Winifred Delevanti(1896-1976)
- Actress
Winifred delevanti born in 1897 in England, began in music hall in the
early 1910's, pretty brunette who starred in a handful of comedy films
with Billy Merson and Lupino Lane the first of these films is ' The Man
in Possession' directed by W.P. Kellino in 1915 for the Homeland Film
Company, she also appeared in character roles in few well-known dramas,
the first was 'Milestones' with Owen Nares and Isobel Elsom at the G.B.
Samuelson Film Company in 1916, she retired from the screen after
Lupino Lane's 'Splash Me Nicely' in 1917. She died in 1976 aged 79.