Valli Valli
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Valli Valli (February 11, 1882-November 4, 1927) was a musical comedy actress and silent film performer from Berlin, Germany. She was from an old English family. Her brother was a captain in the Royal Fusiliers who fought in France in World War I.
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[edit] Stage
Valli was educated in London, England and Paris, France. As a twelve-year-old youth she made her first stage appearance in Gentle Ivy (1894) at Terry's Theater in London. She demonstrated her theatrical skill in Berlin in 1895 with a successful run in Morocco Bound. She returned to England's Drury Lane, performing the role of the dancing doll in Cinderella the following Christmas.
Valli played mostly in England thereafter. She toured the United States a number of times, the last being in a New York City performance of Miss Millions in 1919. This was at the Punch and Judy Theater. Her first American tour came with the play, Veronique, in 1905. Valli played the part of Sophie. She returned in 1908 in Kitty Grey. This was followed the next autumn by an appearance in the American version of The Dollar Run. The show had a long run. Valli had the role of Sonia.
[edit] Motion pictures
The German actress made four motion pictures in the years 1915 and 1916. One of these is The Turmoil, a Columbia Pictures adaptation of a Booth Tarkington novel. Valli's character is Mary Vertrees, a lady with an aristocratic bearing. Child actor, George LeGuere, is in the film's cast. Her other screen credits are for appearances in The High Road (1915), The Woman Pays (1915), Her Debt of Honor (1916).
[edit] Death
Valli Valli died at her home in Hampstead in 1927. She had been ill for more than four months. She was survived by her husband, Louis Dreyfus, a theatrical producer.
[edit] References
- Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, Valli Valli, Starred In The Turmoil, January 15, 1916, Page 10.
- New York Times, Valli Valli, Star Of Operettas, Dies, November 5, 1927, Page 19.
