Queenie Leighton

Queenie Leighton (18 July 1874 – 19 November 1943) was a British music hall star of the Edwardian era.

[1] In 1881 her mother and sister were recorded as actresses living in London's theatre district off The Strand,[2] and Leighton started to become known as a child star.

Leighton went on tour but whilst appearing as Sinbad in Bradford she had an accident, falling off a stage whale during the performance.

[5] Leighton was one of the many stage artists who came under pressure to recruit soldiers through their performances with much emphasis on the patriotic aspect of their songs such as I'll Make a Man Out of You.

[7] During World War I Leighton appeared in the silent film Screen Struck (1916), but she was not a success and her career began to fail from this time.