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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

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in a comedy called ''The Mummy'' and in the same year performed with

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. 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

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. 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

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) and

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. 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''.

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noticed her in ''On Parole''. He signed her for starring roles in plays ''The Warrens of Virginia'', '' Just a Wife'', and ''Call The Doctor''. Each of the Belasco productions was staged prior to

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. She continued to act on the

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stage. In 1923 she played with Ethel Barrymore in ''The School For Scandal''. It was produced by the Player's Club.

Films

Walker's motion picture career began in 1915 with ''

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'' 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

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maid who is about sixteen years old. The setting is an old Dutch settlement on

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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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. ''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

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. After her divorce, she returned to the stage. Dr. Haden died in 1930. Her second husband,

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, was a playwright who adapted the novel '' The Trail of the Lonesome Pine'' for the

stage. The second marriage also ended in divorce in 1930. Charlotte Walker died in 1958 at a hospital in

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at age 81.

Filmography

Silent *''

'' (1915 Paramount) (survives) *'' Out of the Darkness'' (1915) (survives) *'' The Trail of the Lonesome Pine'' (1916 Paramount) (survives) *''

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'' (1917) ( lost) *''The Seven Deadly Sins'' (1917 Triangle) **''Sloth''(episode) (fragment; Library of Congress) **''

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''(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) *''

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'' (1918 US Exhibitor's Booking Corp.) (lost) *''

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'' (1918 Fox)(lost) *''

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'' (1919 Pathe) (survives; Library of Congress) *''

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'' (1924 Associated Exhibitors) (lost) *''

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'' (1924 Associated Exhibitors) (lost) *''

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'' (1924 First National) (lost) *'' The Mad Marriage'' (1925 Rosemary) (Lost) *''

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'' (1925 Paramount) (lost) *'' The Savage'' (1926 First National) (lost) *''

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'' (1926 First National) (lost) *'' The Clown'' (1927 Columbia Pictures) (survives) *'' Annapolis'' (1928 Pathe) (survives) Sound *''

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'' (1929 Pathe) (survives) *'' South Sea Rose'' (1929 Fox) (lost) *''Double Cross Roads'' (1930 Fox) (survives) *'' Three Faces East'' (1930 First National) (survives) *'' Scarlet Pages'' (1930 First National) (survives) *'' Lightnin''' (1930 Fox) (survives) *''

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'' (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. *''

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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
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Walker Charlotte 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