THE D'OYLY CARTE OPERA COMPANY

Jeanne Bailey(1951-54)

Jeanne Bailey joined the D’Oyly Carte as a chorister in September 1951, also playing the Bridesmaid in Trial by Jury and Isabel in The Pirates of Penzance her first season.  The following season she added Kate in The Yeomen of the Guard (replacing Anne Stone who had left the Company), and made occasional appearances as Casilda in The Gondoliers.  She retained her three roles for the rest of her D’Oyly Carte career, adding Lady Ella in Patience in 1954 for the London Season at the Savoy, and again filling in on occasion as Casilda that year.  She left the Company following the close of the London season, December 11, 1954.

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