Valli Valli | |
|---|---|
 Valli c. 1901 | |
| Born | Valli Knust February 11, 1882 |
| Died | November 4, 1927 (aged 45) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse |
Louis Dreyfuss
(m. 1917; died 1927) |
Valli Valli, born Valli Knust[1] (11 February 1882 – 4 November 1927) was a British musical comedy actress and silent film performer born in Berlin, Germany. She was descended from an old English family and lived most of her life in England. Her brother was a captain in the Royal Fusiliers, who fought for the British in France in World War I. Her sisters Lulu (1887–1964) and Ida were both actresses, who used the stage names Lulu Valli and Ida Valli.[2] Her brother-in-law, Philip Curtiss (Ida's husband), wrote Mummers in Mufti in 1921.[3] She also had a brother named Cyril Alexander Eugene Knust (1897–1935).[4]
- ^ National Film Gallery
- ^ Profile at Stage Beauty site
- ^ Philip Curtiss (1922). Mummers in Mufti. Century Co.
- ^ Cyril married Dorothy Love, and they named their daughter Valli Knust (born on 4 April 1930 in London) after her aunt. On 8 June 1961, this niece married Prince Vsevolod Ivanovich of Russia. See C. Arnold McNaughton, The Book of Kings: A Royal Genealogy, 3 vols. (London, U.K.: Garnstone Press, 1973), vol. 1, p. 317