Joan Hinde was born on October 21, 1933 in Eckington, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. She was married to Kenneth Hopson. She died on January 22, 2015 in Chichester, West Sussex, England.
Eckington, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, UK
Height
5' 7" (1.7 m)
Star Sign
Libra
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Fact
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In 2003 she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Music Hall Society of Great Britain, following in the footsteps of Dame Vera Lynn and Sir Norman Wisdom.
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Up until relatively recently, she was the only female trumpeter in the world to have broadcast the famous Haydn Trumpet Concerto, when she famously broadcast it with the BBC Concert Orchestra in 1951.
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Spent many years touring the infamous Moss Empires circuit.
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Respected for her immense professionalism in the variety theatre.
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Often regarded to be Britain's foremost female trumpeter.
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A variety performer of over fifty years' experience who is a very strong trumpet player, and could arguably hold her own against many working male trumpet players in terms of strength tone and range.
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Ken Dodd: Another Audience with Ken Dodd
2002
TV Special documentary
Impromptu trumpeter / Herself - Audience Member (uncredited)