Victory Bateman (April 6, 1865 in

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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 Aubrey Boucicault and Amy Busby. 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 John Sleeper Clarke and Asia Booth, and nephew of Edwin and

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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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and also to the later Frances Bavier, Aunt Bee on ''

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Filmography

*''Nicholas Nickleby'' (1912) as Miss La Creevy *''Her Cousin Fred'' (1912) as Victory, Fred's Sister *'' Tangled Relations'' (1912) as The Widow, Florence's Mother *'' Her Nephews from Labrador'' (1913) as The Aunt *'' The Dove in the Eagle's Nest'' (1913) *'' For Her Boy's Sake'' (1913) *'' The Lady Killer'' (1913) *'' Article 47, L''' (1913) *'' The House in the Tree'' (1913) *'' The Hendrick's Divorce'' (1913) *'' The Ten of Spades'' (1914) *'' The Ring'' (1914) *'' The Thief and the Book'' (1914) *'' The Stronger Hand'' (1914) *'' Freckles'' (1914) After All 1912

*'' The Power of Evil'' (1916) *''

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'' (1916) as Lady Montague *'' The Passing of the Third Floor Back'' (1918) as Miss De Hooley *'' 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'' (1921) as Mrs. Smiley *'' The Idle Rich'' (1921) as Mrs. O'Reilly *'' A Girl's Desire'' (1922) as Mrs. Browne *''

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'' (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 *''

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'' (1924) as Joan Durbeyfield *'' 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