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Lottie Williams (actress, born 1874)

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Lottie Williams
Williams in 1920
Born(1874-01-20)January 20, 1874
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
DiedNovember 16, 1962(1962-11-16) (aged 88)
Los Angeles, California, United States
OccupationActress
Years active1920–1949

Lottie Williams (January 20, 1874 – November 16, 1962) was an American character actress whose career spanned both the silent and sound film eras.

Early life

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Lottie Williams was born on January 20, 1874, in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Career

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Lottie Williams in 1890

Williams debuted on film in a supporting role in the 1920 silent comedy A Full House. She appeared in over 70 films, mostly in smaller and supporting roles, during her 30-year career.[1]

Williams in the film The Great O'Malley (1937)

Some of the more notable films in which she appeared include: Michael Curtiz' Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), starring James Cagney and Pat O'Brien;[2] the 1939 melodrama Dark Victory, with Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart and George Brent;[3] Meet John Doe (1941), directed by Frank Capra, and starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck;[4] the screwball comedy, The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942), starring Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, and Monty Woolley;[5] and Edge of Darkness (1942), starring Errol Flynn and Ann Sheridan;[6] Her final appearance would be in a supporting role in 1949's One Last Fling, starring Alexis Smith and Zachary Scott, after which she retired from the film industry.

Death

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Williams died on November 16, 1962, in Los Angeles, California.

Filmography

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(Per AFI database)[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Lottie Williams". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  2. ^ "Angels with Dirty Faces". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  3. ^ "Dark Victory". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  4. ^ "Meet John Doe". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  5. ^ "The Man Who Came to Dinner". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
  6. ^ "Edge of Darkness". American Film Institute. Retrieved January 16, 2015.
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