Lottie Alter
Lottie Alter | |
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 Alter, from a 1901 publication | |
| Born | Charlotte Alice Alter January 16, 1871 La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | December 25, 1924 (aged 53) Beechhurst, Queens, New York, U.S. |
| Resting place | Flushing Cemetery |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1886–1924 |
| Known for | Stage and silent films |
| Spouse | |
Charlotte Alice Alter (January 16, 1871 – December 25, 1924)[1] was an American actress on stage and in silent films.
Early life
[edit]Alter was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin on January 16, 1871,[2] the daughter of Frederick Pernal Alter and Ida Alter (née Soplitt).[3][4][5][6]
Career
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Alter began acting in the American midwest by 1890,[7] 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,[6] Fifi,[8] The Shadows of a Great City, The Girl I Left Behind Me,[9] and Hearts are Trumps.[10] On Broadway, she acted in To Have and to Hold (1901), The Vinegar Buyer (1903),[11] The Trifler (1905) with Esme Beringer,[12] Charley's Aunt (1906), and Excuse Me (1911) 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."[13]
She toured Australia and Great Britain in Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. In 1916 she was leading her own company in vaudeville.[14]
Silent film appearances by Alter included roles in the film shorts Advertising for a Wife (1910) and An Arizona Romance (1910), and the feature films The Eternal City (1915) alongside Pauline Frederick and Thomas Holding, and The Lottery Man (1916) with Oliver Hardy and Thurlow Bergen.
Personal life
[edit]Alter married a fellow actor, Harry C. Bradley, in 1923.[15]
She died in Beechhurst, Queens, New York, in 1924 of pneumonitis.[16] She was buried at Flushing Cemetery.[17]
References
[edit]- ^ "Join Ancestry".
- ^ "Plays and Players" Inter Ocean (April 22, 1898): 5. via Newspapers.com
- ^ Who's who on the Stage (B. W. Dodge & Company 1908): 14.
- ^ Untitled news item, Buffalo Courier (June 29, 1902): 2. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "The Stage" Detroit Free Press (September 26, 1890): 3. via Newspapers.com
- ^ a b "Lottie Alter Equestrienne" Boston Post (December 17, 1893): 11. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "A Bellboy Stole her Watch" The Evening World (March 15, 1892): 2. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "A Pretty and Promising Actress" Star Tribune (January 26, 1900): 10. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "A Romance of the Stage" San Francisco Examiner (August 25, 1893): 6. via Newspapers.com
- ^ A. D. Storms, The Players' Blue Book (Sutherland & Storms 1901): 234-235.
- ^ "Queries Answered" The Theatre Magazine Advertiser (May 1907): xxvii.
- ^ "Princess Theatre" The Theatre Magazine (April 1905): 84.
- ^ George Jean Nathan, "Drama and Ladyfingers" The Smart Set (April 1911): 157.
- ^ "New Vaudeville Bill at Plainfield Theatre" The Courier-News (February 17, 1916): 2. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "Wedded" Brooklyn Daily Eagle (June 17, 1923): 67. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "Actress's Funeral" Daily News (December 27, 1924): 16. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "Join Ancestry".
External links
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- Lottie Alter at IMDb
- Lottie Alter at the Internet Broadway Database
- Photographs of Lottie Alter in the Billy Rose Theatre Collection Photograph File, New York Public Library Digital Collections.
- A photograph of Lottie Alter by Matzene, in the University of Washington Libraries.
