Grace Palotta | |
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Born | about 1870 |
Died | 21 February 1959 |
Other names | Grace Parlotta |
Occupation(s) | Actress, Gaiety girl, writer |
Grace Palotta (c. 1870 – 21 February 1959) was an Austrian-born actress and writer. She was a Gaiety girl in London, and toured in Australia several times between 1895 and 1918.
Palotta was born in Vienna. [1] She explained of her origins that her mother was "French and English", her father "Hungarian and Italian". [2] She studied at the Royal Academy of Music. [1]
Palotta made her stage debut in London in 1893. [1] She spent four years working for George Edwardes at the Gaiety Theatre, [3] where she often played roles that highlighted her comic timing, her beauty, and her accented English, [4] [5] [6] though her singing voice was not strong. [7] She also performed at the Tivoli Theatre in London. [2] She sometimes played breeches roles, including the Prince in a pantomime based on Cinderella, and the principal boy role in Aladdin. [8] She toured in the United States in 1904, [9] and with the Hugh J. Ward company in Australia, [10] [11] [12] and New Zealand, [13] several times, from 1895 to 1918. Palotta had roles in The Shop Girl, All Abroad, Trial by Jury, The Circus Girl, [14] The Messenger Boy, A Runaway Girl, A Gentleman in Khaki, [15] Florodora, [7] [16] Aladdin, [8] The New Clown, [17] and The Man from Mexico. [18]
Palotta was a popular subject of picture postcards. [19] She also wrote light articles and stories for periodicals. [5] [20] [21] [22]
Australian composer May Summerbelle dedicated a 1904 waltz titled 'Beaux Yeux' (Beautiful Eyes) to grace. Her photograph appears on the cover artwork. [23]
Palotta married Henry Samuel Kingston in 1888, in East Dereham, Norfolk. [24] She lived in Melbourne during World War I. She lived in Vienna and Jersey in her later years. [25] [26] She died at a nursing home in Notting Hill, London in 1959, in her late eighties. [27]
Grace Palotta | |
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Born | about 1870 |
Died | 21 February 1959 |
Other names | Grace Parlotta |
Occupation(s) | Actress, Gaiety girl, writer |
Grace Palotta (c. 1870 – 21 February 1959) was an Austrian-born actress and writer. She was a Gaiety girl in London, and toured in Australia several times between 1895 and 1918.
Palotta was born in Vienna. [1] She explained of her origins that her mother was "French and English", her father "Hungarian and Italian". [2] She studied at the Royal Academy of Music. [1]
Palotta made her stage debut in London in 1893. [1] She spent four years working for George Edwardes at the Gaiety Theatre, [3] where she often played roles that highlighted her comic timing, her beauty, and her accented English, [4] [5] [6] though her singing voice was not strong. [7] She also performed at the Tivoli Theatre in London. [2] She sometimes played breeches roles, including the Prince in a pantomime based on Cinderella, and the principal boy role in Aladdin. [8] She toured in the United States in 1904, [9] and with the Hugh J. Ward company in Australia, [10] [11] [12] and New Zealand, [13] several times, from 1895 to 1918. Palotta had roles in The Shop Girl, All Abroad, Trial by Jury, The Circus Girl, [14] The Messenger Boy, A Runaway Girl, A Gentleman in Khaki, [15] Florodora, [7] [16] Aladdin, [8] The New Clown, [17] and The Man from Mexico. [18]
Palotta was a popular subject of picture postcards. [19] She also wrote light articles and stories for periodicals. [5] [20] [21] [22]
Australian composer May Summerbelle dedicated a 1904 waltz titled 'Beaux Yeux' (Beautiful Eyes) to grace. Her photograph appears on the cover artwork. [23]
Palotta married Henry Samuel Kingston in 1888, in East Dereham, Norfolk. [24] She lived in Melbourne during World War I. She lived in Vienna and Jersey in her later years. [25] [26] She died at a nursing home in Notting Hill, London in 1959, in her late eighties. [27]