Hattie McIntosh
Hattie McIntosh (1860 - 1919) was a vaudeville performer who toured with successful shows and her husband, fellow performer Tom McIntosh (comedian).
She was from Detroit, Michigan.[1]
Together they performed a show titled Mr. and Mrs. McIntosh in the King of Bavaria as well as in their show A Hot Old Time in Dixie.[2] They also joined Sam T. Jack's The Creole Show. She starred in In Dahomey, Bandanna Land, and Mr. Lode of Koal,
International performances included Shaftesbury in 1903.[3]
Her husband died of a stroke in 1904. She later married Billy King in 1912[4] and performed with the Billy King Stock Company.[2] She performed in My Old Kentucky Home in July 1915 with King's company.[1]
The New York Public Library has an image published from In Dahomey that includes McIntosh and her fellow lead actors performing a dance in Boston.[5] That fall she was the lead in In Society.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Sampson, Henry T. (October 30, 2013). Blacks in Blackface: A Sourcebook on Early Black Musical Shows. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810883512 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Peterson, Bernard L. (October 10, 2001). Profiles of African American Stage Performers and Theatre People, 1816-1960. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313295348 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Solicitors' Journal and Reporter". October 10, 1903 – via Google Books.
- ^ Wintz, Cary D.; Finkelman, Paul (October 10, 2004). Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance: K-Y. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781579584580 – via Google Books.
- ^ "NYPL, Vaudeville Nation". web-static.nypl.org.
- 1860 births
- 1919 deaths
- American vaudeville performers
- Actresses from Detroit
- Singers from Detroit
- Comedians from Michigan
- 19th-century African-American women
- African-American actresses
- African-American female dancers
- 20th-century African-American women singers
- 20th-century American women singers
- 20th-century American singers
- 20th-century American people
- 19th-century American women musicians
- 19th-century African-American people