Person Open DS/UK/2949 Waters; Florence 'Elsie' (1893-1990); OBE; British comedian Waters Florence 'Elsie' 1893-1990 British comedian Female DS/UK/2948 DS/UK/2950

Sister of Doris Waters and Horace John Waters, entertainers. Florence 'Elsie ' Waters was one half of 'Gert and Daisy', a British female comedy act who are particularly remembered for their contribution to film and radio entertainment during World War II. They were stalwarts of the BBC radio variety programme Workers' Playtime, where they would talk about anything and everything, but especially their fictional husbands: Bert and Wally. The characters of Gert and Daisy were played by Florence Elsie Waters (1893–1990) and Doris Waters (1904–1978), who were sisters of Horace John Waters (1895–1981), better known as Jack Warner of Dixon of Dock Green fame. Elsie and Doris were awarded OBEs in the King's Birthday Honours List in 1946. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHSkeyte 11/7/2012 Rachael.Fragola 3/1/2022 d1e532e8-21e3-4a00-948f-1a65149818a8