- Violet Loraine
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name = Violet Loraine
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birthname = Violet Mary Tipton
birthdate = birth date|1886|7|26|df=y
location =Kentish Town ,London
deathdate = death date and age|1956|7|18|1886|7|26|df=y
deathplace =Newcastle upon Tyne
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genre =Music hall singer andactress
spouse = Edward Raylton Joicey MC 1921Violet Loraine (
26 July 1886 –18 July 1956 ) was an Englishmusical theatre actress and singer. [W. A. Darlington, "Loraine, Violet (1886–1956)", rev. K. D. Reynolds, "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ", Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/34598, accessed 5 July 2006] ]She was born Violet Mary Tipton in
Kentish Town ,London , in 1886 and went on the stage as a chorus girl at the age of sixteen.Her rise to fame came in April 1916 at the
Alhambra Theatre in the musical/revue "The Bing Boys Are Here ". She was given the leading female part, Emma, oppositeGeorge Robey playing Lucius Bing. It became one of the most popular musicals of theWorld War I era.Her duet with Robey "If You Were the Only Girl (in the World)" became a "signature song" of the era and endured as a pop standard.
She retired from the stage on her marriage on
22 September 1921 to Edward Raylton Joicey MC (1890–1955) and eventually had two sons. She returned to acting for the screen, appearing in "Britannia of Billingsgate" 1933, ["Britannia of Billingsgate", a comedy in four acts, by Christine Jope-Slade and Sewell Stokes, Samuel French Ltd: London 1931.] a musical based on the play of the same name by Christine Jope-Slade andSewell Stokes , followed by "Road House" in 1934.Violet Mary Joicey died in
Newcastle upon Tyne in 1956.References
External links
* [http://www.firstworldwar.com/audio/ifyouweretheonlygirl.htm "If You Were the Only Girl (in the World)"] sung by Loraine and Robey (mp3)
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NAME= Loraine, Violet
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Tipton, Violet Mary
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DATE OF BIRTH= birth date|1886|7|26|df=y
PLACE OF BIRTH=Kentish Town ,London
DATE OF DEATH= 1956-7-18
PLACE OF DEATH=Newcastle upon Tyne
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