Dillon became the third husband of the Music Hall star Marie Lloyd.
The fifth of nine children, the oldest being Matilda Alice Victoria Wood (1870–1922), performing under the stage name Marie Lloyd.
By this period, the newspaper was so well known that music hall singer Marie Lloyd took her stage name from it.
Variety artists who appeared at the Palace included Marie Lloyd, Evie Greene and Lottie Lennox.
Andrew Lloyd Webber | Frank Lloyd Wright | David Lloyd George | Marie Antoinette | Marie Curie | Lloyd Kaufman | Lloyd's of London | Julian Lloyd Webber | Christopher Lloyd | Marie Osmond | Sault Ste. Marie | Buffy Sainte-Marie | Marie Claire | Harold Lloyd | William Lloyd Garrison | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario | Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma | Lloyd Alexander | Marie Lloyd | Lloyd | Adrien-Marie Legendre | Marie | Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan | Marie de' Medici | Lloyd Richards | John Lloyd Cruz | Jean Victor Marie Moreau | Jean-Marie Le Pen | Charles-Marie Widor | Anne-Marie Albiach |
Among her other roles for Theatre Workshop were Mrs. Lovitt in Christopher Bond's play Sweeny Todd (the basis for the Sondheim musical), and the title role in a play about the music hall legend Marie Lloyd.
He co-wrote many songs with A.J. Mills and Fred Godfrey including Tom Costello’s "I’ve Made Up My Mind To Sail Away", Whit Cunliffe’s "Fall In And Follow Me", "One Of The B’hoys" by Mark Sheridan, "When I Take My Morning Promenade" by Marie Lloyd, "Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty by Florrie Forde and "Take me in a Taxi, Joe".
Charlie Chaplin, WC Fields, Stanley Holloway, Stan Laurel and Marie Lloyd all performed there, when the Hackney Empire was a music hall.
At the Colonial Theatre in New York in March 1909 Dainton appeared in vaudeville, again performing her mimicry of celebrities, including Harry Lauder, Anna Held, Marie Tempest, Marie Lloyd and Mrs Patrick Campbell.
The dispute gained momentum due to the support from well-established entertainers including Marie Dainton, Marie Lloyd, Arthur Roberts, Joe Elvin and Gus Elen.
Known by her friends as Micky, she had a strong circle of friends including Marguerite Broadfoote, Radclyffe Hall, 'Little Tich', Marie Lloyd, Bransby Williams and many others.