1. Daughter Cecilia was given an education at the Convent of the Holy Child, Raikes Parade, Blackpool, England which moved in 1890 to the premises at Layton Hill Convent, Blackpool which it still occupies although now, after various name changes, splits and mergers, it is known as St Mary's Catholic College.
In July 1893,17-year-old Cissy Cecilia Loftus made her debut at the Oxford Music Hall in London, followed by an appearance at the Palace Theatre of Varieties.
Cecilia Loftus became an international favourite in vaudeville along with Vesta Tilley and Harry Lauder.
Cecilia Loftus then began to appear in the legitimate theatre, appearing in The Children of the King at the Royal Court Theatre, in 1898.
Cecilia Loftus was so impressed that he engaged her to appear with him in the roles that Dame Ellen Terry could no longer play.
Cecilia Loftus later toured with Irving, although the earnings were not as great as those on the music hall circuit.
In 1914, Cecilia Loftus played the part of Desdemona in Othello at the Lyric Theatre.
Cecilia Loftus had a successful career both in burlesque, as an accomplished mimic, and on Broadway.
Cecilia Loftus appeared in cinema from the 1910s to the 1940s, with roles that included Clorinda Widairs in A Lady of Quality, Mrs Sinclair in Young Sinners, Grandmother Lovell in The Old Maid, and Granny Tyl in The Blue Bird.
Cecilia Loftus died from a heart attack and the effects of alcoholism at the Lincoln Hotel in New York City, on 12 July 1943, aged 66.
Cecilia Loftus's mother had predeceased her by only three years.
Cecilia Loftus is buried in Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, Westchester County, New York, in a plot provided by the Actors' Fund.