Violet Lloyd (actress)

Violet Lloyd (25 November 1879 – c. 1924) was an English actress, singer and Edwardian music hall performer. Her father was Samuel Lloyd and a sister Florence Lloyd (born 1876) was also an actress. She was a second cousin of Lydia Thompson and her daughter Zeffie Tilbury.



Lloyd made her stage debut at ten years old in February 1889 appearing with The Kendals at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham. She made many appearances at the Gaiety Theatre especially in an Asian-themed play called The Geisha. She was understudy to Ellaline Terriss at the Gaiety and after 1905 toured with George Edwardes company. Many later roles in the theatre were well-known children's characters i.e. Humpty-Dumpty, Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Aladdin.