Margery Manners

Margery Manners (18 March 1926 – 27 April 1997) was a music hall and variety performer, singer, television actress and radio performer. She was best known for her signature stage tune, "Bring Me the Sunshine of Your Smile".

Early life Manners was born in 1926 in Coventry, Warwickshire. She began performing in concerts in the working men's clubs of Birmingham when she was 8 years old. She learned how to sing, as well as play the guitar and accordion.

Career Manners became a professional performer at 12 years old, when she joined the popular 1930s show band Billy Merrin and his Commanders. Palace Pier Theatre in Brighton, Alhambra in Bradford, and the Royal Court Theatre in Liverpool. The song "Bring Me the Sunshine of Your Smile" became her signature stage tune, and "Hop Scotch Polka".

During World War II, she worked as a radio broadcaster on the BBC lunchtime series Workers' Playtime. In 1969, she toured variety theatres across Britain with the double act Bob and Alf Pearson in a nostalgic bill called The Golden Years of Music Hall.

Manners also appeared in variety television shows including BBC Sunday-Night Play, The Passing Show and The Good Old Days. She performed as a pub singer in the 1968 film Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter.