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- ↑ ""THE WORST WOMAN IN LONDON."". The Advertiser . Adelaide. 1 October 1917. p. 7. Retrieved 29 September 2013– via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Plays and Players" Brooklyn Life (December 26, 1903): 28. via Newspapers.com
- ↑ The Worst Woman in London at Gaslight Theatre at IMDb
