Sister Acts

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I am suffering from a paucity of data on sister acts. Until more is found, the acts are generally all on one page but as the information becomes available so they will be transferred to a page of their own. As ever, I would be most grateful for any help.

Frederick Denny

Sisters Lloyd

An analysis of the Walthamstow Palace Commissions Book 1904 to March 1907 gives some twenty sister acts that appeared there under the name Sisters --------

Sisters Aindow.          Sisters Archer.         Sisters Asquith.
Sisters Carena.          Sisters Dacre.
Sisters Desmond.     Sisters Dorelli.         Sisters Edwards.
Sisters Hall.               Sisters Hindow.       Sisters Lawrie.
Sisters Lunelle.        Sisters Morgan.       Sisters Neilson.
Sisters Redfern.       Sisters Silcott.          Sisters St.Julian.
Sisters Stratton.       Sisters Wingrove.

Sisters Caselli who also appeared at the Middlesex, Drury Lane anniversary show.(PS)

The following names were found in "The Melodies Linger On" By W. MacQueen-Pope: Such information that he gives is shown:

Sisters Montague: Duettists.
Sisters Leamar. A sisters act;
Was Alice Leamar one of the Sisters Leamar?  'The Early doors' says yes but Kilgariff's book says not. (PS)
Sisters Levey. Three of them;
Sisters Anderson
Three Sisters Sprightly who lived up to their name;
Preston Sisters of whom Jessie, a lady of ample charms, was a popular principal boy;

The next names were in a letter to Call Boy 1991, looking for information.
Dare Sisters, (Phyllis & Zena) -Phyllis was slightly more successful than Zena.(PS)

Sisters Belfry, Venie and May.. who were in pantomime with the Sisters Harris at the Grand, Islington around 1898 with Harry Randall (PS)
Sisters Twibell were in Panto in 1890 (PS)
The Emerald Sisters married famously and had some professional advice from Marie Lloyd and (maybe) Eugene Stratton when they were starting out. (PS)
Nellie Wallace may have started as one of the 3 Sisters Wallace (PS)
Sisters Reeve (1891)(PS)
Sisters Swinson (PS)
Sisters Morde (PS)
Sisters Lyan (PS)

Sisters Hawthorne of whom one was Lil Hawthorne. (PS)

Sisters Cuthburt sang "Hallalujah Sisters" a topical song about the Salvation Army. It appears that there were a group within the SA with that name. (DP)

4 Sisters Amaranth - Acrobatic Dancers(CC)
Sisters Cora(CC)
Sisters Reeve(CC)
Sisters Showell(CC)
Slyphide Sisters(CC)
Carina Sisters(CC)
Finney Sisters(CC)
Sisters Arundale(R)

(CC)Supplied by Colin Charman.
(DP) Dick Playle.
(PS) Items or comments submitted by Peter Sandercock to whom I am most grateful.

Other people's assistance on this project will be equally happily received even if it is only a name of another Sister Act.