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Elsie Hitz was an American actress.

Early years

As a child Hitz wanted to be an actress. She was inspired in part by Maude Adams's performance in Peter Pan when it played in Hitz's hometown, Cleveland, Ohio. When Hitz was 14 years old she debuted on stage as the ingenue for a stock theater company in Cleveland.^[1]

Career

Stage

A year after Hitz's stage debut, she became an ingenue on Broadway.^[1] Her work there included portraying Fern Randolph in Miss Daisy (1914) and Wilma Fawcett in Restless Women (1927).^[2]

In 1914 she was the ingenue with the Park-Shenandoah Players in St. Louis.^[3]

Radio

Hitz first performed on radio in a production of Show Boat, after which she was a member of the cast of True Story Hour for three years.^[1]

Hitz's roles on radio included those shown in the following table.

Partial List of Elsie Hitz's Roles on Radio Programs
Program	Role
Dangerous Paradise	Gale^[4]
Ellen Randolph	Ellen Randolph^[5]
Follow the Moon	Judith Page^[6]

Other programs on which Hitz was heard included The Magic Voice.^[6]^: 422

Personal life and death

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Elsie Hitz, Nick Dawson Radio's Veteran Romantic Team". The Landmark. Vermont, White River Junction. April 21, 1938. p. 7. Retrieved October 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Elsie Hitz". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
^ "Park-Shenandoah dramatic company to start Sept. 6". The St. Louis Star and Times. August 27, 1915. p. 4. Retrieved October 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Martin, Darrell V. (December 27, 1935). "Romance Grips Radio Serials". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 12. Retrieved October 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Worries". Daily Record. New Jersey, Long Branch. October 29, 1939. p. 2. Retrieved October 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio (Revised ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. p. 256. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3.

External links

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[l-1] "Elsie Hitz, Nick Dawson Radio's Veteran Romantic Team". The Landmark. Vermont, White River Junction. April 21, 1938. p. 7. Retrieved October 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

[2] "Elsie Hitz". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved October 24, 2023.

[3] "Park-Shenandoah dramatic company to start Sept. 6". The St. Louis Star and Times. August 27, 1915. p. 4. Retrieved October 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

[4] Martin, Darrell V. (December 27, 1935). "Romance Grips Radio Serials". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 12. Retrieved October 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

[5] "Worries". Daily Record. New Jersey, Long Branch. October 29, 1939. p. 2. Retrieved October 24, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

[dunningota-6] Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio (Revised ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. p. 256. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3.

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