Violet Loraine
Violet Loraine | |
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Born | Violet Mary Tipton 26 July 1886 |
Died | 18 July 1956 | (aged 69)
Spouse | Edward Raylton Joicey MC 1921 |
Violet Loraine, born Violet Mary Tipton (26 July 1886 – 18 July 1956), was an English musical theatre actress and singer.[1]
Early life
She was born Violet Mary Tipton in Kentish Town, London, in 1886 and went on the stage as a chorus girl at the age of sixteen.
Musical revue
Her rise to fame came in April 1916 at the
Recording and film
Her duet with Robey "
She retired from the stage on her marriage on 22 September 1921 to Edward Raylton Joicey MC (1890–1955) and they had two sons, John and Richard. She returned to acting for the screen, appearing in Britannia of Billingsgate (1933),[3] a musical based on the play of the same name by Christine Jope-Slade and Sewell Stokes, followed by Road House in 1934.[4]
Personal life
Violet Mary Joicey died in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1956, eight days short of her seventieth birthday. Her brother was Ernest Sefton, also an actor.[5]
Legacy
Research by the Kipling Society suggests that she was the thinly disguised music-hall singer upon whom
Selected filmography
- Britannia of Billingsgate (1933)
- Road House (1934)
References
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 5 July 2006
- ISBN 9781554588831– via Google Books.
- ^ Britannia of Billingsgate, a comedy film in four acts, by Christine Jope-Slade and Sewell Stokes, Samuel French Ltd: London 1931.
- ^ "Violet Loraine". Archived from the original on 4 June 2021.
- ISBN 9781526111968– via Google Books.
- ^ There is a public-domain postcard picture available at http://www.kipling.org.uk/rg_villagevoted_notes.htm
External links
- "If You Were the Only Girl (in the World)" sung by Loraine and Robey (mp3)
- Britannia of Billingsgate (1933) at IMDb