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– March 2, 1926 in

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) was an American

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. Her father, Thomas Creese, and her mother, Elizabeth "Lizzie" Creese, were both actors. On stage, Ms. Bateman appeared in the 1900 tour of "The Man From Mexico" and in the 1919 tour of "Seven Days' Leave". She was born nine days before

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was assassinated but was named Victory because of the North's eventual win over the Confederate South finishing the

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. In the early 1890s she became embroiled in the divorce proceedings of actors

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and

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. Though later exonerated from all involvement in the case Bateman was forced to resign from an all-woman's group called ''The Professional Woman's League''. At one time she was married to Wilfred Clarke, a son of

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and Asia Booth; and nephew of

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. They were separated for many years at the time of the Boucicault trial.VICTORY BATEMAN TO SUE; WANTS $50,000 FROM THE PROFESSIONAL WOMAN'S LEAGUE - New York Times, December 21, 1893
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. She and her last two husbands were eventually involved in the silent film industry. In looks Bateman bore a sisterly resemblance to the better remembered

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and also to the later

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, Aunt Bee on ''

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''.

Filmography

*''Nicholas Nickleby'' (1912) as Miss La Creevy *''Her Cousin Fred'' (1912) as Victory, Fred's Sister *''

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'' (1912) as The Widow, Florence's Mother *''

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'' (1913) as The Aunt *''

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'' (1913) *''

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'' (1913) *'' The Lady Killer'' (1913) *''

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'' (1913) *''

The House in the Tree ''The House in the Tree'' is a 1913 American silent short film written by Lloyd Lonergan starring William Garwood and Billie Bennett. Cast *Josie Ashdown *Victory Bateman *Billie Bennett *Howard Davies *William Garwood *Dimitri Mitsoras *Murie ...

'' (1913) *''The Hendrick's Divorce'' (1913) *''The Ten of Spades'' (1914) *''The Ring (1914 Victory Bateman film), The Ring'' (1914) *''The Thief and the Book'' (1914) *''The Stronger Hand'' (1914) *''Freckles (1914 film), Freckles'' (1914) After All 1912

*''The Power of Evil (1916 film), The Power of Evil'' (1916) *''Romeo and Juliet (1916 Fox film), Romeo and Juliet'' (1916) as Lady Montague *''The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1918 film), The Passing of the Third Floor Back'' (1918) as Miss De Hooley *''The Service Star (film), The Service Star'' (1918) as Aunt Judith *''Cinderella's Twin'' (1920) as Ma Du Geen *''Beautifully Trimmed'' (1920) as Mrs. Calkins *''Keeping Up with Lizzie'' (1921) as Mrs. Henshaw *''A Trip to Paradise (film), A Trip to Paradise'' (1921) as Mrs. Smiley *''The Idle Rich (1921 film), The Idle Rich'' (1921) as Mrs. O'Reilly *''A Girl's Desire'' (1922) as Mrs. Browne *''If I Were Queen'' (1922) as Aunt Ollie *''Captain Fly-by-Night'' (1922) as Señora *''Can a Woman Love Twice?'' (1923) as Mary's Landlady *''Human Wreckage'' (1923) as Mother Finnegan *''The Eternal Three'' (1923) as Mrs. Tucker *''Tess of the d'Urbervilles (1924 film), Tess of the D'Urbervilles'' (1924) as Joan Durbeyfield *''The Turmoil (1924 film), The Turmoil'' (1924) as Mrs. James Sheridan

References

External links

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Portrait of Bateman
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Victory Bateman, picture gallery 1910, 1922
University of Washington, Sayre Collection *Patterson, Ada and Bateman, Victory (1902)
''By the Stage Door.''
Grafton Press. *St. Johns, Adela Rogers (August 1921). ''Photoplay Magazine,'' p. 62
"The Woman Who Came Back."

Victory Bateman
New York Public Library (Billy Rose collection)
portrait
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advert for Glycerine Tar soaps, 1900
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bateman, Victory Actresses from Philadelphia American silent film actresses 1865 births 1926 deaths 20th-century American actresses