summer seasons in Blackpool, and was a popular pantomime dame. He also appeared on television, and in 1955 was one of the first performers to be voted as "TV Personality of the Year". However, he became increasingly addicted to alcohol and gambling, and in 1962 was declared bankrupt. He was booked less frequently for broadcasts or major theatre dates and never again achieved success on television or radio. He appeared briefly in the 1970 Marty Feldman film Every Home Should Have One, and toured working men's clubs in the north of England, where his bawdy material proved popular, but he also faced hostility for his increasingly overt homosexuality, and his alcoholism meant that he lost some of his previously impeccable timing. From 1972 he had a manager, Patrick Newley, who helped organise a career, initially in West End shows and later at The Black Cap in Camden Town. The pub's regular clientele was gay, but the popularity of Mrs Shufflewick's act there drew many heterosexual fans to join them. Among his fans, among fellow comics, were Barry Cryer and Roy Hudd. In later years, his on-stage and off-stage personas tended to merge, and he was generally known among friends as "Shuff". Jameson collapsed with a heart attack while walking between gigs, and died in the Royal Free Hospital on 5 March 1983, at the age of 58. References and sources References Sources 1924 births 1983 deaths 20th-century English comedians English male comedians Female impersonators Gay comedians English drag queens 20th-century LGBT people British LGBT comedians