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(b. Aguilas, Spain, 22/11/1878 – d. Cuckfield, West Sussex, **/**/1968). Actress.  The British Census of 1901 lists just one Violet Dickins of approximately the right age who was a professional actress.  She was born Violette Maud Blanche Dickins in Aguilas, Spain where her father was an agent for a British company involved in exporting esparto fibre.  By 1901 she lived in Staffordshire and had appeared in a number of plays in Wolverhampton, amongst them ''A Bunch of Keys'', written by Charles Hoyt.  She is possibly the actress who, as Violet Dickens, came to South Africa and acted in four films for [[African Film Productions]], all in 1916: ''[[The Silver Wolf]]'' ([[Lorimer Johnston]]), ''[[A Kract Affair]]'' ([[B.F. Clinton]]), ''[[£20,000]]'' ([[B.F. Clinton]]) and ''[[De Voortrekkers]]'' ([[Harold M. Shaw]]).  Little else is known about her.  She had married Frederick Arnold Lomas in 1903 and died at the age of 89 in Cuckfield, West Sussex. (FO)
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'''Violet Dickens''' (b. **/**/**** - d. **/**/****) was an actress
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In 1916, a Violet Dickens appeared in three shorts and one feature film for [[African Film Productions]]: ''[[The Silver Wolf]]'' ([[Lorimer Johnston]]), ''[[A Kract Affair]]'' ([[B.F. Clinton]]), ''[[£20,000]]'' ([[B.F. Clinton]]) and ''[[De Voortrekkers]]'' ([[Harold M. Shaw]]).  There is has been some speculation about whom she might have been, but the only clue is that, when referring to ''[[A Kract Affair]]'', the [[Rand Daily Mail]] of 26 June 1916 said that she was “a Germiston lady”.  
  
 
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Latest revision as of 20:22, 2 October 2018

Violet Dickens (b. **/**/**** - d. **/**/****) was an actress

In 1916, a Violet Dickens appeared in three shorts and one feature film for African Film Productions: The Silver Wolf (Lorimer Johnston), A Kract Affair (B.F. Clinton), £20,000 (B.F. Clinton) and De Voortrekkers (Harold M. Shaw). There is has been some speculation about whom she might have been, but the only clue is that, when referring to A Kract Affair, the Rand Daily Mail of 26 June 1916 said that she was “a Germiston lady”.

Sources

Le Roux, André I. & Fourie, Lilla – Filmverlede: geskiedenis van die Suid-Afrikaanse speelfilm

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4939766/?ref_=fn_nm_nm_1

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