Help us get to over 8,747 articles in 2024.

If you know of a magician not listed in MagicPedia, start a New Biography for them. Contact us at magicpediahelp@gmail.com

Difference between revisions of "Lesley Piddington"

From Magicpedia, the free online encyclopedia for magicians by magicians.
Jump to: navigation, search
m
m
(One intermediate revision by one other user not shown)
Line 4: Line 4:
 
| alt                      =  
 
| alt                      =  
 
| caption                  =  
 
| caption                  =  
| birth_name                = Lesley Pope
+
| birth_name                = Lesley Elizabeth Pope
 
| birth_day                =  circa  
 
| birth_day                =  circa  
 
| birth_year                = 1924  
 
| birth_year                = 1924  
| birth_place              =  
+
| birth_place              = Australia
| death_day                = August 2,
+
| death_day                = August 2,
| death_year                = 2016
+
| death_year                = 2016
| death_place              =  
+
| death_place              = Australia
 
| resting_place            =  
 
| resting_place            =  
 
| resting_place_coordinates =   
 
| resting_place_coordinates =   
Line 24: Line 24:
  
 
== Biography ==
 
== Biography ==
She married Sydney in Australia while she was a radio-actress. They put together a telepathy act based on Sydney's experience and as The Piddingtons became a successful in Sydney and Melbourne on the radio and with live stage shows.
+
Possibly born in Paddington, Queensland, she married Sydney in Australia while she was a radio-actress. They put together a telepathy act based on Sydney's experience and as The Piddingtons became a successful in Sydney and Melbourne on the radio and with live stage shows.
  
 
In 1949 they went to England where they became a success on BBC radio programs.  
 
In 1949 they went to England where they became a success on BBC radio programs.  
  
When she turned 47, Lesley meet Jack Hazlitt, who was 74 years old and they would spend more than twenty-one years together. She authored Jack's life story in her book "Just Call Me Jack" (2004).<ref>http://www.abc.net.au/queensland/stories/s1335465.htm</ref>
+
When she turned 47, Lesley meet Cecil John "Jack" Hazlitt (1897-1993), who was 74 years old and they would spend more than twenty-one years together. She authored Jack's life story in her book "Just Call Me Jack" (2004).<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080204040444/http://www.abc.net.au/queensland/stories/s1335465.htm</ref>
 
   
 
   
 
In 2003, a taped interview with her by [[Jim Steinmeyer]] was presented at the [[Conference on Magic History]].
 
In 2003, a taped interview with her by [[Jim Steinmeyer]] was presented at the [[Conference on Magic History]].
  
 
{{References}}
 
{{References}}
 +
* Goodliffe's Abracadabra, Vol. 8, No. 186, August 1949,  Hands off The Piddingtons, by George Blake, page 54-55
 +
* The Linking Ring, Vol. 29, No. 9, November 1949, Britain Raves Over The Piddingtons, by Frances Ireland, page 46
 +
* The Magic Circular, Vol. 81, No. 881, December 1987, The Piddingtons, by Fergus Anckorn, page 243
 +
* The Linking Ring, Vol. 78, No. 12, December 1988, You Are the Judge - The Piddingtons!, by Barry H. Wiley, page 58
 +
* The Magic Circular, Vol. 83, No. 894, April 1989, The Piddingtons: A Preliminary Bibliography, by Barry H. Wiley, page 70
 +
* The Magic Circular, Vol. 87, No. 935, May 1993, The writing of "The Piddingtons", by Barry H. Wiley, page 72
 +
* [[Genii 2005 August|Genii Magazine, Vol. 68, No. 8, August 2005]], "I never knew a so-called ‘Mechanical’ Mind-Reading Act that didn't wind up doing genuine mental telepathy before they were through" - Joseph Dunninger, Detroit Free-Press. 1943, page 85 
 +
* http://www.thepiddingtons.com/lesley.html LESLEY POPE
 +
* http://www.thetreeofus.net/5/132749.htm Lesley Elizabeth Pope
 +
* http://www.thepiddingtons.com/gallery.html Photo Gallery “The Piddingtons”
 +
* http://tributes.smh.com.au/obituaries/smh-au/obituary.aspx?n=lesley-hazlitt&pid=181010354 Obituary Lesley Hazlitt
 +
* http://cardopolis.blogspot.ch/2016/08/lesley-hazlitt-and-piddingtons.html Lesley Hazlitt and The Piddingtons, by David Britland
 
* The Piddingtons by Russell Braddon. London: T. Werner Laurie, 1950.
 
* The Piddingtons by Russell Braddon. London: T. Werner Laurie, 1950.
 
* Radio National, Australia http://www.abc.net.au/rn/history/hindsight/stories/s98346.htm
 
* Radio National, Australia http://www.abc.net.au/rn/history/hindsight/stories/s98346.htm

Revision as of 11:50, 17 August 2016

Lesley Piddington
BornLesley Elizabeth Pope
circa 1924
Australia
DiedAugust 2, 2016 (age 91)
Australia

Lesley (Piddington) Hazlitt (1924-2016) performed with her husband, Sydney Piddington (1918-1991), as the mentalism team called The Piddingtons.

Biography

Possibly born in Paddington, Queensland, she married Sydney in Australia while she was a radio-actress. They put together a telepathy act based on Sydney's experience and as The Piddingtons became a successful in Sydney and Melbourne on the radio and with live stage shows.

In 1949 they went to England where they became a success on BBC radio programs.

When she turned 47, Lesley meet Cecil John "Jack" Hazlitt (1897-1993), who was 74 years old and they would spend more than twenty-one years together. She authored Jack's life story in her book "Just Call Me Jack" (2004).[1]

In 2003, a taped interview with her by Jim Steinmeyer was presented at the Conference on Magic History.

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20080204040444/http://www.abc.net.au/queensland/stories/s1335465.htm