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Ivy Janet Aitchison (1886 – 8 November 1971) better known as Ivy St. Helier, was a British stage actress, composer and lyricist.[1][2]
St. Helier was born in her namesake, Saint Helier, in Jersey.[3][4]
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.[5][6] She also starred in Coward's revue Words and Music.[7] 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.[8][9]
She made five films, including Laurence Olivier's Henry V (1944) and London Belongs to Me (1948).[10]
St. Helier died on 8 November 1971 in London, England.[11][12]
| 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 |
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