Lottie Williams (January 20, 1874 – November 16, 1962) was an American

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whose career spanned both the silent and

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eras.

Early life

Lottie Williams was born on January 20, 1874, in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Career

She began her career on the stage and appeared in Broadway productions during the 1900s. Williams debuted on film in a supporting role in the 1920 silent comedy, ''A Full House''. She went on to appear in over 70 films, mostly in smaller and supporting roles, during her 30-year career. Some of the more notable films in which she appeared include:

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Angels with Dirty Faces ''Angels with Dirty Faces'' is a 1938 American crime drama film directed by Michael Curtiz for Warner Brothers. It stars James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, The Dead End Kids, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, and George Bancroft. The screenplay was wri ...

'' (1938), starring James Cagney and

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; the 1939 melodrama ''

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'', with

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, Humphrey Bogart and

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; ''

Meet John Doe ''Meet John Doe'' is a 1941 American comedy-drama film directed and produced by Frank Capra, written by Robert Riskin, and starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. The film is about a "grassroots" political campaign created unwittingly by ...

'' (1941), directed by Frank Capra, and starring

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and Barbara Stanwyck; the screwball comedy, ''

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'' (1942), starring Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, and Monty Woolley; and ''

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'' (1942), starring

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and Ann Sheridan; Her final appearance would be in a supporting role in 1949's ''One Last Fling'', starring Alexis Smith and

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, after which she retired from the film industry.

Death

Williams died on November 16, 1962, in Los Angeles, California, and was cremated and interred at

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Filmography

(Per

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database) * ''

A Full House ''A Full House'' is a 1920 American silent comedy film directed by James Cruze and written by Alice Eyton based upon a play of the same name by Fred Jackson. The film stars Bryant Washburn, Lois Wilson, Guy Milham, Hazel Howell, Vera Lewis, ...

'' (1920) * '' Twin Beds'' (1920) * ''

All Soul's Eve ''All Souls' Eve'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Chester M. Franklin and starring Mary Miles Minter. The film is based on the mystical 1920 Broadway play of the same name by Anne Crawford Flexner, with a story by Elmer Blane ...

'' (1921) * '' Is Matrimony a Failure?'' (1922) * '' The Veiled Woman'' (1922) * '' The Barefoot Boy'' (1923) * '' Yesterday's Wife'' (1923) * '' The Tomboy'' (1924) * '' The Country Beyond'' (1926) * '' Arizona Nights'' (1927) * ''

Strictly Modern ''Strictly Modern'' is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Dorothy Mackaill and Sidney Blackmer. It was produced and released by First National Pictures and was based on the play, entitled ''Cousin ...

'' (1930) * '' Wonder Bar'' (1934) * ''

6 Day Bike Rider ''6 Day Bike Rider'' is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon, written by Earl Baldwin, and starring Joe E. Brown, Maxine Doyle, Frank McHugh, Gordon Westcott, Arthur Aylesworth and Lottie Williams. The film's production lasted for ...

'' (1934) * '' Elinor Norton'' (1934) * '' Registered Nurse'' (1934) * ''

Anthony Adverse ''Anthony Adverse'' is a 1936 American epic film, epic historical drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Fredric March and Olivia de Havilland. The screenplay by Sheridan Gibney draws elements of its plot from eight of the nine books i ...

'' (1936) * '' The Case of the Black Cat'' (1936) * '' I Married a Doctor'' (1936) * ''

Murder by an Aristocrat ''Murder by an Aristocrat'' is a 1936 American mystery film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Lyle Talbot, Marguerite Churchill and Claire Dodd.Backer p.248 The film was based on a 1932 novel of the same title by Mignon G. Eberhart, wit ...

'' (1936) * ''

The Story of Louis Pasteur ''The Story of Louis Pasteur'' is a 1936 American black-and-white biographical film from Warner Bros., produced by Henry Blanke, directed by William Dieterle, that stars Josephine Hutchinson, Anita Louise and Donald Woods, and Paul Muni as t ...

'' (1936) * '' Wine, Women and Horses'' (1937) * ''

That Man's Here Again ''That Man's Here Again'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Louis King, written by Lillie Hayward, and starring Hugh Herbert, Mary Maguire, Tom Brown, Joe King and Teddy Hart. It was released by Warner Bros. on April 17, 1937. Plot J ...

'' (1937) * '' The Cherokee Strip'' (1937) * '' Submarine D-1'' (1937) * '' The Great O'Malley'' (1937) * ''

Empty Holsters ''Empty Holsters'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by B. Reeves Eason and written by John T. Neville. The film stars Dick Foran, Patricia Walthall, Emmett Vogan, Glenn Strange, Anderson Lawler and Wilfred Lucas. The film was released ...

'' (1937) * '' The Beloved Brat'' (1938) * ''

'' (1938) * '' The Sisters'' (1938) * '' Nancy Drew... Detective'' (1938) * ''

Love, Honor and Behave ''Love, Honor and Behave'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by Stanley Logan and starring Wayne Morris and Priscilla Lane. The supporting cast includes John Litel, Thomas Mitchell, Dick Foran and Dickie Moore. " Bei Mir Bist Du Sc ...

'' (1938) * '' Little Miss Thoroughbred'' (1938) * ''

Penrod and His Twin Brother ''Penrod and His Twin Brother'' is a 1938 American comedy film directed by William C. McGann and written by William Jacobs and Hugh Cummings. The film stars Billy Mauch, Bobby Mauch, Frank Craven, Spring Byington, Charles Halton and Claudia Co ...

'' (1938) * '' The Roaring Twenties'' (1939) (uncredited) * '' King of the Underworld'' (1939) (uncredited) * ''

'' (1939) as Lucy * '' On Trial'' (1939) * '' No Place to Go'' (1939) * '' Off the Record'' (1939) * ''

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'' (1939) * '' Espionage Agent'' (1939) * ''

Four Wives ''Four Wives'' is a 1939 American drama film starring the Lane Sisters ( Priscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane) and Gale Page. The film was directed by Michael Curtiz and is based on the story "Sister Act" by Fannie Hurst. The supporting ...

'' (1939) * '' Yes, My Darling Daughter'' (1939) * ''

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'' (1939) * ''

Money and the Woman ''Money and the Woman'' is a 1940 American drama film directed by William K. Howard and written by Robert Presnell Sr.. The film stars Jeffrey Lynn, Brenda Marshall, John Litel, Lee Patrick, Henry O'Neill and Roger Pryor. The film was release ...

'' (1940) * ''

Dancing on a Dime Dancing on a Dime is a 1940 Paramount Pictures movie directed by Joseph Santley about five actors and dancers putting on a show while living in a theatre. It is adapted from a novel of the same name written by Dorothy Young, which itself is bas ...

'' (1940) * ''

A Fugitive from Justice ''A Fugitive from Justice'' is a 1940 film starring Roger Pryor, Lucile Fairbanks and Eddie Foy Jr. Plot Fugitive Lee Leslie ( Donald Douglas) is wanted by three groups; the police, the gangsters who fear his testimony in court and the insu ...

'' (1940) * '' Ladies Must Live'' (1940) * ''

Calling All Husbands ''Calling All Husbands'' is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Noel M. Smith and written by Robert E. Kent and based on Martin Flavin's 1929 play "Broken Dishes". The film stars George Tobias, Lucile Fairbanks, Ernest Truex, George Reeves ...

'' (1940) * '' Always a Bride'' (1940) * ''

The Man Who Talked Too Much ''The Man Who Talked Too Much'' is a 1940 American drama film directed by Vincent Sherman and written by Walter DeLeon and Earl Baldwin. Starring George Brent, Virginia Bruce, Brenda Marshall, Richard Barthelmess, William Lundigan, George Tobia ...

'' (1940) * '' An Angel from Texas'' (1940) * '' The Great Mr. Nobody'' (1941) * ''

The Nurse's Secret ''The Nurse's Secret'' is a 1941 murder mystery film directed by Noel M. Smith and starring Lee Patrick as a crime-solving nurse. The supporting cast features Regis Toomey and Julie Bishop. The film, which includes a rare leading role for Pat ...

'' (1941) * '' Passage from Hong Kong'' (1941) * '' One Foot in Heaven'' (1941) * ''

'' (1941) * ''

'' (1942) Fan at train station (uncredited) * '' All Through the Night'' (1942) * '' Busses Roar'' (1942) * ''

'' (1943) * ''

The Gorilla Man ''The Gorilla Man'' is a 1943 American drama film directed by D. Ross Lederman. Despite the title and marketing, it is not a horror film, but a World War II espionage thriller. Plot Military officer Captain Craig Killian is wounded in the lin ...

'' (1943) * '' Mr. Skeffington'' (1944) * ''

Hotel Berlin ''Hotel Berlin'' is an American drama film set in Berlin near the close of World War II, made by Warner Bros. in late 1944 to early 1945. Directed by Peter Godfrey, it stars Faye Emerson, Helmut Dantine, Raymond Massey and Andrea King. It is b ...

'' (1945) * '' One More Tomorrow'' (1946) * '' Shadow of a Woman'' (1946) * ''

Two Guys from Milwaukee ''Two Guys from Milwaukee'' (UK title: ''Royal Flush'') is a 1946 American comedy film directed by David Butler and starring Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, and Joan Leslie. It was distributed by Warner Bros. The film is about a Balkan prince who ...

'' (1946) * '' Nora Prentiss'' (1947) * ''

The Big Punch ''The Big Punch'' is a 1921 American silent Western film directed by John Ford. No copy of the film is known to survive in either a public repository or private collection, so it is currently presumed to be a lost film. In France, the film was ...

'' (1948) * '' June Bride'' (1948) * ''

To the Victor ''To the Victor'' is a 1948 drama film directed by Delmer Daves and starring Dennis Morgan and Viveca Lindfors. The plot concerns an American black-marketeer who falls in love with a Nazi Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name ...

'' (1948) * '' A Kiss in the Dark'' (1949) * ''

One Last Fling ''One Last Fling'' is a 1949 American comedy film directed by Peter Godfrey and written by Richard Flournoy and William Sackheim. The film stars Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott, Douglas Kennedy, Ann Doran, Ransom M. Sherman and Veda Ann Borg. The ...

'' (1949)

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Lottie American film actresses American silent film actresses 20th-century American actresses Actresses from Indianapolis 1874 births 1962 deaths Burials at Chapel of the Pines Crematory