Ellaline Terriss (1871-1971)

Overview

Mary Ellaline Terriss [Mary Ellaline Lewin] was an English actress and singer who performed in Edwardian musical comedies and also had film roles.
She debuted at the age of 16 in Cupid's Messenger at London's Haymarket Theatre going on to star in a number of productions. In 1913 Terriss began her film career with the silent films Scrooge and David Garrick and made a successful transfer to talkies; her last film being The Four Just Men (1939).
One of her most memorable songs The Honeysuckle and the Bee (1901 - words: Albert H. Fritz; music: William H. Penn) is given in 60 Old-Time Variety Songs.
She died in Hampstead, London as Lady Hicks.

Websites:
	Ellaline Terriss	Biography by wikipedia.org.

Ellaline Terriss (1871-1971) has at least 3 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.

Simple Little String, A
Words and Music by: Lionel Monckton.
Perf. by: Ellaline Terriss

Publisher:	Chappell & Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1897.	Sheet Music.

Streets of Cairo, The
Words and Music by: James Thornton.
Perf. by: Ellaline Terriss, Bonnie Thornton

Publisher:	Frank Harding
Suppliers:
Printed: 1893.	Sheet Music 5 pages.

Alexander's Ragtime Band -1912 March and Two-step
Music by: Irving Berlin.
Perf. by: Ellaline Terriss

Publisher:	B. Feldman & Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1912.	Sheet Music. Limited availability.

Books

	Title	Author	Supplier


	Books:
	Ellaline Terriss	Ellaline Terriss and others
	Just a Little Bit of String	Ellaline Terriss

CDs

	Title	Remarks	Supplier


	On The Halls: Vol. 1		CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
	Variety Veterans 1931-1952		CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)

Monologues

	Title	Attribution	Remarks


	Everybody Loves Me	Guy S. Jones (words & music) Ellaline Terriss (perf.)
	Honeysuckle and the Bee, The	William H. Penn (music) Alb. H. Fitz (words) Ellaline Terriss (perf.)
	I've Got Rings on My Fingers	Maurice Scott (music) R.P. Weston (words) F.J. Barnes (words) Ellaline Terriss (perf.)
	Little Yellow Bird	C.W. Murphy (music) William Hargreaves (words) Ellaline Terriss (perf.)
	Simple Little String, A	Lionel Monckton (words & music) Ellaline Terriss (perf.)
	Streets of Cairo, The	James Thornton (words & music) Ellaline Terriss (perf.) Bonnie Thornton (perf.)

Music Hall

	Title	Attribution	Instruments	Source	Remarks


	Honeysuckle and the Bee, The	W.H. Penn (music) A.H. Fitz (words) Ellaline Terriss (perf.)	Piano, Voice	Monologues

Videos

	Title	Composer/Song


	Ellaline Terriss - Early Life (0:45)	Miscellaneous
	The Honeysuckle and the Bee (1901) (8:35)	W.H. Penn
	I Wants Yer My Honey (2:52)	F. Templeton

Works

This list is arranged by composer and contains 12 works performed by Ellaline Terriss who is featured on sheet music covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m) ER

	Title	Composer	Attribution	Remarks


Alexander's Ragtime Band -1912 (1912)	Irving Berlin	Ellaline Terriss (perf.)
Everybody Loves Me (1908)	Guy S. Jones	Graham Squiers (words) Ellaline Terriss (perf.)
Oh! I Do Like You in That Old Oak Pew (1911)	Alfred J. Lawrance(w&m)	Ellaline Terriss (perf.)
Ellaline Terriss - Early Life (n.d.)	Miscellaneous	Ellaline Terriss (perf.)
Song of the Shop (1895), The	Lionel Monckton	Adrian Ross (words) H J W Dam (words) I. Caryll (words) Ellaline Terriss (perf.)
Simple Little String (1897), A	Lionel Monckton(w&m)	Ellaline Terriss (perf.)
Cigarette Song (1898)	Lionel Monckton	Aubrey Hopwood (words) I. Caryll (words) Ellaline Terriss (perf.)	Pub.
Little Yellow Bird (1903)	C.W. Murphy	W. Hargreaves (words) Ellaline Terriss (perf.)	Pub.
Honeysuckle and the Bee (1901), The	William H. Penn	Alb. H. Fitz (words) Margaret Lee (perf.) Ellaline Terriss (perf.) Lulu Glaser (perf.) Della Fox (perf.) Belle Davis (perf.)
I've Got Rings on My Fingers (1909)	Maurice Scott	R.P. Weston (words) F.J. Barnes (words) Blanche Ring (perf.) Ellaline Terriss (perf.)
⇑I Want Yer, Ma Honey! (1895)	Fay Templeton(w&m)	W. Louis Bradfield (perf.) Ellaline Terriss (perf.)	Pub.
Streets of Cairo (1893), The	James Thornton(w&m)	Ellaline Terriss (perf.) Bonnie Thornton (perf.)