Violetta Farjeon
Violetta Farjeon | |
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| Born | Violetta à Beckett Williams 27 September 1923 Kensington, London, England |
| Died | 16 July 2015 (aged 91) Worthing, West Sussex, England |
| Education | Conservatoire de Paris |
| Occupation(s) | Actor and singer |
| Years active | 1941—2003 |
| Known for | Created the part of "Hortense" in The Boy Friend |
| Spouse | Gervase Farjeon |
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Violetta à Beckett Williams (27 September 1923—16 July 2015) was an English actor and singer who spoke fluent French and specialised in the performance of roguish and sometimes suggestive French chansons. For most of World War II she entertained Free French Forces in London and then joined the Late Joys Victorian music hall company at the Players' Theatre. She made her name with a five-year West End run playing "Hortense" in the Players' original 1953 London production of Sandy Wilson's pastiche 1920s musical The Boy Friend. In her work in musical comedy she used as her stage name the single word Violetta. As an actor she was styled by her married name, Violetta Farjeon.