Doris Arnold
Radio presenter, producer, pianist.
About Doris Arnold
Lived 1904 – 1969 (aged 64–65). Doris Arnold was a pianist, radio personality, radio producer, music arranger and disc jockey.
Doris Grace Arnold (4 November 1904 – 5 October 1969) was a BBC Radio presenter and producer, and a pianist.
Born in Wimbledon, Surrey, in 1904, Arnold joined the BBC in 1929, as a typist. She first appeared on air as a stand-in for a pianist who was unwell. She also arranged music for male voice choirs. She also appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 25 September 1967.
Arnold died in 1969 at Denham, Buckinghamshire.
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radio presenter, producer, pianist.
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Doris Arnold was born on 4 November 1904.
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Doris Arnold died in 1969 in Denham.
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Doris Arnold was a pianist, radio personality, radio producer, music arranger and disc jockey.
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