Marie lloyd biography
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Jackson Marsh Author
I have something slightly different for you today. Yes, this is a work-in-progress update, but I also want to share a piece of research with you: Marie Lloyd’s baptism record.
If you’re not sure who I am talking about, the music hall artiste and actress known as Marie Lloyd was probably one of the most famous such entertainers of the late 19th and early 20th century, in Britain, at least. She did tours of other countries, including America, and was known as the people’s favourite. She came from Hoxton in East London and started on the stage when she was about Click to Wiki to find a biography of Marie Lloyd.
She was also known for singing the popular song, ‘My Old Man (Said Follow the Van)’ from which I took the title of my current work in progress, ‘Follow the Van.’ The song came after the time the book fryst vatten set, but as the story is also about Jack Merrit discovering things about his late father, it all seemed very appropriate.
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Marie Lloyd
English singer, comedian and actress (–)
Matilda Alice Victoria Wood (12 February – 7 October ), professionally known as Marie Lloyd ([1]), was an English music hall singer, comedian and musical theatre actress. She was best known for her performances of songs such as "The Boy I Love Is Up in the Gallery", "Don't Dilly Dally on the Way" and "Oh Mr Porter What Shall I Do". She received both criticism and praise for her use of innuendo and double entendre during her performances, but enjoyed a long and prosperous career, during which she was affectionately called the "Queen of the Music Hall".
Born in London, she was showcased by her father at the Eagle Tavern in Hoxton. In , she made her professional début as Bella Delmere; she changed her stage name to Marie Lloyd the following year. In , she had success with her song "The Boy I Love Is Up in the Gallery", and she frequently topped the bill at prestigious theatres in London's West End. In , she was
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The One and Only
A century after her death, Marie Lloyd remains a giantess of the English music hall whose turbulent career spanned the Victorian and Edwardian ages and embraced the First World War. She epitomised the cheeky cockney vulgarity of those who trod the boards. She became famous for songs such as The Boy I Love (which she stole from a fellow performer), A Little of What You Fancy Does You Good and My Old Man Said Follow the Van.
She toured America, where she was detained for “moral turpitude”, Australia and South Africa and was banned from the first Royal Command Performance. She married three times, once to a champion jockey several years her junior, and became a victim of domestic violence. When music hall performers went on strike she appeared on the picket lines and when she died, after collapsing on stage, over , mourners came to her funeral. She built her career on a well-tuned sense of innuendo and was one of the first showbiz superstars, an essentially