Gert and Daisy were the two characters of a British female comedy act who are particularly remembered for their contribution to film and radio entertainment during World War II. They were stalwarts of the BBC radio variety programme Workers' Playtime, where they would talk about anything and everything, but especially their fictional husbands: Bert and Wally.^[1]

The characters of Gert and Daisy were played by Florence Elsie Waters (1893–1990)^[2] and Doris Waters (1904–1978),^[3] who were sisters of Horace John Waters (1896–1981),^[4] better known as Jack Warner of Dixon of Dock Green fame.

Contents 1 Quotes 2 Popular culture 3 See also 4 Links 5 References

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Elsie and Doris Waters are perhaps the most influential social satirists of the period

—Wheeler Winston Dixon, Chair, Film Studies Program, Professor of Film Studies, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

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Manchester United defenders Gary Pallister and Steve Bruce were nicknamed Gert & Daisy by their fans in the late 1990s

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• Female double act

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• http://www.sfu.ca/~stpierr/
• Elsie and Doris Waters - Just Gert and Daisy (VAR19)
• Elsie and Doris Waters. (Sept 1935) (MP3). The Coronation girls. [CD]. VAR19. http://www.musichallcds.com/xsndfile/elsie_and_doris_waters_coronation.mp3.  (29.9 secs)

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