Lottie Williams (actress, born 1874)

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Early life

Lottie Williams was born on January 20, 1874, in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Career

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Lottie Williams in 1890

Williams debuted on film in a supporting role in the 1920 silent comedy A Full House. She appeared in over 70 films, mostly in smaller and supporting roles, during her 30-year career.[1]

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Williams in the film The Great O'Malley (1937)

Some of the more notable films in which she appeared include: Michael Curtiz' Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), starring James Cagney and Pat O'Brien;[2] the 1939 melodrama Dark Victory, with Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart and George Brent;[3] Meet John Doe (1941), directed by Frank Capra, and starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck;[4] the screwball comedy, The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942), starring Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan, and Monty Woolley;[5] and Edge of Darkness (1942), starring Errol Flynn and Ann Sheridan;[6] Her final appearance would be in a supporting role in 1949's One Last Fling, starring Alexis Smith and Zachary Scott, after which she retired from the film industry.

Death

Williams died on November 16, 1962, in Los Angeles, California.

Filmography

(Per AFI database)[1]

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