Hattie Delaro Explained

Hattie Delaro
Birth Date:1861
Birth Place:Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Death Date:April 18, 1941 (age 80)
Death Place:New York, U.S.
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:1913–1926
Spouse:William S. Barnes

Hattie Delaro (1861 – April 18, 1941) was an American actress. She had a career in theater, then became an actress in silent film in the 1910s and 1920s.

Delaro was born in Brooklyn.

Delaro debuted on stage in 1881 at Brooklyn's Grand Opera House "in a repertory of comic operas". She portrayed Melissa in the first authorized New York production of Gilbert and Sullivan's Princess Ida in 1884[1] and an 1885 production of The Mikado at Hollis Street Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1888, she was in the production The Queen's Mate. Her other Broadway credits included The Pearl of Pekin (1889), Mam'selle 'Awkins (1900), and Babes in Toyland (1903)[1]

She began her film career in 1913 short film Love in an Apartment Hotel.[2]

Delaro was married to attorney William S. Barnes. She died on April 18, 1941, in New York at age 80.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hattie Delaro . Internet Broadway Database . The Broadway League . February 7, 2021 . https://archive.today/20210207024939/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/hattie-delaro-37767 . February 7, 2021 . live .
  2. Web site: Silent Era: Love in an Apartment Hotel . June 8, 2020. silentera.
  3. News: Hattie Delaro, 80, Comic Opera Star . February 7, 2021 . The New York Times . April 19, 1941 . 15. .