Lily elsie biography

Miss Lily Elsie ( - )

Intruduction.
Miss Lily Elsie made her name on the opening night of The Merry Widow, in London, on 8th June  Overnight she had the town at her feet.

Lily elsie children

Lily elsie children

Elsie Hodder was born in a rather squalid theatrical lodging house in Leeds on 8 April, 1886.

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A biography and photograph gallery of Miss Lily Elsie, the Edwardian Theatre actress, who starred in The Merry Widow.

Elsie Cotton, known professionally as Lily Elsie, was an English actress and singer during the Edwardian era.

 On the stage Elsie seemed mysteriously beautiful with her perfect Grecian profile, enormous blue eyes, and hauntingly sad smile.  Tall, cool, and lily-like, she moved with lyrical gestures in a slow-motion grace.

She was a true 'star' of Edwardian times, although the word was yet to be used in that context.

 Magazines produced special supplements about her, adverts featured her picture.

Although her fame and fortune came entirely from public appearances she was painfully shy.  After just a few years on the stage she retired to a quite life away from the public eye.

 She did however leave us with hundreds of pictures, a few gramophone discs, and two films, to remember her by.

Biography.
Born Elsie Hodder on 8th April in the Armley district of Leeds, in the northe