Hetta Bartlett (1 May 1877 – May 1947) was an English stage and film actress whose career spanned both the West End and

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. She is known for Sonia (1921), The Lady of the Lake (1928) and Honour in Pawn (1916).

Early life

She was born in

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in London as Henrietta Elizabeth Bartlett, the daughter of Sarah Henrietta ''née'' Field (1851–1918) and Onesimus Smart Bartlett (1848–1921), a solicitor of Bartlett & Roberts who was Town Clerk and Clerk to the Urban Sanitary Authority in Dartmouth in

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; by 1891 he was Clerk to the Magistrates' Court in

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. In 1903 he would be jailed for embezzlement.

Acting career

By 1899 aged 22 Hetta Bartlett was acting in the Company of Charles Hawtrey including his tour of America in the 1900s.Hetta Bartlett - ''

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'' - 20 September 1899 pg 374 In 1900 she played the lead female role in the UK tour of ''Lord and Lady Algy''. Her stage appearances with Charles Hawtrey include: Miss Bramshott in '' Miss Bramshott's Engagement'' at the

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(1902); Mrs Ditchwater in ''

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'' at the Prince of Wales Theatre (1903); in the revival of '' A Message from Mars'' at the

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(1903) and again at the Princes Theatre (1904) and at the

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; (1905). Other roles include: ''What the Butler Saw'' at the

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on Broadway in New York (1906); Mrs Patterson in '' A Pot of Caviare'' at the

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(1910);J. P. Wearing
''The London Stage 1910-1919: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''
Rowman & Littlefield (2014) - Google Books as Miss Ricketts in

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's ''The Master of Mrs Chilvers'' at the

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(1911); Countess of Skene and Skye in ''Jelf's'' at

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(1912), and Broomhall in ''Billy's Fortune'' at the

(1913). Bartlett's later stage roles include: Marchioness of Queenstown in ''In Nelson's Days'' at the

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(1922).

Personal life

In 1899 she married the dramatic author Metcalfe Henry Wood (1864–1944) at

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. The marriage was dissolved by 1911 when Bartlett was living alone at 14a

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in London. In 1939 she was living in

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in London and described herself as an actress and 'Widowed' on the official register. Hetta Bartlett died aged 70 in May 1947 in Dartford in

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Filmography

*Uncredited - ''

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'' (1916) *Lady Cecelia - ''

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'' (1921) *Lady Dainton - ''

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'' (1921) *Mrs Cathcart - ''

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'' (1922) *Lady Hepburn - '' Repentance'' (1922) *Court Lady - '' The Glorious Adventure'' (1922) *Margaret - ''

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'' (1928)Hetta Bartlett
-

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database

References

External links

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on

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