Ivy Janet Aitchison (1886, Saint Helier, Jersey – 8 November 1971, London, England) better known as Ivy St. Helier was a British stage actress, composer and lyricist.[1] [2]
On the stage, St. Helier played Manon la Crevette in the original production of Noël Coward's operetta Bitter Sweet (1929), a role she reprised in the 1933 film version.[3] [4] She also starred in Coward's revue Words and Music.[5] As a lyricist, she wrote additional songs for The Street Singer, and for The Blue Train, the London musical by Reginald Arkell, Dion Titheradge and Robert Stolz.[6] [7]
She made five films, including Laurence Olivier's Henry V (1944) and London Belongs to Me (1948).[8]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 | Bitter Sweet | Manon la Crevette | ||
| 1938 | The Singing Cop | Sonia Kassona | ||
| 1944 | Henry V | Alice | ||
| 1948 | London Belongs to Me | Connie Coke | ||
| 1955 | The Gold Express | Emma Merton |