Charlotte Alice Alter (January , â€" December , ) was an American
actress on stage and in silent films.Alter was born in La Crosse,
Wisconsin, the daughter of Frederick Pernal Alter. In she was
described as being "in her early twenties", but she was also described
as being " years of age" in , and " years old" in a profile, which
suggests a birthdate sometime in the early s.Alter began acting in the
American midwest by , playing soubrette roles in touring companies
managed by Henrietta Crosman, Joseph Jefferson and Charles Frohman, in
such shows as The Cricket on the Hearth, Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush,
The Country Circus, Fifi, The Shadows of a Great City, The Girl I Left
Behind Me, and Hearts are Trumps. On Broadway, she acted in To Have
and to Hold (), The Vinegar Buyer (), The Trifler (, with Esme
Beringer), Charley's Aunt (), and Excuse Me by Rupert Hughes (). Of
her work in Excuse Me, critic George Jean Nathan wrote that she was
among "the best in a generally capable cast."She toured Australia and
Great Britain in Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. In she was leading
her own company on vaudeville.
actress on stage and in silent films.Alter was born in La Crosse,
Wisconsin, the daughter of Frederick Pernal Alter. In she was
described as being "in her early twenties", but she was also described
as being " years of age" in , and " years old" in a profile, which
suggests a birthdate sometime in the early s.Alter began acting in the
American midwest by , playing soubrette roles in touring companies
managed by Henrietta Crosman, Joseph Jefferson and Charles Frohman, in
such shows as The Cricket on the Hearth, Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush,
The Country Circus, Fifi, The Shadows of a Great City, The Girl I Left
Behind Me, and Hearts are Trumps. On Broadway, she acted in To Have
and to Hold (), The Vinegar Buyer (), The Trifler (, with Esme
Beringer), Charley's Aunt (), and Excuse Me by Rupert Hughes (). Of
her work in Excuse Me, critic George Jean Nathan wrote that she was
among "the best in a generally capable cast."She toured Australia and
Great Britain in Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. In she was leading
her own company on vaudeville.
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