Charlotte Hough (c. 1833 – January 17, 1896), known as Lotty Hough, sometimes spelled Lottie Hough, was a 19th-century actress and comedian. She played roles for the companies of

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and Mrs. John Wood.(9 September 1861)
Amusements
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in ''The Stranger'' as Charlotte Hough. She also acted in London.A History of the New York Stage, Vol. I
p. 128 (1903) Around 1871 she gave a lecture tour on "Popping The Question".(22 November 1871)
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''Boston Evening Transcript'' During the U.S. Civil War, she was involved in obtaining passes to get cotton through Union lines.Furgurson, Ernest B
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p. 209 (2004) T. Allston Brown's ''History of the American Stage'' (1870) described Hough as a "well known impersonator of Yankee characters" with "considerable talent."Brown, T. Allston
History of the American Stage
p. 185 (1870)

Selected performances (incomplete)

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'' (1860 in New York) (also performed in productions elsewhere) * ''Seven Sons'' (1861) (New York) * '' The Serious Family'' (1862, Washington D.C.) * ''Yankee Legacy'' as Mehitable Ann (1863, New York)(16 December 1863)
Amusements
''The New York Times''

References

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