Lottie Alter

Charlotte Alice Alter (1870s – December 25, 1924) was an American actress on stage and in silent films.

Lottie Alter
Lottie Alter, from a 1901 publication.
Born
Charlotte Alice Alter

1870s
La Crosse, Wisconsin
DiedDecember 25, 1924
Beechhurst, Queens, New York
NationalityAmerican
Occupationactress

Early life

Alter was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin,[1] the daughter of Frederick Pernal Alter.[2] In 1902 she was described as being "in her early twenties",[3] but she was also described as being "17 years of age" in 1890,[4] and "22 years old" in a 1893 profile, which suggests a birthdate sometime in the early 1870s.[5]

Career
Arthur Vezin and Lottie Alter in Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1908).

Alter began acting in the American midwest by 1890,[6] 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,[5] Fifi,[7] The Shadows of a Great City, The Girl I Left Behind Me,[8] and Hearts are Trumps.[9] On Broadway, she acted in To Have and to Hold (1901), The Vinegar Buyer (1903),[10] The Trifler (1905, with Esme Beringer),[11] Charley's Aunt (1906), and Excuse Me by Rupert Hughes (1911). Of her work in Excuse Me, critic George Jean Nathan wrote that she was among "the best in a generally capable cast."[12]

She toured Australia and Great Britain in Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. In 1916 she was leading her own company on vaudeville.[13]

Silent film appearances by Alter included roles in Advertising for a Wife (1910, short), An Arizona Romance (1910, short), The Eternal City (1915, with Pauline Frederick and Thomas Holding), and The Lottery Man (1916, with Oliver Hardy and Thurlow Bergen).

Personal life

Alter married a fellow actor, Harry Bradley, in 1923.[14] She died in Beechhurst, Queens, New York, in 1924, probably in her late forties.[15]

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References
  1. "Plays and Players" Inter Ocean (April 22, 1898): 5. via Newspapers.com
  2. Who's who on the Stage (B. W. Dodge & Company 1908): 14.
  3. Untitled news item, Buffalo Courier (June 29, 1902): 2. via Newspapers.com
  4. "The Stage" Detroit Free Press (September 26, 1890): 3. via Newspapers.com
  5. "Lottie Alter Equestrienne" Boston Post (December 17, 1893): 11. via Newspapers.com
  6. "A Bellboy Stole her Watch" The Evening World (March 15, 1892): 2. via Newspapers.com
  7. "A Pretty and Promising Actress" Star Tribune (January 26, 1900): 10. via Newspapers.com
  8. "A Romance of the Stage" San Francisco Examiner (August 25, 1893): 6. via Newspapers.com
  9. A. D. Storms, The Players' Blue Book (Sutherland & Storms 1901): 234-235.
  10. "Queries Answered" The Theatre Magazine Advertiser (May 1907): xxvii.
  11. "Princess Theatre" The Theatre Magazine (April 1905): 84.
  12. George Jean Nathan, "Drama and Ladyfingers" The Smart Set (April 1911): 157.
  13. "New Vaudeville Bill at Plainfield Theatre" The Courier-News (February 17, 1916): 2. via Newspapers.com
  14. "Wedded" Brooklyn Daily Eagle (June 17, 1923): 67. via Newspapers.com
  15. "Actress's Funeral" Daily News (December 27, 1924): 16. via Newspapers.com
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