Agnes Bernelle

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Agnes Bernelle (b. Agnes Elizabeth Bernauer, 7 March 1923, Berlin - d. 15 February 1999) was an actress and singer based in the United Kingdom for much of her career, though she later settled in the Republic of Ireland. Her family fled from Berlin in 1936. She appeared in over 20 films and also made theatre amd television appearances. Bernelle was the OSS wartime 'Black Propaganda' radio announcer codenamed 'Vicki' famous for demoralizing a German U-Boat Captain into surrendering with one of her targeted broadcasts. This was the subject of the recent Channel 4 documentary Sex Bomb. Bernelle was married (1945-69) to Desmond Leslie (1921-2001) who briefly became notorious for assaulting Bernard Levin during a live transmission of That Was The Week That Was in 1962 for writing a hostile review of one of his wife's performances. As an international cabaret singer she collaborated on record with artists such as Marc Almond, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, and The Radiators. She released three albums. The first, Bernelle on Brecht and... was produced by Philip Chevron of The Radiators and released in limited numbers by The Midnite Music Company in 1977. It features Irish jazz luminaries Louis Stewart and Peter O'Brien. In 1985 she released Father's Lying Dead on the Ironing Board. This was followed in 1988 by Mother,The Wardrobe is full of Infantrymen. The first two albums are filled with songs from Weimar cabaret (her father ran a cabaret in Berlin) and the third has more modern upd

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Father's Lying Dead On The Ironing Board

Mother The Wardrobe Is Full Of Infantrymen

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Mother, the Wardrobe is Full of Infantry Men

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Mother, the Wardrobe is Full of Infantrymen

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Mother the wardrobe is full of infantry men

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Fathers Lying Dead On The Ironing Board

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Father Lying Dead on the Ironing Board

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MTWIFOI

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Some Bizzare "ish"

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Ish

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100 Jahre Kabarett 1933-1955 CD 02 - In Alle Winde...

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Father's Lying Dead On The Ironing Board ('85)

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