Valli Valli

Who was Valli Valli?

Valli Valli, born Valli Knust, was a musical comedy actress and silent film performer born in Berlin, Germany. She was descended from an old English family and lived most of her life in England. Her brother was a captain in the Royal Fusiliers, who fought for the British in France in World War I. Her sisters Lulu and Ida were both actresses, who used the stage names Lulu Valli and Ida Valli. Her brother-in-law, Philip Curtiss, wrote Mummers in Mufti in 1921. She also had a brother named Cyril Knust.