Charlotte Blair Parker
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Charlotte Blair Parker (1858 – January 5, 1937) was an American playwright and actress in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She began her theatrical career as an actress, eventually playing opposite John Edward McCullough, Mary Anderson, and Dion Boucicault. Writing under the pen name Lottie Blair Parker, she wrote about a dozen produced plays but is remembered most for three popular stage plays produced between 1897 and 1906: Way Down East, Under Southern Skies and The Redemption of David Corson. Of the three, Way Down East, produced in 1898, was the most successful, proving to be one of the most popular American plays of its time, steadily performed for two decades.
Charlotte Blair Parker | |
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Born | Charlotte Blair c. 1858 Oswego, New York, U.S. |
Died | January 5, 1937(1937-01-05) (aged 78) Great Neck, New York, U.S. |
Other names | Lottie Blair Parker |
Occupation(s) | Actor, author, playwright |
Spouse | Harry Doel Parker |