Elsie and Doris Waters both attended Coborn School for Girls in Bow, and were choristers at St. Leonard's Church. They studied at the Guildhall School of Music, before joining a theatrical company in Southwold, Suffolk.
Both Elsie and Doris Waters went to Coborn School for Girls in Bow, where they sang in church choir. Afterward, they studied music at the Guildhall School of Music and then joined a theater troupe in Southwold, Suffolk.