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Lily Elsie
(1886-1962)
woman
Died aged c. 76
Wikidata WikipediaElsie 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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Lily Elsie (1886- 1962) Edwardian Singer, Actress & Beauty, who starred as Sonia in Lehar's original 1907 London production of The Merry Widow Lived Here c. 1911 - 1938
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