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Matilda Alice Powles (Vesta Tilley) 
Matilda Alice Powles (Vesta Tilley)
London, United Kingdom
Matilda Alice Powles was an English music hall performer. She adopted the stage name Vesta Tilley and became one of the best-known male impersonators of her era. Her career lasted from 1869 until 1920.
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By the 1890s, Tilley was England's highest earning woman. She was also a star in the vaudeville circuit in the United States, touring a total of six times. She married Walter de Frece, a theatre impresario who became her new manager and songwriter. At a Royal Command Performance in 1912, she scandalised Queen Mary because she was wearing trousers. During the First World War she was known as "England’s greatest recruiting sergeant" since she sang patriotic songs dressed in khaki fatigues like a soldier and promoted enlistment drives. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesta_Tilley
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London, United Kingdom
Matilda Alice Powles was an English music hall performer. She adopted the stage name Vesta Tilley and became one of the best-known male impersonators of her era. Her career lasted from 1869 until 1920.
JOINED: 10 months ago
HONORS:
1
LAST 12 MONTHS: 1
AWARDED: 0
LAST ACTIVE: NEVER
By the 1890s, Tilley was England's highest earning woman. She was also a star in the vaudeville circuit in the United States, touring a total of six times. She married Walter de Frece, a theatre impresario who became her new manager and songwriter. At a Royal Command Performance in 1912, she scandalised Queen Mary because she was wearing trousers. During the First World War she was known as "England’s greatest recruiting sergeant" since she sang patriotic songs dressed in khaki fatigues like a soldier and promoted enlistment drives. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesta_Tilley
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◄ Jo Leath ⊙3
[P7.2025.25] 22/06/2025
Honoured for the reminder that there is nothing new under the sun!!
[P7.2025.25] 22/06/2025
Honoured for the reminder that there is nothing new under the sun!!