Lottie Collins
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Lottie Collins | |
Born | Charlotte Louisa Collins 1865 East End, London [1] |
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Died | May 3, 1910 (aged 44) St Pancras, London [2] |
Burial place | Saint Pancras and Islington Cemetery, East Finchley, London |
Occupation | Singer and dancer |
Spouse | Stephen Patrick Cooney [3] James W. Tate |
Children | Jose Collins (1887-1958) |
Lottie Collins (1865 – May 3, 1910) was an English singer and dancer.
She was born Charlotte Louisa Collins in the East End of London in 1865 and started out in music hall at the age of 11 or 12 in 1877 in a skipping rope dance act with her younger sisters, Eliza (Lizzie) and Mary Ann (Marie) as The Three Sisters Collins [4]. In 1886, she became a solo act in music hall, and spent some time around 1891 playing Vaudeville in the United States. However, she is best known as the popularizer of the song "Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay!", which she sang on the music hall stage as she danced a skirt dance. She died on 2 / 3 May 1910 at St Pancras, aged only 44, and is buried at Saint Pancras and Islington Cemetery, East Finchley, London.
Her daughter was the musical comedy star José Collins. Lottie married the father, Stephen Patrick Cooney [3]. Her second husband was the composer-producer James W. Tate [5].
[edit] References
- ^ GRO Register of Births: SEP 1865 1c 424 ST GEO EAST - Charlotte Louisa Collins
- ^ GRO Register of Deaths: JUN 1910 1b 7 PANCRAS - Charlotte Louisa Tate aged 43
- ^ a b Descendants of Sir James Innes, 3rd Baronet (-abt 1700)
- ^ 1881 census: RG11/1003 f.11 p.16 - 29 York Street, Dover, Kent - Charlotte Collins aged 15 singer and dancer, with sisters Eliza (11) and Mary A. (9)
- ^ GRO Register of Marriages: SEP 1902 7b 538 NOTTINGHAM - James William Tate = Charlotte Louise Cooney
[edit] External links
- Lottie Collins at Find A Grave
- http://www.arthurlloyd.co.uk/Burials.htm#C
- Biography at People Play UK
- http://www.gabrielleray.150m.com/ArchiveTextC/LottieCollins.html
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NAME | Collins, Lottie |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Collins, Charlotte Louisa |
SHORT DESCRIPTION | Singer and dancer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1865 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | East End, London |
DATE OF DEATH | 1910-05-03 |
PLACE OF DEATH | St Pancras, London |