Photographs of Elsa Jacoby

PXA 7491

fonds

approximately 1941-1947

Graphic Materials, Photographs

9666080

3 photographic prints - gelatin silver - 26 x 20 cm or smaller

Elsa Jacoby (1910-1994), actress and opera singer, was born at Neutral Bay, New South Wales in 1910. In 1928 she played the lead in the banned Australian film the Devil’s Playground. In 1930 she married Sydney sculptor Lyndon Dadswell; they later divorced. In 1934-1939 Elsa performed in operas at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and in pantomime. Back in Australia, she appeared in Sydney cabaret, musical comedies, and pantomimes. In 1943, while on tour in Melbourne, she married Sydney financier Ian Mathieson Jacoby. They lived at Vaucluse, Sydney, and divorced in 1971. In 1972 she was awarded an MBE for community service. Elsa died at home in Vaucluse on 25 March 1994.

References:
Roberts, Jan. 'Jacoby, Elsa Antoinette (1910–1994)'. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Accessed 7 December 2022. https://adb.anu.edu.au

1. Elsa Stenning in costume, approximately 1941, photograph by Athol Shmith
20 x 15 cm
Autographed. Photographer's stamp to verso, 'Athol Shmith, 125 Collins St, Melbourne'

2. Elsa Jacoby in costume for 'Babes in the Wood' pantomime, Tivoli Theatre, Sydney, January 1947, photograph by Nanette Kuehn
14 x 9 cm
Kuehn's stamp to verso and pencil inscription, 'Pantomime Jan 1947'

3. Wedding Day of Elsa Stenning and Ian Jacoby, 1943
22 x 16 cm, pasted on mount 26 x 20 cm
Inscribed on the front 'With love / From / Ian and Elsa.'

Out of copyright:
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