Victory Bateman

Victory Bateman (April 6, 1865 in Philadelphia – March 2, 1926 in Los Angeles) was an American silent film actress. Her father, Thomas Creese, and her mother, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Creese, were both actors. On stage, Ms. Bateman appeared in the 1900 tour of "The Man From Mexico" and in the 1919 tour of "Seven Days' Leave".

Victory Bateman
Bateman (left) in Cinderella's Twin (1920)
Born
Victory Creese

(1865-04-06)April 6, 1865
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
DiedMarch 2, 1926(1926-03-02) (aged 60)
Los Angeles, California
OccupationFilm actress
Spouse(s)Wilfred Clarke
Harry Mestayer (1900–05)
George Cleveland (m. 1910)[1]

She was born nine days before Abraham Lincoln was assassinated but was named Victory because of the North's eventual win over the Confederate South finishing the Civil War. In the early 1890s she became embroiled in the divorce proceedings of actors Aubrey Boucicault and Amy Busby. Though later exonerated from all involvement in the case Bateman was forced to resign from an all-woman's group called The Professional Woman's League.[2] At one time she was married to Wilfred Clarke, a son of John Sleeper Clarke and Asia Booth; and nephew of Edwin and John Wilkes Booth. They were separated for many years at the time of the Boucicault trial.[3] She was also married, in later years, to Harry Mestayer and to George Cleveland. She and her last two husbands were eventually involved in the silent film industry.

Filmography
  • Nicholas Nickleby (1912) as Miss La Creevy
  • Her Cousin Fred (1912) as Victory, Fred's Sister
  • Tangled Relations (1912) as The Widow, Florence's Mother
  • Her Nephews from Labrador (1913) as The Aunt
  • The Dove in the Eagle's Nest (1913)
  • For Her Boy's Sake (1913)
  • The Lady Killer (1913)
  • Article 47, L' (1913)
  • The House in the Tree (1913)
  • The Hendrick's Divorce (1913)
  • The Ten of Spades (1914)
  • The Ring (1914)
  • The Thief and the Book (1914)
  • The Stronger Hand (1914)
  • Freckles (1914)
Bateman (on step) in 1912 film After All
gollark: I suppose there are a lot of stupid people.
gollark: I mean, that sort of thing might work *rarely* and/or on really stupid people, but almost certainly not consistently.
gollark: Oh yes, disarm someone with a gun while unarmed, you can DEFINITELY do that without DYING HORRIBLY.
gollark: I'm not really sure why I would need to know this.
gollark: No, just DNS weirdness.

References
  1. Bateman-Cleveland marriage; Aimesley Jordan Genealogy Detective, 2009
  2. VICTORY BATEMAN EXONERATED; So It Was Stated in Mrs. Aubrey Boucicault's Decree of Divorce - NY Times, December 15, 1893
  3. VICTORY BATEMAN TO SUE; WANTS $50,000 FROM THE PROFESSIONAL WOMAN'S LEAGUE - New York Times, December 21, 1893(opens in PDF)
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