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Daisy and Violet Hilton (5 February 1908 – early January 1969) were English-born entertainers who were conjoined twins. They were exhibited in Europe as children, and toured the United States sideshow, vaudeville and American burlesque circuits in the 1920s and 1930s.
Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were found dead in their Charlotte home 52 years ago today, huddled over a heating grate in the midst of the 1968 flu pandemic. Theirs was a story of...
In January of 1969, Daisy and Violet Hilton failed to report to work. After a day or two of trying to reach them by phone, their employers got the police to break into their home, where they were found dead, victims of the Hong Kong flu.
When Daisy Hilton and Violet Hilton moved to the United States, they became famous for their vaudeville act and their burlesque performances during the 1920s and 1930s; they also appeared in a couple of films. The conjoined burlesque sisters struggled under the heavy hand of their guardians before reaching financial independence. The Hiltons ...
According to The Lives and Loves of Daisy and Violet Hilton, Daisy died first. Had Violet survived the flu, she would've succumbed to blood loss, as Daisy's body went into rigor mortis and they shared a circulatory system.
Violet and Daisy Hilton were conjoined twins who, after many years of exploitation at the hands of their adoptive mother and a corrupt manager on the show-business circuit, managed to strike out on their own and become hugely successful stars of stage, vaudeville and film in the USA.
In 2014, the Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room’s Senior Librarian, Shelia Bumgarner, met Shelagh Childs who visited all the way from Brighton, England. The purpose of Childs’ visit was to research and learn more information about her great aunts, Violet and Daisy Hilton, who were conjoined twins.
“The Lives and Loves of Daisy and Violet Hlton” follows the poignant life story of twin sisters who were literally joined at the hip, set against the tumultuous backdrop of America during the first half of the 20th century.
Daisy and Violet Hilton about 1927. The movie opens with a judge (Norval Mitchell) begging the audience for help in resolving a terrible dilemma.The action moves to a courtroom, where Vivian Hamilton is on trial for the shooting death of her sister's lover.The story unfolds in flashback as various characters are called to testify.. Conjoined twins Dorothy and Vivian Hamilton (Daisy and Violet ...
THE LIVES AND LOVES OF DAISY AND VIOLET HILTON follows the poignant life story of twin sisters who were literally joined at the hip, set against the tumultuous...