Blanche Lillian Deyo (née Pixley, June 6, 1878 – August 29, 1933)[1] was an American dancer, actress, and singer who performed in multiple theatrical venues -- Broadway, vaudeville, burlesque, ballet, and international variety theaters—throughout the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

[2] Deyo's mother was Lillian Scott and her father was Robert "Bob" Franklin Pixley, a mining engineer from Canada, who died in San Francisco, California on February 24, 1908.

[3] She had two sisters, Pearl (1873–1950) and the actress Grace (sometimes Grayce) Scott Pixley (1877–1970), who married theater producer and literary agent R. L. "Larry" Giffen (ca.

[13] In October 1908, Deyo starred in Joe Weber's version of Salome at the Duquesne Theatre in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

[14] Mayor George W. Guthrie intervened, ordering the Chief of Police to inspect Deyo's costume before allowing the October 14th performance to start.

The cast included Deyo and her husband Walter Jones, as well as Grace Griswold and Joe Weber.

[19] Deyo was among the actors in All Over Town, the last theatrical production of the 1914-1915 season in Washington, D.C. staged at the Belasco Theatre, when she teamed with Roy Atwell in a "diamond robbery motion picture specialty" in the opening act.

Deyo filled two glass display cases in her Philadelphia, Pennsylvania home with slippers worn by famous dancers.