Peggy Pryde (born 19 July 1867 (baptised as Letitia Matilda on 14 May 1876 in Lambeth, London, England)[1] – 17 May 1943 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia)[2] was a British music hall performer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Pryde was one of three children born to the popular music hall artiste Jenny Hill and John Wilson Woodley (died 8 January 1890), an acrobat who used the stage name Jean Pasta and who later abandoned his wife and young family.
[3] From 1890 to 1892 she toured the United States: "Peggy Pryde would probably not have become famous in the variety "perfesh" if she had not been the daughter of that veteran and high priced music hall singer, Jennie Hill.
She is English, and while she was in New York Jennie Hill, "The Vital Spark," objected to her having her billed as her daughter, but Miss Pryde has now reached that point where she does not require anybody's reflected glory.
My season in Africa was a big success and I was re engaged for an extra month the first time I believe such a compliment had been paid to any artist.