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Queenie Watts

Queenie Watts, English actress and singer (died 1980)

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Born
July 21, 1923
Died
January 25, 1980
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1923

About Queenie Watts

Queenie Watts was an English actress of film and television, as well as an occasional singer. She was noted for her broad cockney accent. Her sole record called Queen High, in which she sang the same songs from Portrait of Queenie, and was accompanied by The Mike McKenzie Group and Stan Tracey's Quintet, was released in 1966 on the UK Columbia label with catalogue number SX 6047. A film directed by Michael Orrom called Portrait of Queenie was released in 1964, in which she sang jazz standards and some original songs.

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Queenie Watts timeline

  1. A film directed by Michael Orrom called Portrait of Queenie was released in 1964, in which she sang jazz standards and some original songs.
  2. Her sole record called Queen High, in which she sang the same songs from Portrait of Queenie, and was accompanied by The Mike McKenzie Group and Stan Tracey's Quintet, was released in 1966 on the UK Columbia label with catalogue number SX 6047.

The world when Queenie Watts was born

Queenie Watts was born in 1923. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1923

  • #1 song"Yes! We Have No Bananas"
  • Top movieThe Ten Commandments (Cecil B. DeMille)
  • Best-selling bookBlack Oxen – Gertrude Atherton

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst 24 Hours of Le Mans race
  • Top headlineTime magazine publishes its first issue
  • Technology milestoneFirst neon signs appear in the United States
  • Defining fadDance marathons
  • Notable inventionFrozen food process (Clarence Birdseye)
  • World population1.93 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWarren G. Harding / Calvin Coolidge
  • Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
  • U.S. population111.9M

1923 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Queenie Watts's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19232026
Gas$0.22$3.45/gal
Average home$5,700$435,000
Average income$3,380$67,500
Movie ticket$0.15$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population111.9M341 million

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