Elsa Lewis

Elsa Elizabeth Lewis (born c. 1903) was an Australian musician and vaudeville performer.

Career Elsa Lewis studied at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music under Belgian violinist Gustave Walthers. She performed as a member of the Rhapsodie Quartette, with Dorothy Randle, Tasma Tieman, and Grace Funston.

Her performances as a whistling violinist took her to New Zealand. Back in Australia she joined the Fuller and Tivoli circuit and grew her popularity with audiences.

During the 1930s she left Australia to perform internationally, including entertaining Allied forces during World War II. She returned to Australia in 1946, after performing in England with Jack Hylton's band, having added singing lovebirds to her act who sat on her arms as she played violin.

Personal life Lewis was an only child. She grew up in Hampton, her father was Fred Lewis. Her mother was a well-known pianist. They were divorced in 1936 when Elsa left for England. By mid-1936 she had married Ron Macdonald, a Major in the Indian Army, who joined her in her vaudeville performances. They appeared together as The Granados,

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