Background
She was born in London as Mary Aline Wilshin (corroborated by publicly-available birth records. Other sources give Sunday/ Sundae Mary Aline Horne (-) Wilshin) and educated at the Italia Conti Stage School.
She was born in London as Mary Aline Wilshin (corroborated by publicly-available birth records. Other sources give Sunday/ Sundae Mary Aline Horne (-) Wilshin) and educated at the Italia Conti Stage School.
In connection with the "bright young things", Wilshin commonly appears in accounts of a gathering whereat she was assaulted by the silent film actress Brenda Dean Paul.
Wilshin was a member of the "Bright young things" of the 1920s, and a close friend of the actress Cyllene Moxon and of author (and former actress) Noel Streatfeild.