205:. She would later describe the impact this meeting had on her stating it was like "as if someone had taken a hammer and knocked me on the head... During that week I went about like one in a dream: I was stunned with the wonder of Baba, nothing else existed for me." She became a disciple of his and began a correspondence with him from 1931 until his death in 1969.
33:
283:
161:
Between 1925 and 1935, she appeared in multiple productions at the Q Theatre, initially under the name of Delia
Delvina. She was a part of the cast of
134:. In 1909, she was sent to Jamaica to a boarding school run by English women. In 1911, the de Leon family moved to London, settling in West Hampstead.
496:
491:
511:
457:
440:
362:
516:
415:
390:
506:
501:
324:
212:
and Kitty Davy became known as "The
Frivolous Three" and "Kimco" due to their increasing involvement with Baba.
126:
Delia de Leon, the eldest child of May Miriam (née Maduro) and
Michael de Leon, was born on 10 February 1901 in
245:
She lived with her sister-in-law
Beatrice, until Beatrice's death in 1991. On 21 January 1993, de Leon died in
147:
94:
146:
founded the London
Academy of Dramatic Art. The next year, de Leon provided financial support for her brother
175:
378:
486:
481:
250:
8:
346:
193:
32:
436:
411:
386:
358:
170:
288:
180:
143:
300:
127:
56:
209:
198:
166:
155:
106:(10 February 1901 – 21 January 1993) was a British actress and co-founder of the
292:
223:
131:
115:
475:
342:
202:
111:
350:
151:
107:
383:
The
Nirvana Express: How the Search for Enlightenment Went West
215:
In 1962, de Leon compiled a booklet of Baba's sayings named
110:. She was a devoted disciple of the Indian spiritual master
246:
74:
154:. In 1929, alongside Jack, she managed the newly opened
226:, a fellow Meher Baba follower, released a film titled
341:
208:
During the early thirties, de Leon, along with dancer
169:. de Leon received acclaim for her performance in
473:
142:In 1923, de Leon, along with her sister-in-law
165:when it transferred from the Q Theatre to the
287:(online ed.). Oxford University Press.
238:In 1991, de Leon released her autobiography
114:and was the subject of a film by musician
31:
405:
385:. Oxford University Press. p. 126.
249:, at the age of 91. She was cremated at
408:Who Are You: The Life Of Pete Townshend
284:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
233:
474:
430:
322:
318:
316:
314:
312:
310:
276:
274:
272:
270:
268:
266:
201:, de Leon met Indian spiritual master
191:At a production of the musical comedy
431:Feakes, Geoffrey (24 November 2022).
377:
455:
406:Wilkerson, Mark (28 October 2009).
307:
263:
13:
497:20th-century British Sephardi Jews
281:Taylor, C. M. P. "Leon, Jack de".
280:
14:
528:
458:"Pete Townshend's Mixed Blessing"
230:, dedicated to de Leon and Baba.
179:, which later transferred to the
433:The Who: Every Album, Every Song
186:
492:20th-century British actresses
456:Sims, Judith (24 April 1975).
449:
424:
399:
371:
357:. Pan Macmillan. p. 250.
335:
1:
323:Horder, John (5 March 1993).
256:
121:
435:. Sonicbond Publishing Ltd.
301:UK public library membership
7:
18:British actress (1901–1993)
10:
533:
512:People from Colón, Panama
325:"Obituary: Delia de Leon"
150:and Beatrice to open the
137:
90:
82:
63:
42:
30:
23:
517:Jewish British actresses
163:The Children of the Moon
507:Followers of Meher Baba
502:British stage actresses
355:The London Encyclopedia
353:; Keay, Julia (2010).
293:10.1093/ref:odnb/74652
253:. She never married.
347:Hibbert, Christopher
251:Mortlake Crematorium
234:Later life and death
194:The White Horse Inn
222:In 1974, musician
176:The Barton Mystery
410:. Omnibus Press.
299:(Subscription or
240:The Ocean of Love
171:Walter C. Hackett
130:. The family was
101:
100:
77:, London, England
524:
466:
465:
453:
447:
446:
428:
422:
421:
403:
397:
396:
375:
369:
368:
339:
333:
332:
320:
305:
304:
296:
278:
144:Beatrice de Leon
70:
53:10 February 1901
52:
50:
35:
21:
20:
532:
531:
527:
526:
525:
523:
522:
521:
472:
471:
470:
469:
454:
450:
443:
429:
425:
418:
404:
400:
393:
376:
372:
365:
340:
336:
329:The Independent
321:
308:
298:
279:
264:
259:
236:
210:Margaret Craske
199:London Coliseum
189:
167:Royalty Theatre
156:Duchess Theatre
140:
132:Sephardi Jewish
124:
78:
72:
68:
67:21 January 1993
59:
54:
48:
46:
38:
26:
19:
12:
11:
5:
530:
520:
519:
514:
509:
504:
499:
494:
489:
484:
468:
467:
448:
442:978-1789521184
441:
423:
416:
398:
391:
370:
364:978-1405049252
363:
334:
306:
261:
260:
258:
255:
235:
232:
224:Pete Townshend
188:
185:
139:
136:
123:
120:
116:Pete Townshend
99:
98:
92:
88:
87:
84:
80:
79:
73:
71:(aged 91)
65:
61:
60:
55:
44:
40:
39:
36:
28:
27:
24:
17:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
529:
518:
515:
513:
510:
508:
505:
503:
500:
498:
495:
493:
490:
488:
485:
483:
480:
479:
477:
463:
462:Rolling Stone
459:
452:
444:
438:
434:
427:
419:
417:9780857120083
413:
409:
402:
394:
392:9781805260196
388:
384:
380:
374:
366:
360:
356:
352:
348:
344:
338:
330:
326:
319:
317:
315:
313:
311:
302:
294:
290:
286:
285:
277:
275:
273:
271:
269:
267:
262:
254:
252:
248:
243:
241:
231:
229:
225:
220:
218:
213:
211:
206:
204:
200:
196:
195:
184:
182:
178:
177:
172:
168:
164:
159:
157:
153:
149:
145:
135:
133:
129:
128:Colón, Panama
119:
117:
113:
109:
105:
104:Delia de Leon
96:
93:
89:
85:
81:
76:
66:
62:
58:
57:Colón, Panama
45:
41:
34:
29:
25:Delia de Leon
22:
16:
461:
451:
432:
426:
407:
401:
382:
373:
354:
343:Weinreb, Ben
337:
328:
282:
244:
239:
237:
227:
221:
216:
214:
207:
192:
190:
187:Spirituality
174:
162:
160:
141:
125:
103:
102:
95:Jack de Leon
69:(1993-01-21)
15:
487:1993 deaths
482:1901 births
379:Brown, Mick
476:Categories
351:Keay, John
303:required.)
257:References
203:Meher Baba
122:Early life
112:Meher Baba
83:Occupation
49:1901-02-10
152:Q Theatre
108:Q Theatre
97:(brother)
91:Relatives
381:(2023).
181:West End
197:at the
86:Actress
439:
414:
389:
361:
297:
217:Sparks
138:Career
228:Delia
437:ISBN
412:ISBN
387:ISBN
359:ISBN
148:Jack
64:Died
43:Born
37:1932
289:doi
247:Kew
173:'s
75:Kew
478::
460:.
349:;
345:;
327:.
309:^
265:^
242:.
219:.
183:.
158:.
118:.
464:.
445:.
420:.
395:.
367:.
331:.
295:.
291::
51:)
47:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
