Lloyd, Marie (1870-1922), was a popular English music hall performer during the early 1900’s. She was known as the Queen of Comediennes. She had an endearing personality and was greatly loved by audiences. Lloyd began her career playing girlish roles. Then she performed as a fashionable grown woman. She was probably best admired for her final phase, playing plucky but down-and-out elderly women. Lloyd gained a reputation for sauciness for her rendition of such songs as “What’s That For, Eh? ” “A Little Bit of What You Fancy Does You Good,” and “She’d Never Had Her Ticket Punched Before.” Other songs associated with Lloyd included “Oh, Mr. Porter” and “The Boy I Love Is Up in the Gallery.”
Marie Lloyd was born on Feb. 12, 1870, in London. Her real name was Matilda Alice Victoria Wood. She made her music hall debut at the age of 15. Lloyd was known for her turbulent private life. She was married three times and divorced twice, which many people of the time considered scandalous. Lloyd died on Oct. 7, 1922.
