Marie Lloyd

b. Matilda Alice Victoria Wood, 12 February 1870, London, England, d. 7 October 1922, London, England. With four sisters, Daisy, Grace, Alice and Rose, and friends, Wood formed the Fairy Bells Minstrels. Deciding on a stage career, she adopted the name Bella Delamare and was quickly successful. With a change of name to Marie Lloyd, she attracted music hall audiences with her singing, especially the already popular ‘The Boy I Love Is Up In The Gallery'. Lloyd's presentation, innocently girlish, which she sent up with suggestive facial and bodily movements, proved irresistible. ...