Suzette Tarri


Ada Barbara Harriett Tarry, better known by her stage name Suzette Tarri was a popular Cockney stage and radio comedian of the 1930s and 1940s. She worked with Harry Hemsley in recordings in the late thirties, often in the role of a cockney charwoman. Tarri became well known on the BBC's ITMA radio shows during World War II. Her signature song was "Red Sails in the Sunset". She was a president of the Concert Artistes Association. She also appeared in the film Somewhere in Civvies.