Lily Elsie, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Lily Elsie

Stage and film actor

Date of Birth: 08-Apr-1886

Place of Birth: Armley, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 16-Dec-1962

Profession: actor, singer, film actor

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Lily Elsie

  • Elsie Cotton (née.
  • Hodder, 8 April 1886 – 16 December 1962), known professionally as Lily Elsie, was an English actress and singer during the Edwardian era.
  • She was best known for her starring role in the London premiere of Franz Lehár's operetta The Merry Widow. Beginning as a child star in the 1890s, Elsie built her reputation in several successful Edwardian musical comedies before her great success in The Merry Widow, opening in 1907.
  • Afterwards, she starred in several more successful operettas and musicals, including The Dollar Princess (1909), A Waltz Dream (1911) and The Count of Luxembourg (1911).
  • Admired for her beauty and charm on stage, Elsie became one of the most photographed women of Edwardian times.

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