Adele Dixon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Adele Dixon

British actress

Date of Birth: 03-Jun-1908

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 11-Apr-1992

Profession: actor, film actor

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Adele Dixon (born Adela Helena Dixon; 3 June 1908 – 11 April 1992) was an English actress and singer. After an early start as a child actress, and training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, she became a member of the Old Vic, from 1928 to 1930, appearing in a wide range of roles, predominantly in Shakespeare's plays, but also those of Sheridan, Molière and Shaw.
Her performance in her first singing role so impressed the composer Richard Addinsell, that he secured her the leading role in the West End adaptation of Priestley's The Good Companions in 1931. After she left the Old Vic in 1930, Dixon played occasionally in non-musical plays, but in general her career was on the musical stage, starring in shows by Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, Vivian Ellis and others.
Later she became well known for her appearances in pantomime.
Her last appearance before she retired was in the West End musical Belinda Fair in 1949.