Hattie Williams
American actress
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| Intro | American actress | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Actor Stage actor | |
| Work field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio | |
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| Birth | 17 March 1870, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA | |
| Death | 17 August 1942The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA (aged 72 years) | |
| Star sign | Pisces |
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Biography
Hattie Williams (March 17, 1870 - August 17, 1942) was an American stage actress, comedian and vocalist from Boston. She first gained fame in several farcical plays by Charles Hoyt. In 1886, she performed with John A. Arneaux's Shakespearean acting troupe as Lady Anne in Richard III. She was a popular player in vaudeville and with Charles Frohman's theatrical company at the turn of the twentieth century and appeared often at his famous Empire Theatre, New York. Williams retired from the theatre in 1914 at the height of her career.
Under the Frohman banner she and Ethel Barrymore were occasionally arch rivals.
Williams appeared in only one motion picture Glorianna's Getaway (1915), a short film.
She was good friends with the actor Richard Carle and they sometimes summered together on Long Island in the off season.
She died August 17, 1942, in the Bronx New York.
Popular plays
- Vivian's Papas (1903)
- The Girl from Kays (1904)
- The Rollicking Girl (1905)
- The Little Cherub (1906)
- Fluffy Ruffles (1908)
- A Slice of Life (1912) (*with Ethel and John Barrymore)
- The Doll Girl (1913)