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Elisabeth Kumm
Elisabeth is a founding member of the Victoria Theatres Trust. Her series Pets of the Public was a regular feature of On Stage from 1999 to 2005, looking at “forgotten” nineteenth century performers. She continues to contribute articles for the THA website, and from 2018 has been editor of the THA Newsletter. As a theatrical historian and biographer she assisted Viola Tait with her book on pantomime – Dames, Principal Boys…and All That (published by Macmillan in 2001) and also worked with her on her memoirs I Have a Song to Sing (published by THA in 2018). Elisabeth has also undertaken research for the Riley/Hailes Scrapbook and JCW Scene Books projects. Most recently she has been working on the Falk Studios album project including acting as editor of The Falk Studios book (published by THA in 2021).
Thursday, 04 May 2017
LORAINE, Violet (1886-1956)
English actress. Née Violet Mary Tipton. Born 26 July 1886, London, England. Sister of Ernest Sefton (actor). Married Edward Raylton Joicey MC, 1921. Died 18 July 1956, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
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LONNEN, Jessie (1886-1926+)
English actress & vocalist. Née Jessie Beatrice Ellen Lonnen. Born 6 February 1886, Bristol, England. Daughter of EJ Lonnen (actor) and Emily Inman (dancer). Sister of Nellie Lonnen (actress) and Faith Lonnen (actress). Married Albert E Goodwin, 1920, London, England. Mother of twins, John Goodwin (theatre publicist) and Mary Wilder.
Played principal boy roles in pantomime for JC Williamson Ltd in the 1920s.
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LONNEN, E.J. (1861-1901)
English actor. Né Edwin Jesse Lonnen. Born 1861, Hull, Yorkshire, England. Married Emily Inman (actress), 1884, Liverpool, England. Died 31 October 1901, Henley, England. Father of Jessie Lonnen (actress), Nellie Lonnen (actress) and Faith Lonnen (actress).
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LOHR, Marie (1890-1975)
Australian actress. Born 28 July 1890, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Daughter of LJ Lohr and Kate Bishop (actress). Married Anthony Prinsep (manager), 8 August 1912 (div. 1927). Died 21 January 1975.
On stage in Australia, England and America from 1894. Became leading lady in the West End at the age of seventeen.
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LLOYD, T.W.
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LLOYD, Edward (1845-1927)
English operatic vocalist (tenor). Born 7 March 1845, London, England. Died 31 March 1927, Worthing, England.
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LINDEN, Vene (d. 1948)
Actress. Married EI Cole (actor/manager). Died 8 November 1948.
Performed with EI Cole’s Bohemian Dramatic Company 1890-1948.
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LINCOLN, Ruth (fl. 1900s-1910s)
English actress & vocalist. Married Fitzroy Brekall / Breckall (English settler in Bechuanaland & volunteer in General Botha's army in South Africa), 1915.
On stage in England and Australia. Brought to Australia in 1908 by Meynell and Gunn for Miss Hook of Holland.
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LEWIS, Martin (1888-1970)
English actor. Né Andrew Martin Lewis. Born 8 September 1888, Blackheath, Kent, England. Married Edna Arnold (actress), 22 July 1915, Bromley, England. Died 1 April 1970, Farnborough, Hampshire, England.
On stage in Australia, 1912-1915.
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