Name Violet Loraine Role Theatre actress | Siblings Ernest Sefton | |
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Full Name Violet Mary Tipton Born 26 July 1886 ( 1886-07-26 ) Kentish Town, London Died July 18, 1956, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Movies Britannia of Billingsgate, Road House Children Richard Raylton, John Raylton Similar People George Robey, Dean Martin, Maurice Elvey | ||
Ex-spouse Edward Raylton Joicey MC | ||
Violet loraine oh by jingo oh by gee hmv c 1920
Violet Loraine (26 July 1886 – 18 July 1956) was an English musical theatre actress and singer.
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- Violet loraine oh by jingo oh by gee hmv c 1920
- Violet loraine signing oh my jingo oh by gee 1920 recording
- Early life
- Musical revue
- Recording and film
- Personal life
- Legacy
- Filmography
- References
Violet loraine signing oh my jingo oh by gee 1920 recording
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 Alhambra Theatre in the musical/revue The Bing Boys Are Here. She was given the leading female part, Emma, opposite George Robey playing Lucius Bing. It became one of the most popular musicals of the World War I era.
Recording and film
Her duet with Robey "If You Were the Only Girl (in the World)" became a "signature song" of the era and endured as a pop standard.
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), a musical based on the play of the same name by Christine Jope-Slade and Sewell Stokes, followed by Road House in 1934.
Personal life
Violet Mary Joicey died in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1956. Her brother was Ernest Sefton, also an actor.
Legacy
Research by the Kipling Society suggests that she was the thinly disguised music-hall singer upon whom Kipling modelled his character of "Vidal ("Dal") Benzaguen" in the humorous story "The Village That Voted The Earth Was Flat".