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Ella Lindow

1880 – 1933

(1880–1933), UK novelist and songwriter

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Lived 1880 – 1933 (aged 53). Ella Lindow was a British novelist and songwriter.

Ella Lindow aka Gabrielle Wodnil and Ella Wodnil (12 February 1880 – 27 April 1933) was a British novelist and songwriter.

Life Lindow was born in 1880 in Islington. She was the only child of Angelina (born Levy in London) and her Russian born husband Joseph Lindow. Her father dealt in diamonds and he had been married before, giving her seven elder half-siblings who had been born in America and Germany.

In 1912 she published her first novel as "Gabrielle Wodnil" with the title Maggie of Margate: a Seaside Sensation, which fitted in with a trend to have alliterative titles that included the name of a resort reachable on the railway. but the boss does not know that and she says "Oh Sir you mustn't talk like that with you a real gentleman and me just a poor girl". Mike's offer to Maggie includes a career on the stage in the musical theatre. The beach novel

Death and legacy Lindow's Maggie of Margate was republished in 1926 in paperback. She died in 1933 in Hampstead.

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
Royal Academy of Music
Also known as
Gabrielle Wodnil, Ella Wodnil

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Ella Lindow's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Ella Lindow?

(1880–1933), UK novelist and songwriter

When was Ella Lindow born?

Ella Lindow was born on 12 February 1880 in Islington.

When did Ella Lindow die?

Ella Lindow died on 27 April 1933 in Hampstead.

What was Ella Lindow's occupation?

Ella Lindow was a novelist and songwriter.

What nationality was Ella Lindow?

Ella Lindow was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Ella Lindow

· Wikidata: Q122166694

· DBpedia: Gabrielle Wodnil

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