Alice Wood (20 October 1873 – 17 November 1949), known professionally as Alice Lloyd or Alice Hall, was a British

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artist who was popular in America.

Life

Lloyd was born in

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into the Wood family that included her elder celebrity sister Marie who adopted the name

Marie Lloyd Matilda Alice Victoria Wood (12 February 1870 – 7 October 1922), professionally known as Marie Lloyd (), was an English music hall singer, comedian and musical theatre actress. She was best known for her performances of songs such as " T ...

. There were ten children and many of them adopted the name Lloyd to appear in the music hall. Marie, Alice and Grace appeared as the "Sisters Lloyd". Marie Lloyd family photo

Her sister

was popular in Britain and it said that an American theatre owner,

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signed up Alice via his agents. He mistakenly thought he had contracted her elder sister Marie. Alice appeared in Vaudeville on Broadway in 1907 and it was claimed that her name was placed in lights of the theatre straight after her first performance. It was said that Marie was too coarse for American audiences and they preferred the more restrained Alice. In 1908 she was on the ocean liner RMS ''Mauretania'' when a broken propeller damaged the ship. It was reported that Alice sang for an hour to calm the passengers whilst power was restored to the vessel. In 1909 she was appearing in

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in her first tour of western America.''Seattle Daily Times'' 23 September 1909, p.9
/ref> Lloyd died in the home in Banstead, Surrey in 1949.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lloyd, Alice 1873 births 1949 deaths People from Hoxton 20th-century British actresses Music hall performers Actresses from London 20th-century English women 20th-century English people