = Teresa Mary O'Shea<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101058021/Teresa-OShea\|title=Teresa O'Shea\|access-date=29 October 2010\|work=[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]}}</ref>		\| birth_name = Teresa Mary O'Shea<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101058021/Teresa-OShea\|title=Teresa O'Shea\|access-date=29 October 2010\|work=[[w:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography\|Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]}}</ref>
	\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1913\|3\|13\|df=yes}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1913\|03\|13\|df=yes}}
	\| birth_place = [[Cardiff]], [[Glamorgan]], Wales		\| birth_place = [[w:Cardiff\|Cardiff]], [[w:Glamorgan\|Glamorgan]], Wales
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1995\|4\|21\|1913\|3\|13\|df=yes}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1995\|04\|21\|1913\|03\|13\|df=yes}}
	\| death_place = [[East Lake Weir, Florida\|East Lake Weir]], [[Marion County, Florida\|Marion County]], [[Florida]], United States		\| death_place = [[w:East Lake Weir, Florida\|East Lake Weir]], [[w:Marion County, Florida\|Marion County]], [[w:Florida\|Florida]], United States
	\| occupation = Actress		\| occupation = Actress
	\| yearsactive = 1948–1979		\| yearsactive = 1948–1979
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	'''Teresa Mary "Tessie" O'Shea''' (13 March 1913 – 21 April 1995) was a [[Wales\|Welsh]] [[entertainer]] and actress.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba4cd7e8e\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722161102/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba4cd7e8e\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2012-07-22\|title=Tessie O'Shea\|work=BFI}}</ref>		'''Teresa Mary "Tessie" O'Shea''' (13 March 1913 – 21 April 1995) was a [[w:Wales\|Welsh]] [[w:entertainer\|entertainer]] and actress.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba4cd7e8e\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722161102/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba4cd7e8e\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=2012-07-22\|title=Tessie O'Shea\|work=BFI}}</ref>

	==Early life ==		==Early life ==
	O'Shea was born in 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.<ref name=onshow/> 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". Convalescing after a serious illness in [[Weston-super-Mare]], one day on the beach, the young O'Shea wandered off from her mother into the tent of a troupe of travelling performers and was only discovered when her mother recognised her singing [[Ernie Mayne]]'s "An N'Egg and some N'Ham and some N'Onion" <ref name=onshow/>		O'Shea was born in Plantagenet Street in [[w:Riverside, Cardiff\|Riverside]] 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.<ref name=onshow/> O'Shea was reared in the British [[w:music hall\|music hall]] tradition and performed on stage as early as age six, billed as "The Wonder of Wales". Convalescing after a serious illness in [[w:Weston-super-Mare\|Weston-super-Mare]], one day on the beach, the young O'Shea wandered off from her mother into the tent of a troupe of travelling performers and was only discovered when her mother recognised her singing [[w:Ernie Mayne\|Ernie Mayne]]'s "An N'Egg and some N'Ham and some N'Onion" <ref name=onshow/>

	== Career==		== 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 1930s, she capitalised on her size by adopting "Two Ton Tessie from Tennessee" as her theme song. In the 1940s, she was a frequent headliner at the [[London Palladium]], and established herself as a recording artist in the 1950s.<ref name=Obit/><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://tessieoshea.com/page3.html\|title=Songs\|work=tessieoshea.com}}</ref>		By her teens she was known for her [[w:BBC Radio\|BBC Radio]] broadcasts and appeared on stages in Britain and [[w:South Africa\|South Africa]]. She frequently finished her act by singing and playing a [[w:banjolele\|banjolele]] in the style of [[w:George Formby\|George Formby]]. While appearing in [[w:Blackpool\|Blackpool]] in the 1930s, she capitalised on her size by adopting "Two Ton Tessie from Tennessee" as her theme song. In the 1940s, she was a frequent headliner at the [[w:London Palladium\|London Palladium]], and established herself as a recording artist in the 1950s.<ref name=Obit/><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://tessieoshea.com/page3.html\|title=Songs\|work=tessieoshea.com}}</ref>

	In 1963, [[Noël Coward]] created the part of the [[fish and chips]] peddler "Ada Cockle" specifically for O'Shea in his [[Broadway theatre\|Broadway]] [[musical theatre\|musical]], ''[[The Girl Who Came to Supper]]''. Her performance of traditional [[Cockney]] tunes charmed the critics and helped win her a [[Tony Award]] for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.<ref name=Whitcomb>{{cite book\|last=Whitcomb\|first=Ian\|title=Ukulele Heroes: The Golden Age\|year=2013\|publisher=Hal Leonard\|isbn=9781458416544\|page=88}}</ref>		In 1963, [[w:Noël Coward\|Noël Coward]] created the part of the [[w:fish and chips\|fish and chips]] peddler "Ada Cockle" specifically for O'Shea in his [[w:Broadway theatre\|Broadway]] [[w:musical theatre\|musical]], ''[[w:The Girl Who Came to Supper\|The Girl Who Came to Supper]]''. Her performance of traditional [[w:Cockney\|Cockney]] tunes charmed the critics and helped win her a [[w:Tony Award\|Tony Award]] for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.<ref name=Whitcomb>{{cite book\|last=Whitcomb\|first=Ian\|title=Ukulele Heroes: The Golden Age\|year=2013\|publisher=Hal Leonard\|isbn=9781458416544\|page=88}}</ref>

	In 1963, O'Shea was a guest on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''. She was popular enough that she came back in 1964 and shared the billing with [[the Beatles]].<ref>{{cite book\|last=Tranquada\|first=Jim\|title=The Ukulele: a History\|publisher=University of Hawaii Press\|year=2012\|page=152\|isbn=978-0-8248-3544-6}}</ref> Their joint appearance drew what was then the largest audience in the history of [[United States\|American]] [[television]], helping bring her to American audiences. She was a member of the [[repertory]] company on the short-lived [[CBS]] [[variety show]] ''[[The Entertainers]]'' (1964–65).~~{{citation needed\|date=July 2016}}~~ In 1968, O'Shea was cast in the [[television movie]] ''The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'', which earned her an [[Emmy Award]] nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.emmys.com/bios/tessie-oshea\|title=Tessie O'Shea\|work=Television Academy\|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref>		In 1963, O'Shea was a guest on ''[[w:The Ed Sullivan Show\|The Ed Sullivan Show]]''. She was popular enough that she came back in 1964 and shared the billing with [[w:the Beatles\|the Beatles]].<ref>{{cite book\|last=Tranquada\|first=Jim\|title=The Ukulele: a History\|publisher=University of Hawaii Press\|year=2012\|page=152\|isbn=978-0-8248-3544-6}}</ref> Their joint appearance drew what was then the largest audience in the history of [[w:United States\|American]] [[w:television\|television]], helping bring her to American audiences. She was a member of the [[w:repertory\|repertory]] company on the short-lived [[w:CBS\|CBS]] [[w:variety show\|variety show]] ''[[w:The Entertainers\|The Entertainers]]'' (1964–65). In 1968, O'Shea was cast in the [[w:television movie\|television movie]] ''The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'', which earned her an [[w:Emmy Award\|Emmy Award]] nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.emmys.com/bios/tessie-oshea\|title=Tessie O'Shea\|work=Television Academy\|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref>

	O'Shea starred in a short-lived British [[situation comedy\|sitcom]] ''[[As Good Cooks Go]]'', which ran from 1969 to 1970. She appeared in films including ''[[London Town (1946 film)\|London Town]]'', ''[[The Blue Lamp]]'', ''[[The Shiralee (1957 film)\|The Shiralee]]'', ''[[The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming]]'', and ''[[Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]''. She regularly appeared on BBC Television's long running variety show, ''[[The Good Old Days (UK TV series)\|The Good Old Days]]''.~~{{citation needed\|date=July 2016}}~~<ref>seen on rerun of the good old days Oct 2016		O'Shea starred in a short-lived British [[w:situation comedy\|sitcom]] ''[[As Good Cooks Go]]'', which ran from 1969 to 1970. She appeared in films including ''[[w:London Town (1946 film)\|London Town]]'', ''[[w:The Blue Lamp\|The Blue Lamp]]'', ''[[w:The Shiralee (1957 film)\|The Shiralee]]'', ''[[w:The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming\|The Russians Are Coming]]'', and ''[[w:Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]''. She regularly appeared on BBC Television's long running variety show, ''[[w:The Good Old Days (UK TV series)\|The Good Old Days]]''.<ref>seen on rerun of the good old days Oct 2016</ref>
	</ref>

	== Death and legacy ==		== Death and legacy ==
	O'Shea died of [[congestive heart failure]] at age 82, at her home in [[East Lake Weir, Florida\|East Lake Weir]], [[Marion County, Florida\|Marion County]], [[Florida]].		O'Shea died of [[w:congestive heart failure\|congestive heart failure]] at age 82, at her home in [[w:East Lake Weir, Florida\|East Lake Weir]], [[w:Marion County, Florida\|Marion County]], [[w:Florida\|Florida]].

	O'Shea's life was celebrated in the [[BBC Two]] documentary ''Two Ton Tessie!'', first broadcast in March 2011.<ref name=onshow>{{cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007hz94\|title=BBC Two – On Show, Two Ton Tessie!\|website=BBC\|access-date=26 January 2019}}</ref>		O'Shea's life was celebrated in the [[w:BBC Two\|BBC Two]] documentary ''Two Ton Tessie!'', first broadcast in March 2011.<ref name=onshow>{{cite web\|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007hz94\|title=BBC Two – On Show, Two Ton Tessie!\|website=BBC\|access-date=26 January 2019}}</ref>

	==Filmography==		==Filmography==
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	! Notes		! Notes
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	\|1944\|\| ''[[The Way Ahead]]'' \|\| Herself \|\|		\|1944\|\| ''[[w:The Way Ahead\|The Way Ahead]]'' \|\| Herself \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|1946\|\| ''[[London Town (1946 film)\|London Town]]'' \|\| Herself \|\|		\|1946\|\| ''[[w:London Town (1946 film)\|London Town]]'' \|\| Herself \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|1948\|\| ''[[Holidays with Pay]]'' \|\| Pansy Rogers \|\|		\|1948\|\| ''[[w:Holidays with Pay\|Holidays with Pay]]'' \|\| Pansy Rogers \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|1949\|\| ''[[Somewhere in Politics]]'' \|\| Daisy Smart \|\|		\|1949\|\| ''[[w:Somewhere in Politics\|Somewhere in Politics]]'' \|\| Daisy Smart \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|1950\|\| ''[[The Blue Lamp]]'' \|\| Herself \|\|		\|1950\|\| ''[[w:The Blue Lamp\|The Blue Lamp]]'' \|\| Herself \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|1957\|\| ''[[The Shiralee (1957 film)\|The Shiralee]]'' \|\| Bella \|\|		\|1957\|\| ''[[w:The Shiralee (1957 film)\|The Shiralee]]'' \|\| Bella \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|1966\|\| ''[[The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming]]'' \|\| Alice Foss \|\|		\|1966\|\| ''[[w:The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming\|The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming]]'' \|\| Alice Foss \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|1969\|\| ''[[The Best House in London]]'' \|\| Singer \|\|		\|1969\|\| ''[[w:The Best House in London\|The Best House in London]]'' \|\| Singer \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|1971\|\| ''[[Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]'' \|\| Mrs. Hobday \|\|		\|1971\|\| ''[[w:Bedknobs and Broomsticks\|Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]'' \|\| Mrs. Hobday \|\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|1978\|\| ''[[The Word (novel)#TV miniseries\|The Word]]'' \|\| Herself \|\|		\|1978\|\| ''[[w:The Word (novel)#TV miniseries\|The Word]]'' \|\| Herself \|\|
	\|}		\|}

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	~~{{TonyAward MusicalFeaturedActress 1947-1975}}~~

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{{Short description|Welsh entertainer and actress}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Tessie O'Shea
| image = Tessie_O'Shea.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption =
| birth_name = Teresa Mary O'Shea<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/101058021/Teresa-OShea|title=Teresa O'Shea|access-date=29 October 2010|work=[[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]]}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date|1913|3|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Cardiff]], [[Glamorgan]], Wales
| death_date = {{death date and age|1995|4|21|1913|3|13|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[East Lake Weir, Florida|East Lake Weir]], [[Marion County, Florida|Marion County]], [[Florida]], United States
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1948–1979
| spouse = David Rollo (1940)<ref name=Obit>{{cite news|title=Obituary: Tessie O'Shea|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-tessie-oshea-1616990.html|author=Denis Gifford |date=24 April 1995|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=27 October 2016}}</ref>
}}

'''Teresa Mary "Tessie" O'Shea''' (13 March 1913 – 21 April 1995) was a [[Wales|Welsh]] [[entertainer]] and actress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba4cd7e8e|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722161102/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2ba4cd7e8e|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-22|title=Tessie O'Shea|work=BFI}}</ref>

==Early life ==
O'Shea was born in 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.<ref name=onshow/> 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". Convalescing after a serious illness in [[Weston-super-Mare]], one day on the beach, the young O'Shea wandered off from her mother into the tent of a troupe of travelling performers and was only discovered when her mother recognised her singing [[Ernie Mayne]]'s "An N'Egg and some N'Ham and some N'Onion" <ref name=onshow/>

== 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 1930s, she capitalised on her size by adopting "Two Ton Tessie from Tennessee" as her theme song. In the 1940s, she was a frequent headliner at the [[London Palladium]], and established herself as a recording artist in the 1950s.<ref name=Obit/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tessieoshea.com/page3.html|title=Songs|work=tessieoshea.com}}</ref>

In 1963, [[Noël Coward]] created the part of the [[fish and chips]] peddler "Ada Cockle" specifically for O'Shea in his [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] [[musical theatre|musical]], ''[[The Girl Who Came to Supper]]''. Her performance of traditional [[Cockney]] tunes charmed the critics and helped win her a [[Tony Award]] for Best Featured Actress in a Musical.<ref name=Whitcomb>{{cite book|last=Whitcomb|first=Ian|title=Ukulele Heroes: The Golden Age|year=2013|publisher=Hal Leonard|isbn=9781458416544|page=88}}</ref>

In 1963, O'Shea was a guest on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''. She was popular enough that she came back in 1964 and shared the billing with [[the Beatles]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Tranquada|first=Jim|title=The Ukulele: a History|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|year=2012|page=152|isbn=978-0-8248-3544-6}}</ref> Their joint appearance drew what was then the largest audience in the history of [[United States|American]] [[television]], helping bring her to American audiences. She was a member of the [[repertory]] company on the short-lived [[CBS]] [[variety show]] ''[[The Entertainers]]'' (1964–65).{{citation needed|date=July 2016}} In 1968, O'Shea was cast in the [[television movie]] ''The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'', which earned her an [[Emmy Award]] nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Drama.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/bios/tessie-oshea|title=Tessie O'Shea|work=Television Academy|access-date=12 July 2016}}</ref>

O'Shea starred in a short-lived British [[situation comedy|sitcom]] ''[[As Good Cooks Go]]'', which ran from 1969 to 1970. She appeared in films including ''[[London Town (1946 film)|London Town]]'', ''[[The Blue Lamp]]'', ''[[The Shiralee (1957 film)|The Shiralee]]'', ''[[The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming]]'', and ''[[Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]''. She regularly appeared on BBC Television's long running variety show, ''[[The Good Old Days (UK TV series)|The Good Old Days]]''.{{citation needed|date=July 2016}}<ref>seen on rerun of the good old days Oct 2016
</ref>

== Death and legacy ==
O'Shea died of [[congestive heart failure]] at age 82, at her home in [[East Lake Weir, Florida|East Lake Weir]], [[Marion County, Florida|Marion County]], [[Florida]].

O'Shea's life was celebrated in the [[BBC Two]] documentary ''Two Ton Tessie!'', first broadcast in March 2011.<ref name=onshow>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007hz94|title=BBC Two – On Show, Two Ton Tessie!|website=BBC|access-date=26 January 2019}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1944|| ''[[The Way Ahead]]'' || Herself ||
|-
|1946|| ''[[London Town (1946 film)|London Town]]'' || Herself ||
|-
|1948|| ''[[Holidays with Pay]]'' || Pansy Rogers ||
|-
|1949|| ''[[Somewhere in Politics]]'' || Daisy Smart ||
|-
|1950|| ''[[The Blue Lamp]]'' || Herself ||
|-
|1957|| ''[[The Shiralee (1957 film)|The Shiralee]]'' || Bella ||
|-
|1966|| ''[[The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming]]'' || Alice Foss ||
|-
|1969|| ''[[The Best House in London]]'' || Singer ||
|-
|1971|| ''[[Bedknobs and Broomsticks]]'' || Mrs. Hobday ||
|-
|1978|| ''[[The Word (novel)#TV miniseries|The Word]]'' || Herself ||
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|642697 }}
* {{IBDB name}}

{{TonyAward MusicalFeaturedActress 1947-1975}}

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