Blanche Stocker

Blanche Eleanor Stocker (20 July 1884 – 1950) was a British actress and singer, who played minor roles in a string of Edwardian musical comedies and other stage works early in the 20th century.

Stocker was born in Bombay in India in 1884, the oldest of three children of a British couple, George Stocker (1857–1929), an engineer, and Mary Dunn née Johnston (1862–1946).

While George remained in India for work, Mary returned to England with the children to live in London from at least 1891 to 1911.

Stocker played roles in several Edwardian musical comedies early in her career, including Lucille in The Belle of Brittany at the Queen's Theatre (1908).

For producer George Edwardes she was Lady Sybil Julia James in Our Miss Gibbs (1909);[2] Ethel in Peggy (1910);[3][4][5] and Viola in The Girl on the Film (1913), all at the Gaiety Theatre in the West End of London; she also appeared in the latter work at the 44th Street Theatre on Broadway later in 1913.