Career
As well as writing the series, she started off playing the whole family as well. She trained at the Central School of Speech Training at the Royal Albert Hall, making her stage debut at the London Coliseum in 1929. She subsequently played a variety of roles in London and on tour, including Anne of Cleves in The Rose Without a Thorn at the Duke of York"s Theatre in 1933.
Constanduros became a radio celebrity after broadcasting her own sketches in 1925.
After World World War II, she played Earthy Mangold in the popular Worzel Gummidge radio serial on the British Broadcasting Corporation Children"s Hour. Mabel was one of the seven children of Richard Tilling, managing director of the Thomas Tilling bus company and Sophie (née Thorn).
Barry Took wrote, "although today her reputation has faded, she was a popular cultural figure between the wars, helping to establish the style and flavour of British radio comedy.".