Autographs of Tessie O'Shea
Teresa Mary "Tessie" O'Shea (13 March 1913 – 21 April 1995) was a Welsh entertainer and actress.
O'Shea was born at 61 Plantagenet Street in Riverside, Cardiff to newspaper wholesaler James Peter O'Shea, who had been a soldier and who was the son of Irish emigrants, and his wife Nellie Theresa Carr. O'Shea was reared in the British music hall tradition and performed on stage as early as age six, billed as "The Wonder of Wales". When staying at Weston-super-Mare as a child, she got lost and was only discovered when her mother heard her singing the Ernie Mayne hit, "An N'Egg and some N'Ham and some N'Onion".
By her teens she was known for her BBC Radio broadcasts and appeared on stages in Britain and South Africa. She frequently finished her act by singing and playing a banjolele in the style of George Formby. While appearing in Blackpool in the 1930s, she capitalised on her size by adopting "Two Ton Tessie from Tennessee" as her theme song. In the 1940s, she was a frequent headliner at the London Palladium, and established herself as a recording artist in the 1950s.
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Traded items with a signature of Tessie O'Shea
The most expensive item with a signature of Tessie O'Shea (Will Hay signed Theatre Sketch is by Will Hay and was given to Tessie O'Shea 192) was sold in June 2021 for £150.00 while the cheapest item (Tessie O'Shea, vintage signed album page AFTAL#145) found a new owner for £0.99 in July 2020. The month with the most items sold (4) was May 2018 with an average selling price of £8.13 for an autographed item of Tessie O'Shea. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2014 with £15.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was April 2014. In average, an autographed item from Tessie O'Shea is worth £3.19.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Tessie O'Shea were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Tessie O'Shea genuine hand signed autograph photograph RPP 1940's 1950's | £9.00 |  |
| Tessie O'Shea genuine hand signed autograph photograph RPP 1940's 1950's | £9.00 | |
| Tessie O'Shea genuine hand signed autograph photograph RPP 1940's 1950's | £9.00 | |
| Tessie O'Shea vintage signed page AFTAL#145 | £4.99 | |
| Tessie O'Shea vintage signed page AFTAL#145 | £4.99 | |
| Tessie O'Shea vintage signed page AFTAL#145 | £4.99 | |
| Tessie O'Shea vintage signed page AFTAL#145 | £4.99 | |
| Tessie O'Shea, Josef Locke vintage signed page AFTAL#145 | £4.99 | |
| Tessie O'Shea, Josef Locke vintage signed page AFTAL#145 | £4.99 | |
| Tessie O'Shea, Josef Locke vintage signed page AFTAL#145 | £4.99 | |
| Tessie O'Shea, Josef Locke vintage signed page AFTAL#145 | £4.99 | |
| Tessie O'SHEA-Fantastic Welsh Musical Entertainer & Actress-Signed 5x7 Photo | £11.00 | |
| Tessie O'SHEA-Fantastic Welsh Musical Entertainer & Actress-Signed 5x7 Photo | £11.00 | |
| Tessie O'SHEA-Fantastic Welsh Musical Entertainer & Actress-Signed 5x7 Photo | £11.00 | |
| Tessie O'SHEA-Fantastic Welsh Musical Entertainer & Actress-Signed 5x7 Photo | £11.00 | |
