Ivy Janet Aitchison (1886 – 8 November 1971) better known as Ivy St. Helier, was a British

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composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

and

lyricist A lyricist is a writer who writes lyrics (the spoken words), as opposed to a composer, who writes the song's music which may include but not limited to the melody, harmony, arrangement and accompaniment. Royalties A lyricist's income derives ...

Early life

St. Helier was born in her namesake,

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, in

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Stage

On the stage, St. Helier played Manon la Crevette in the original production of

Noël Coward Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 189926 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what ''Time (magazine), Time'' called "a sense of personal style, a combination of c ...

operetta Operetta is a form of theatre and a genre of light opera. It includes spoken dialogue, songs and including dances. It is lighter than opera in terms of its music, orchestral size, and length of the work. Apart from its shorter length, the oper ...

'' Bitter Sweet'' (1929), a role she reprised in the 1933 film version. She also starred in Coward's revue '' Words and Music''. As a lyricist, she wrote additional songs for '' The Street Singer'', and for '' The Blue Train'', the London

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Reginald Arkell Reginald Arkell (14 October 1881 – 1 May 1959) was a British script writer and comic novelist who wrote many musical plays for the London theatre. The most popular of those was an adaptation of the spoof history book ''1066 and All That'': ''10 ...

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and

Robert Stolz Robert Elisabeth Stolz (25 August 188027 June 1975) was an Austrian songwriter and conductor as well as a composer of operettas and film music.Stanley Sadie Ed. (2002) ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera'', Oxford University Press Biography ...

Film

She made five films, including

Laurence Olivier Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier ( ; 22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director. He and his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud made up a trio of male actors who dominated the British stage of the m ...

's ''

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'' (1944) and ''

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'' (1948).

Death

St. Helier died on 8 November 1971 in London, England.

Filmography

References

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Bitter-Sweet
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