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Harry Fragson is a Actor French born on 2 july 1869 at London (United-kingdom)
Harry Fragson (July 2, 1869 – December 31, 1913) was a British music hall singer and comedian, born in Soho, London. While living in Paris, he developed an act involving impressions of French music hall performers, which gradually became popular, allowing him to introduce his own material. He came back to London in 1905 and became a popular performer in both the U.K. and France. He is well known for the song 'Hello, Hello, Who's Your Lady Friend?'.
Fragson was shot dead by his own Belgian father, with whom he lived in his flat in Paris (56 rue Lafayette) His father believed that Fragson was going to put him into a home and, as a result, he became rather unstable and depressed. Fragson returned home one evening to find his father with a gun, intending to commit suicide. When Fragson entered, his father pointed the gun at him and shot him dead. Fragson's father died 6 weeks afterward in an asylum.
He was arguably the most popular pre-WWI entertainer and introduced hundreds of songs still performed today like "Reviens", "Si Tu Veux...Marguerite", "A La Martinique", "La Baya","Les Blondes", "les Jaloux", "Amours Fragiles", "Les Amis De Monsieur" etc. He had an Irving Berlin song, "A Girl In Havana", adapted to "Je Connais Une Blonde" which soldiers marched to war to in 1914.
More than 50 000 people followed his hearse to Saint Augustin church. He is buried at the crematorium at le Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris.
Some of his work can be found on [http://www.musichallcds.com/cdr22_page.htm Chairman's Choice - Music Hall Greats] CD and also on CDs from [http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/musichallmasters/index.jhtml Music Hall Masters] - play a sample [http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/musichallmasters2/FragsonComeToLunch.mp3 here]
A recent biography "Fragson: the triumphs and the tragedy" by Andrew Lamb and Julian Myerscough is available. See also "British Music Hall - an illustrated history" by Richard Anthony Baker, Sutton Publishing, UK, 2005 ISBN 0-7509-3685-1
Early Days
Fragson was born Leon Philippe Pot on 2 July 1869 at 4 Old Compton Street, Soho, London. The UK birth registration records his mother as Leontine Bot, formerly Winand, and his father as Victor Pot, Hotel keeper. The 1871 census records the occupants of 4 Old Compton Street as Victor Pot, 38, unmarried, hotel keeper, born France; Leontine Winand, 38, a visitor, unmarried cook from Belgium, and Philip Pot aged 1. They are recorded in Soho again in the 1881 census, living at 42 Greek Street. The occupants are listed as Victor Pot, age 40, "comm clerk general trade" born France; wife Leontine 40 from Belgium, and son Leon Victor, aged 12, born London.
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Nationality France
Birth 2 july 1869 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 30 december 1913 (at 44 years) at Paris (France)
Birth 2 july 1869 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 30 december 1913 (at 44 years) at Paris (France)
Fragson was shot dead by his own Belgian father, with whom he lived in his flat in Paris (56 rue Lafayette) His father believed that Fragson was going to put him into a home and, as a result, he became rather unstable and depressed. Fragson returned home one evening to find his father with a gun, intending to commit suicide. When Fragson entered, his father pointed the gun at him and shot him dead. Fragson's father died 6 weeks afterward in an asylum.
He was arguably the most popular pre-WWI entertainer and introduced hundreds of songs still performed today like "Reviens", "Si Tu Veux...Marguerite", "A La Martinique", "La Baya","Les Blondes", "les Jaloux", "Amours Fragiles", "Les Amis De Monsieur" etc. He had an Irving Berlin song, "A Girl In Havana", adapted to "Je Connais Une Blonde" which soldiers marched to war to in 1914.
More than 50 000 people followed his hearse to Saint Augustin church. He is buried at the crematorium at le Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris.
Some of his work can be found on [http://www.musichallcds.com/cdr22_page.htm Chairman's Choice - Music Hall Greats] CD and also on CDs from [http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/musichallmasters/index.jhtml Music Hall Masters] - play a sample [http://mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/musichallmasters2/FragsonComeToLunch.mp3 here]
A recent biography "Fragson: the triumphs and the tragedy" by Andrew Lamb and Julian Myerscough is available. See also "British Music Hall - an illustrated history" by Richard Anthony Baker, Sutton Publishing, UK, 2005 ISBN 0-7509-3685-1
Early Days
Fragson was born Leon Philippe Pot on 2 July 1869 at 4 Old Compton Street, Soho, London. The UK birth registration records his mother as Leontine Bot, formerly Winand, and his father as Victor Pot, Hotel keeper. The 1871 census records the occupants of 4 Old Compton Street as Victor Pot, 38, unmarried, hotel keeper, born France; Leontine Winand, 38, a visitor, unmarried cook from Belgium, and Philip Pot aged 1. They are recorded in Soho again in the 1881 census, living at 42 Greek Street. The occupants are listed as Victor Pot, age 40, "comm clerk general trade" born France; wife Leontine 40 from Belgium, and son Leon Victor, aged 12, born London.
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Directed by Georges Méliès
Origin France
Genres Adventure
Actors Harry Fragson, Fernande Albany, Little Tich
Rating62%
King Leopold, on holiday in Paris, wants to visit Monte Carlo, but does not have time for the seventeen-hour express train ride between the two cities. He happens upon an automobile maker who claims his car can make the distance in just two hours. The King agrees and sets off in the car, with the auto maker acting as chauffeur. A large crowd sees them off from outside the Paris Opera House, including many celebrities from the Paris theatre world. After stopping to fill the car with gas, the King starts it and, from inexperience, accidentally runs it backward over a policeman, who is squashed flat as a pancake. The King starts inflating him with a pump, and then, to save time, lets other onlookers finish the job while he drives off. The onlookers set to the work with gusto, so much so that the overinflated policeman ends up exploding.