Lily Elsie
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Elsie Cotton, 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
Lily Elsie by James Jebusa Shannon, c. 1916
Elsie in The Count of Luxembourg
The Merry Widow, Act 3, London, 1907
Wedding photo, 1911
Ada Reeve
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Ada Reeve was an English actress of both stage and film. Reeve began to perform in pantomime and music hall as a child. She gained fame in Edwardian musical comedies in the 1890s.
Lily Elsie
…theatre worker, in 1891, and Elsie became Elsie Cotton. The family lived in Manchester. Elsie was also the niece of Wilfred Cotton, who married actress Ada Reeve. A precocious child star, Elsie appeared in music hall and variety entertainments as a child impersonator known as Little Elsie. Nevertheless, she was…
Ada Reeve 1914 SLNSW FL3219951
Reeve in The Medal and the Maid (1903)
Ada Reeve (1874 - 1966), Sydney, 1910-1913
Bert Gilbert, Reeve's first husband