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'''Alice Lloyd''' or '''Alice Hall''' (20 October, 1873 – 17 November, 1949) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[music hall]] artist who was popular in America.
'''Alice Lloyd''' or '''Alice Hall''' (20 October 1873 – 17 November 1949) was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[music hall]] artist who was popular in America.


==Life==
==Life==
Lloyd was born in [[Hoxton, London]] into the Wood family that included her elder celebrity sister Marie who adopted the name [[Marie Lloyd]]. There were ten children and many of them adopted the name Lloyd to appear in the music hall. Marie, Alice and Grace appeared as the "Sisters Lloyd".<ref name="CullenHackman2007"/>
Lloyd was born in [[Hoxton, London]] into the Wood family that included her elder celebrity sister Marie who adopted the name [[Marie Lloyd]]. There were ten children and many of them adopted the name Lloyd to appear in the music hall. Marie, Alice and Grace appeared as the "Sisters Lloyd".<ref name="CullenHackman2007"/>
[[File:Marie Lloyd family photo.jpg|thumb|left|300px|The Wood family, from left to right: '''Top row''': Daisy, Rosie, John, Grace, [[Alice Lloyd (actor)|Alice]]. '''Middle''': John Wood (father), Matilda (mother), Marie. '''Bottom''': Annie, Maud, Sydney]]
[[File:Marie Lloyd family photo.jpg|thumb|left|300px|The Wood family, from left to right: '''Top row''': Daisy, Rosie, John, Grace, [[Alice Lloyd (actor)|Alice]]. '''Middle''': John Wood (father), Matilda (mother), Marie. '''Bottom''': Annie, Maud, Sydney]]
Her sister [[Marie Lloyd]] was popular in Britain and it said that an American theatre owner, [[Percy G. Williams]] signed up Alice via his agents. He mistakenly thought he had contracted her elder sister Marie.<ref name="CullenHackman2007"/> Alice appeared in Vaudeville on Broadway in 1907 and it was claimed that her name was placed in lights of the theatre straight after her first performance.<ref>Sime Silverman, Variety, 14 November, 1919</ref> It was said that Marie was too coarse for American audiences and they preferred the more restrained Alice.<ref name="CullenHackman2007">{{cite book|author1=Frank Cullen|author2=Florence Hackman|author3=Donald McNeilly|title=Vaudeville old & new: an encyclopedia of variety performances in America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XFnfnKg6BcAC&pg=PA692|year=2007|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-415-93853-2|pages=692–694}}</ref>
Her sister [[Marie Lloyd]] was popular in Britain and it said that an American theatre owner, [[Percy G. Williams]] signed up Alice via his agents. He mistakenly thought he had contracted her elder sister Marie.<ref name="CullenHackman2007"/> Alice appeared in Vaudeville on Broadway in 1907 and it was claimed that her name was placed in lights of the theatre straight after her first performance.<ref>Sime Silverman, Variety, 14 November 1919</ref> It was said that Marie was too coarse for American audiences and they preferred the more restrained Alice.<ref name="CullenHackman2007">{{cite book|author1=Frank Cullen|author2=Florence Hackman|author3=Donald McNeilly|title=Vaudeville old & new: an encyclopedia of variety performances in America|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XFnfnKg6BcAC&pg=PA692|year=2007|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-0-415-93853-2|pages=692–694}}</ref>


In 1908 she was on the ocean liner [[RMS Mauretania (1906)|RMS Mauretania]] when a broken propellor damaged the ship. It was reported that Alice sang for an hour to calm the passengers whilst power was restored to the vessel.<ref>Taunton Courier, 23 September, 1908</ref>
In 1908 she was on the ocean liner [[RMS Mauretania (1906)|RMS Mauretania]] when a broken propellor damaged the ship. It was reported that Alice sang for an hour to calm the passengers whilst power was restored to the vessel.<ref>Taunton Courier, 23 September 1908</ref>


In 1909 she was appearing in [[Seattle]] in her first tour of western America.<ref>[http://seattletheatrehistory.org/photograph-record/vaudeville-actress-alice-lloyd-0 Seattle Daily Times 23 September 1909, p.9]</ref>
In 1909 she was appearing in [[Seattle]] in her first tour of western America.<ref>[http://seattletheatrehistory.org/photograph-record/vaudeville-actress-alice-lloyd-0 Seattle Daily Times 23 September 1909, p.9]</ref>

Revision as of 19:21, 14 March 2018

Alice Lloyd
Born20 October 1873
Hoxton, London
Died17 November 1949
Banstead, Surrey
NationalityUnited Kingdom
OccupationMusic Hall actor

Alice Lloyd or Alice Hall (20 October 1873 – 17 November 1949) was a British music hall artist who was popular in America.

Life

Lloyd was born in Hoxton, London into the Wood family that included her elder celebrity sister Marie who adopted the name Marie Lloyd. There were ten children and many of them adopted the name Lloyd to appear in the music hall. Marie, Alice and Grace appeared as the "Sisters Lloyd".[1]

The Wood family, from left to right: Top row: Daisy, Rosie, John, Grace, Alice. Middle: John Wood (father), Matilda (mother), Marie. Bottom: Annie, Maud, Sydney

Her sister Marie Lloyd was popular in Britain and it said that an American theatre owner, Percy G. Williams signed up Alice via his agents. He mistakenly thought he had contracted her elder sister Marie.[1] Alice appeared in Vaudeville on Broadway in 1907 and it was claimed that her name was placed in lights of the theatre straight after her first performance.[2] It was said that Marie was too coarse for American audiences and they preferred the more restrained Alice.[1]

In 1908 she was on the ocean liner RMS Mauretania when a broken propellor damaged the ship. It was reported that Alice sang for an hour to calm the passengers whilst power was restored to the vessel.[3]

In 1909 she was appearing in Seattle in her first tour of western America.[4]

Lloyd died in the home in Banstead, Surrey in 1949.

References

  1. ^ a b c Frank Cullen; Florence Hackman; Donald McNeilly (2007). Vaudeville old & new: an encyclopedia of variety performances in America. Psychology Press. pp. 692–694. ISBN 978-0-415-93853-2.
  2. ^ Sime Silverman, Variety, 14 November 1919
  3. ^ Taunton Courier, 23 September 1908
  4. ^ Seattle Daily Times 23 September 1909, p.9
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