Artie Hall (–1939) was an American

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singer and actress, known for her

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performances as a coon shouter. She was a "petite vocalist with a strong voice". Her most successful role was Topsy in William A. Brady's version of ''

Uncle Tom's Cabin ''Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly'' is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in two volumes in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U. ...

''. A controversial part of her act was the removal of a glove to reveal her white skin at the end of a song. Artie Hall was initially reported to have died during the April 18, 1906, San Francisco earthquake. This apparently was misconstrued, and misquoted by the New York Times before it was discovered she didn't die. Hall was married circa 1899 to an actor named Robert Fulgora. They were divorced by September 1914. She later married William Atwell, a vaudeville agent. Hall died from a kidney ailment at her home in

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, New York on March 20, 1939, aged 58. Her sister, Pauline Des Landes (known professionally as Bonita) was also a vaudeville actress.

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* 1880s births 1939 deaths American stage actresses Vaudeville performers 20th-century American actresses Actresses from Atlanta Musicians from Atlanta 1906 San Francisco earthquake survivors 20th-century American women singers 20th-century American singers {{US-singer-stub