Gypsy Abbott Explained

Gypsy Abbott
Birth Date:January 31, 1896
Birth Place:Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Death Place:Hollywood, California, U.S.
Othername:Gypsie Abbott
Occupation:Actress
Children:3

Gypsy Abbott (January 31, 1896 – July 25, 1952) was an American actress of stage and silent film.

Personal life

Gypsy Abbott was born on January 31, 1896, in Atlanta, Georgia. She married director Henry King in 1915 at Balboa[1] or in Fort Worth, Texas. In 1917, she quit acting to focus on her life at home. Between 1923 and 1930, they had three children, Frank, John, and Martha. In 1920 and 1930, Ruth King lived with the couple. She was born in Illinois in 1913 or 1914 and was identified as King's stepdaughter. By 1930, they lived on South Muirfield Road in Los Angeles, California. Henry's brother Louis lived with the Kings in 1925 and 1930.

Career

Gypsy Abbott began her career as a singer, actor, and dancer. She performed for a number of years on stage and in vaudeville.[2] She began with E. H. Sothern's repertoire company. Abbott performed in stock shows in Kansas City, St. Joseph, Missouri, and Chicago. While she was on the road, she met Henry King several times.

She did a fifteen-minute vaudeville act where she sang and would swing over the audience and toss roses into the crowd. She did a similar act at Fred Mace's Photoplayers Club at Balboa. She played in The Minister's Daughter and as Flora Belle Fry in a road production of George M. Cohan's Little Johnny Jones.

Abbott returned to California and King introduced her to Balboa Feature Film Company in Long Beach, and was hired to play in her first film. The Path of Sorrow (1913).[3] Over the next four years, she played in several films for American Film Company in Santa Barbara and Balboa.

Death

Abbott died of heart failure on July 25, 1952, aged 55.[4] She is buried in the Grotto Section at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.[5] At the time of her death, her children were Ruth King Hilbert, Henry, and John.[6]

Filmography

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Book: Pawlak. Debra Ann. Bringing Up Oscar: The Story of the Men and Women Who Founded the Academy. 2012. Pegasus Books. 9781605982168. 30 July 2017. en.
  2. Book: Justice, Fred C. . Who's Who in the Film World: Being Biographies with Photographic Reproductions of Prominent Men and Women who Through Their Genius and Untiring Energy Have Contributed So Greatly Toward the Upbuilding of the Moving Picture Industry . Smith . Tom R. . 1914 . Film World Publishing Company . 29 . en.
  3. Book: Jura, Jean-Jacques . Balboa Films: A History and Filmography of the Silent Film Studio . II . Rodney Norman Bardin . 2015-08-13 . McFarland . 978-1-4766-0901-0 . 46, 241 . en.
  4. News: Movie Director King's Wife Dies . February 8, 2022 . Pasadena Independent . International News Service . July 27, 1952 . 45. Newspapers.com.
  5. News: 1952-07-26 . Obituary for Gypsy Abbott King . 22 . The Los Angeles Times . 2023-07-17.
  6. News: 1952-07-26 . Obituary for Gypsy Abbott King . 22 . The Los Angeles Times . 2023-07-17.

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