Music hall entertainer. Born Winifred Emms in New Brighton, Cheshire. She adopted her stage name when she appeared on stage at the Shoreditch Theatre, with her father, William Emms, who used the stage name of Will King. She specialised as a male impersonator (drag king?) and frequently appeared in pantomime as principal boy. She was still performing in her final years. Died in Wimbledon.
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Hetty King
Music hall artiste Hetty King (1883 - 1972) lived here. The Music Hall Guild ...
Born in Lahore in the Punjab to parents of European and Indian ancestry, Thomas Barber Malvery and Jessie Anderson. She came to London in 1900 and trained as a singer at The Royal College of Music....
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Music / songs, Philanthropy, India
Clarinettist. Born David Joseph Shepherd. He studied under a clarinettist from the Hamburg State Opera Orchestra while stationed there after World War II, and went on to play with many of the leadi...
Drummer with the Southern Syncopated Orchestra. Died with several other members of the band in the sinking of the S.S. Rowan.
Student of Trinity College of Music, killed in WW1.
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