
A Christmas Carol
1914
as Mrs. Cratchit
Mary Bessie Brough (16 April 1863 – 30 September 1934) was an English actress in theatre, silent films and early talkies, including eleven of the twelve Aldwych farces of the 1920s and early 1930s. The daughter of a well-known actor, Lionel Brough, with a long theatrical family tradition, she became a professional actress in December 1881. Although she was in regular demand in character parts she did not become well known to theatre-goers until she was nearly sixty. In 1922 she was cast in a small part in a farce, Tons of Money, which was followed by a ten-year series of new farces at the Aldwych Theatre for which the actor-manager Tom Walls assembled a regular company of players, including Brough. The playwright Ben Travers wrote parts expressly to suit her persona; she recorded several of them in films of the farces.

1914
as Mrs. Cratchit

1928
as Cook

1924
as Lady Rolis

1933
as Mrs. Spoker
1917
as Landlady

1932
as Mrs. Todd

1929
as Marthe
1921
as Mrs. Barnes

1933
as Mrs. Gather
1914

1924
as Mrs Keane
1924
as Mrs. Smith
1924
as Widow
1924
as Housekeeper
1921
as Mrs. Bardell
1921
as Mrs. Parker
1924

1930
as Mrs. Leverett

1923
as Mrs. Candour

1924
as Mrs Mullet
1922
as Mrs. Lee

1924
as Mrs. Jarvis
1927
as Mrs May
1928
as The Cook
1930
as Emerald
1920
as Gloria Mott
1921
as Bessie

1930
as Benita Mullet

1929
as Mrs. Wilkes
1933
as Landlady

1928
as Mme. Pitou

1930
as Mrs. Hewlett

1932
as Mrs. Decent
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