Elsie Leslie

Leslie, Elsie [née Lyde] (1881–1966), actress. Daughter of a prosperous New Yorker, she made her debut in 1885 and two years later became the darling of playgoers when she played Editha, the tot who can more than hold her own as she encounters Editha's Burglar. Successes followed in the title roles of Little Lord Fauntleroy (1888) and The Prince and the Pauper (1890), after which she temporarily retired. When Leslie returned eight years later, she was not able to recapture her early appeal.