Daisy Hilton is an American actress born in England. At the beginning of the 20th century, she took part in vaudeville, in circus performances, performed at fairs and carnivals. She was the sister of Violetta Hilton, with whom she literally never parted. Girls were born as Siamese twins, fused in the hips. Because the biography of Daisy is impossible to imagine without the life story of Violetta.
The fate inherited by Daisy and her sister was not simple. Siamese twins never knew their biological parents. Their childhood was spent at fairs, where they entertained the public. Later they managed to become stars, working in vaudeville and in a burlesque show, but the ending of their life was very tragic.
Facts from the biography
Daisy and Violet were born in early February in 1908. Place of birth: Sussex, UK. Their mother, whose name was Kate Skinner, was not married. When she found out that it was the Siamese twins who were impossible to separate, she wanted to get rid of the girls. As a result, the babies were bought by Mary Hilton, who is the owner of the Queen's Head bar, in which Skinner once worked as a waitress.
Daisy and Violetta, to whom Mary Hilton gave her last name, had a common circulatory system, but separate developed vital organs. They were connected in the hips and buttocks; no other pathologies were found in the girls.
Siamese twins spent their childhood and teens first at Queen's Head Bar, and then at Evening Star Pub.
For the first time, the Hilton sisters went to the public at the age of 3 years. Initially, they toured only in the UK. Later went on a tour of European countries and the United States. At that time, the Hilton family were their representatives and guardians, who took all the money the girls earned and completely controlled them.
The twins, despite their peculiarity, were distinguished by acting talent. They were interested in creativity, they liked being on stage. They sang and danced very well, besides, they had a pretty appearance.
After the death of Mary Hilton, the "fused" sisters continued to work for a while for their guardian and his daughter. In the 1920s, the twins moved to America. There, the girls began to take music lessons, mastering the art of playing the saxophone, clarinet.
In 1926, the girls performed with Bob Hope. For them, they even came up with a separate dance number, called "Dancemedians". At the same time, they began to collaborate with the famous illusionist and magician Harry Houdini.
In the early 1930s, Daisy and Violetta went to court demanding that they be recognized as independent and independent individuals. The Hilton sisters won the trial, freed from custody and received large financial compensation "for moral damage."
Further creative way
Having become free, Daisy and Violetta refused to perform in the streets and ceased to cooperate with traveling circuses. They devoted themselves to work in vaudeville, becoming the stars of the stage. They even organized their own show, dubbed "The Hilton Sisters' Revue."
Wanting to be different from her sister, Daisy Hilton changed her hairstyle and bleached her dark hair. Girls began to wear different outfits and try to express themselves, despite the fact that they were always forced to be near.
Actresses were not limited to work only in vaudeville. In 1932, the film "Freaks" was released, which became the debut for the Hilton sisters. In the early 1950s, they once again acted as film actresses, starring in the film "Chained for Life".
Until the mid-1950s, Daisy and her sister performed in a burlesque show, touring America and Europe. Their career in show business and in the entertainment industry finally ended in 1955, when interest in the sisters completely died away, and the burlesque and vaudeville fashion passed.
