1. Vesta Victoria was famous for her performances of songs such as "Waiting at the Church" and "Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow Wow", both of which were written specially for her.
12 Facts About Vesta Victoria
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Vesta Victoria was born Victoria Lawrence at 8 Ebenezer Place in Holbeck, Leeds, on 26 November 1873.
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Vesta Victoria's singing career escalated in 1892 when "Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow Wow" became a huge hit.
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Vesta Victoria sang it first at South London Palace, a music hall in Lambeth, and to high success on her first trip to the United States in 1892, when she appeared for eight weeks at Tony Pastor's theatre in New York City.
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Vesta Victoria was married to music hall manager Frederick Wallace McAvoy from 1894 to 1904.
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In 1912, Vesta Victoria announced in New York that she was married to William Terry.
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One of the most highly paid vaudeville stars, Vesta Victoria bought a considerable amount of property in America.
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Vesta Victoria retired after World War I, but re-recorded many of her hits in 1931 in a series of Old-Time Medleys, and performed at the Royal Variety Show of 1932.
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Vesta Victoria appeared in a number of films in the 1930s.
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Unlike younger music hall contemporaries Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel, Vesta Victoria remained principally a live performer in England instead of becoming a full-time film performer in the USA; next to nothing remains of what film work she did.
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Vesta Victoria died of breast cancer in Hampstead, north London, on 7 April 1951.
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Vesta Victoria was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium, where a lilac tree was planted in her memory.