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Lily Elsie is a Actor British born on 8 april 1886

Lily Elsie

Lily Elsie
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Birth name Elsie Hodder
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 8 april 1886
Death 16 december 1962 (at 76 years) at London (United-kingdom)

Lily Elsie (born Elsie Hodder; 8 April 1886 – 16 December 1962) was a popular English actress and singer during the Edwardian era, best known for her starring role in the hit London premiere of Franz Lehár's operetta The Merry Widow.

Beginning as a child star in the 1890s, Elsie built her reputation in several successful Edwardian musical comedies before her great success in The Merry Widow, opening in 1907. Afterwards, she starred in several more successful operettas and musicals. Admired for her beauty and charm on stage, Elsie became one of the most photographed women of Edwardian times.

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Filmography of Lily Elsie (2 films)

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Actress

Comradeship
Comradeship (1919)

Directed by Maurice Elvey
Origin United-kingdom
Themes Political films
Actors Lily Elsie, Gerald Ames, Guy Newall
Roles Betty Mortimer
Rating28% 1.4421251.4421251.4421251.4421251.442125
Pacifist John Armstrong (Ames) runs a drapery store in the small town of Melcombe, helped by his apprentice Peggy (Peggy Carlisle) and German assistant Otto (Dallas Cairns), who are having an affair. Local landowner Lieutenant Baring (Newall) finds Otto a suspicious character, but is angrily assured by John that he is trustworthy. Armstrong is attracted to Baring's cousin Betty (Elsie), who plans to turn their home, Fanshawe Hall, into a wounded soldiers' hospital on the inevitable outbreak of war between Britain and Germany.