Hattie Williams (March , - August , ) was an American stage actress,
comedian and vocalist from Boston. She first gained fame in several
farcical plays by Charles Hoyt. In , 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 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 (), a short
film.She was good friends with the actor Richard Carle and they
sometimes summered together on Long Island in the off season.
comedian and vocalist from Boston. She first gained fame in several
farcical plays by Charles Hoyt. In , 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 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 (), a short
film.She was good friends with the actor Richard Carle and they
sometimes summered together on Long Island in the off season.
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