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Elizabeth "Lily" Brayton (1876 – 1953)
was an English actress and singer, known for her performances in Shakespeare plays and for her nearly 2,000 performances in the First World War hit musical Chu Chin Chow.
In 1907, Brayton became co-manager, with her husband Oscar Asche and fellow actor, of His Majesty's Theatre, London. In 1909–1910, while Brayton and Asche were touring Australia, the Australian musician Wynne Jones composed a piece entitled "The Lily Brayton Valse". In 1911 at the Garrick Theatre, Brayton starred with Asche in the play Kismet. They toured Australia again in 1912–13 and also visited South Africa at the end of the tour in 1913. Several Shakespeare plays were given during these visits, as well as Kismet.
In 1914, she appeared as Marsinah in the silent film (short) adaptation of Kismet.
The majority of Brayton's performances, excepting Chu Chin Chow, were in Shakespeare plays. She also performed for several seasons at the Stratford Festival. Her last stage appearance was as Portia in Julius Caesar in 1932,
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