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Charlotte Ganahl Walker (December 20, 1876March 23, 1958) was a
Broadway theater
Broadway theatre,Although ''theater'' is generally the spelling for this common noun in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences#-re, -er, American and British English spelling differences), 130 of the List of ...
actress.
Early life
Charlotte Ganahl Walker was born on December 20, 1876, in Galveston, Texas to Edwin A. Walker (1849–1889) and Charlisa (De Ganahl) Walker (1855–1934).
Stage actress
Walker made her stage debut as a teen in 1893. At nineteen 1895 she performed in
London, England
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in a comedy called ''The Mummy'' and in the same year performed with
Richard Mansfield
Richard Mansfield (24 May 1857 – 30 August 1907) was an English actor-manager best known for his performances in Shakespeare plays, Gilbert and Sullivan operas, and the play '' Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde''.
Life and career
Mansfield was born ...
. Later, she returned to her native Texas after marrying and had two children. In 1900, she made her Broadway debut in ''Miss Prinnt''.
She returned to the stage in 1901 and appeared with
James A. Herne
James A. Herne (born James Ahearn; February 1, 1839 – June 2, 1901) was an American playwright and actor. He is considered by some critics to be the "American Ibsen", and his controversial play ''Margaret Fleming'' is often credited with havin ...
. She was a leading lady with
James K. Hackett from 1901 to 1905. In 1907 she appeared in the Broadway hit ''The Warrens of Virginia'' whose cast also had Gladys Smith (later
Mary Pickford
Gladys Marie Smith (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979), known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian-American stage and screen actress and producer with a career that spanned five decades. A pioneer in the US film industry, she co-founde ...
) and
Cecil B. DeMille
Cecil Blount DeMille (; August 12, 1881January 21, 1959) was an American film director, producer and actor. Between 1914 and 1958, he made 70 features, both silent and sound films. He is acknowledged as a founding father of the American cine ...
. She appeared as June in ''Trail of the Lonesome Pine'', in 1911.
[''Great Actors and Actresses of the American Stage: In Historic Photographs'', p.43 #111 c.1983 edit. by Stanley Appelbaum..Retrieved August 8, 2018] She would later reprise the role in Cecil B. DeMille's 1916 film ''
Trail of the Lonesome Pine''.
David Belasco
David Belasco (July 25, 1853 – May 14, 1931) was an American theatrical producer, impresario, director, and playwright. He was the first writer to adapt the short story ''Madame Butterfly'' for the stage. He launched the theatrical career of m ...
noticed her in ''On Parole''. He signed her for starring roles in plays ''The Warrens of Virginia'', ''
Just a Wife
''Just a Wife'' is a 1910 play by Eugene Walter that was adapted to silent film in 1920.
It was performed on Broadway at the Belasco Theatre in 1910, and was made into a silent film released in 1920 and directed by Howard C. Hickman.(December ...
'', and ''Call The Doctor''. Each of the Belasco productions was staged prior to
World War I
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.
She continued to act on the
Broadway
Broadway may refer to:
Theatre
* Broadway Theatre (disambiguation)
* Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
**Broadway Theatre (53rd Stree ...
stage. In 1923 she played with
Ethel Barrymore
Ethel Barrymore (born Ethel Mae Blythe; August 15, 1879 – June 18, 1959) was an American actress and a member of the Barrymore family of actors. Barrymore was a stage, screen and radio actress whose career spanned six decades, and was regarde ...
in ''The School For Scandal''. It was produced by the Player's Club.
Films
Walker's motion picture career began in 1915 with ''
Kindling
Kindling is material for firelighting
Kindling may also refer to:
* ''Kindling'' (album), a 1973 album by Gene Parsons
* ''Kindling'' (film), a 1915 film by Cecil B. DeMille
* ''Kindling'' (Mick Farren novel)
* ''Ruined City'' (novel) or ''Ki ...
'' and ''Out of the Darkness''. ''Sloth'' (1917) is a five-reeler which features Walker. In the third reel of this film she plays a youthful
Dutch
Dutch commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
Dutch may also refer to:
Places
* Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States
* Pennsylvania Dutch Country
People E ...
maid who is about sixteen years old. The setting is an old Dutch settlement on
Staten Island, New York
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. The theme stresses the perils of indolence to a nation of people. It cautions against permitting luxury to replace the simple life led by America's forebears. In her later silent film work Walker can be seen in ''The Midnight Girl'' (1925) starring alongside a pre-''
Dracula
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''
Bela Lugosi
Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó (; October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956), known professionally as Bela Lugosi (; ), was a Hungarian and American actor best remembered for portraying Count Dracula in the 1931 horror classic ''Dracula'', Ygor in ''S ...
. ''The Midnight Girl'' is one of Walker's few silents that survives.
As a film actress Walker continued to perform in films into the early 1930s. Her later screen performances include roles in ''Lightnin
''' (1930), ''Millie'' (1931), ''
Salvation Nell'' (1931), and ''Hotel Variety'' (1933).
Personal life
Walker married her first husband, Dr. John B. Haden, on November 16, 1896, in New York City. With him she had two daughters, Beatrice Shelton Haden (born 1897) and Katherine Haden (b. 1899), who was known as the actress
Sara Haden
Sara Haden (born Catherine Haden, November 17, 1898 – September 15, 1981) was an American actress of the 1930s through the 1950s and in television into the mid-1960s. She may be best remembered for appearing as Aunt Milly Forrest in 14 entrie ...
. After her divorce, she returned to the stage. Dr. Haden died in 1930. Her second husband,
Eugene Walter
Eugene Ferdinand Walter, Jr. (November 30, 1921 – March 29, 1998) was an American screenwriter, poet, short-story author, actor, puppeteer, gourmet chef, cryptographer, translator, editor, costume designer and well-known raconteur. During his y ...
, was a
playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays.
Etymology
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who adapted the novel ''
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine'' for the
Broadway
Broadway may refer to:
Theatre
* Broadway Theatre (disambiguation)
* Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
** Broadway (Manhattan), the street
**Broadway Theatre (53rd Stree ...
stage. The second marriage also ended in divorce in 1930.
Charlotte Walker died in 1958 at a hospital in
Kerrville, Texas
Kerrville is a city in, and the county seat of, Kerr County, Texas, Kerr County, Texas, United States. The population of Kerrville was 24,278 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Kerrville is named after James Kerr (Texas politi ...
at age 81.
Filmography
!['Pardners'](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/%27Pardners%27.jpg)
Silent
*''
Kindling
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Kindling may also refer to:
* ''Kindling'' (album), a 1973 album by Gene Parsons
* ''Kindling'' (film), a 1915 film by Cecil B. DeMille
* ''Kindling'' (Mick Farren novel)
* ''Ruined City'' (novel) or ''Ki ...
'' (1915 Paramount) (survives)
*''
Out of the Darkness'' (1915) (survives)
*''
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine'' (1916 Paramount) (survives)
*''
Pardners
''Pardners'' is a 1956 American comedy western film starring the comedy team of Martin and Lewis. It was released on July 25, 1956 by Paramount Pictures.
A western spoof directed by Norman Taurog, this was the penultimate film of the 16 screen c ...
'' (1917) (
lost
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*Lost, Aberdeenshire, a hamlet in Scotland
* Lake Okeechobee Scenic Trail, or LOST, a hiking and cycling trail in Florida, US
History
*Abbreviation of lost work, any work which is known to have bee ...
)
*''The Seven Deadly Sins'' (1917 Triangle)
**''Sloth''(episode) (fragment; Library of Congress)
**''
The Seventh Sin
''The Seventh Sin'' is a 1957 American drama film directed by Ronald Neame and starring Eleanor Parker, Bill Travers and George Sanders. It is based on the 1925 novel '' The Painted Veil'' by W. Somerset Maugham.
Plot
In post-World War II Hong ...
''(episode) (survives; Library of Congress)
*''
Mary Lawson's Secret
''Mary Lawson's Secret'' is a lost 1917 silent dramatic film directed by John B. O'Brien and starring Charlotte Walker. The Thanhouser Film Company produced the feature with a distribution arrangement through Pathé Exchange. Walker's then husband, ...
'' (1917) (lost)
*''
Just a Woman'' (1918 US Exhibitor's Booking Corp.) (lost)
*''
Men
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'' (1918 US Exhibitor's Booking Corp.) (lost)
*''
Every Mother's Son
Every Mother's Son was an American sunshine pop band formed in New York City in 1966. Coming from a folk rock background situated in Greenwich Village, the group scored their only Top 40 hit "Come On Down to My Boat" in 1967. Following their bri ...
'' (1918 Fox)(lost)
*''
Eve in Exile
''Eve in Exile'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Burton George based upon a novel by Cosmo Hamilton. It stars stage actress Charlotte Wallker and was distributed by Pathe Exchange.
The film is preserved in the Library of Congre ...
'' (1919 Pathe) (survives; Library of Congress)
*''
The Lone Wolf The Lone Wolf may refer to:
* ''The Lone Wolf'', a 1914 novel by Louis Joseph Vance
Louis Joseph Vance (September 19, 1879 – December 16, 1933) was an American novelist, screenwriter and film producer. He created the popular character M ...
'' (1924 Associated Exhibitors) (lost)
*''
The Sixth Commandment
''The Sixth Commandment'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring William Faversham.
Plot
John Brant, a devoted minister, is in love with Marian Calhoun, but must keep it a secret because she is engaged to ...
'' (1924 Associated Exhibitors) (lost)
*''
Classmates
A classmate is a student who is member of the same class, in any of its meanings (a course, a lesson, a graduating year).
Classmate(s) may also refer to:
* ''Classmates'' (1914 film), a 1914 silent film produced by the Biograph Company
* ''Clas ...
'' (1924 First National) (lost)
*''
The Mad Marriage'' (1925 Rosemary) (Lost)
*''
The Midnight Girl
''The Midnight Girl'' is a 1925 American drama film directed by Wilfred Noy and starring Lila Lee and featuring Béla Lugosi.[The Manicure Girl
''The Manicure Girl'' is a 1925 American silent romantic drama film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Bebe Daniels.
Plot
As described in a film magazine review, a poor young manicurist becomes engaged to a poor young man who has saved enough ...](_blank)
'' (1925 Paramount) (lost)
*''
The Savage'' (1926 First National) (lost)
*''
The Great Deception
''The Great Deception'' is a 1926 American silent drama film starring Basil Rathbone, Ben Lyon, and Aileen Pringle. It is based on the 1915 novel ''The Yellow Dove'' by George Gibbs about World War I era espionage, previously adapted as the ...
'' (1926 First National) (lost)
*''
The Clown'' (1927 Columbia Pictures) (survives)
*''
Annapolis
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'' (1928 Pathe) (survives)
Sound
*''
Paris Bound
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...
'' (1929 Pathe) (survives)
*''
South Sea Rose
''South Sea Rose'' is a 1929 American comedy-drama film distributed by the Fox Film Corporation and produced and directed by Allan Dwan. This picture was Dwan's second collaboration with star Lenore Ulric, their first being ''Frozen Justice''. ...
'' (1929 Fox) (lost)
*''Double Cross Roads'' (1930 Fox) (survives)
*''
Three Faces East'' (1930 First National) (survives)
*''
Scarlet Pages
''Scarlet Pages'' is a 1930 pre-Code American crime drama film with songs starring Elsie Ferguson and directed by Ray Enright. It was produced and distributed by First National Pictures, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. The film stars Elsie Fergus ...
'' (1930 First National) (survives)
*''
Lightnin''' (1930 Fox) (survives)
*''
Millie
Millie is a feminine given name or diminutive form of various other given names, such as Emily, Millicent, Mildred, Camilla or sometimes Amelia.
People with the given name
Notable people with the given name include:
* Millie Bailey (1918–20 ...
'' (1931 RKO) (survives)
*''
Salvation Nell'' (1931 Tiffany) (survives)
*''Hotel Variety'' (1933 Capitol Film Exchange) (lost)
*''Scattergood Meets Broadway'' (1937 RKO) (status unknown)
References
;Notes
;Bibliography
*''Janesville Daily Gazette'', Monday, October 23, 1916, Page 6.
*''
The New York Times
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'', "Charlotte Walker, Actress, Dies at 81; Star on Broadway in World War I Era".
External links
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Broadway portrait of Walker circa 1910 cover Charlotte Walker, cover THE THEATER magazine, June 1908*
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1870s births
1958 deaths
People from Galveston, Texas
Actresses from Texas
19th-century American actresses
American stage actresses
American silent film actresses
American expatriate actresses in the United Kingdom
20th-century American actresses