Married 1) Bert Gilbert; 2) Wilfred Cotton (uncle of Lily Elsie).
Daughter of actor Charles Reeves.
Child star - first public performance at the age of four years in the pantomime Red Riding Hood at the Pavilion Theatre Whitechapel, London (Boxing Day 1878).
Musical comedy star considered a headliner in vaudeville. In her later years she became a character actor in films and on the stage.
