Charlotte Mitchell

Biography

Charlotte Mitchell was a successful actress and poet in London's West End during the 1950s, providing lyrics for notable revues such as Airs on a Shoestring and Pay the Piper. She appeared in The Goon Show episodes Ye Bandit of Sherwood Forest and Tales of Montmartre, alongside Peter Sellers. A married mother of three children, including actors Christopher and Dominic Guard, Mitchell continued to write and perform poetry until her passing in 2012.