Hattie Williams

Hattie Williams (March 17, 1870[1] - August 17, 1942) was an American stage actress, comedian and vocalist from Boston.[2] She first gained fame in several farcical plays by Charles Hoyt.[3] In 1886, she performed with John A. Arneaux's Shakespearean acting troupe as Lady Anne in Richard III.[4] 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.

Hattie Williams
BornMarch 17, 1870
Boston, Massachusetts
DiedAugust 17, 1942
Bronx, New York
OccupationActress
Years active1893-1915

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.

Hattie Williams and Sam Bernard in The Girl from Kays
  • 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)

References
  1. Silent Film Necrology 2nd Edition by Eugene Michael Vazzana, c.2001
  2. Hattie Williams - North American Theatre Online
  3. The Oxford Companion to American Theatre 2nd Edition by Gerald Bordman, c.1992
  4. Hill, Errol G., and James V. Hatch. A history of African American theatre. Vol. 18. Cambridge University Press, 2003. p79-82
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