” Cicely Courtneidge was born on April 1, 1893 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia as Esmerelda Cicely Courtneidge. Her father was from England”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYQNfMFs7uA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicely_Courtneidge
She returned to Australia briefly in a comedy musical Under the Counter (1943?).
Her fame arose in tandem with her husband http://laughterlog.com/2009/03/24/performers-cicely-courtneidge-and-jack-hulbert/