Artie Hall

Artie Hall (c. 1881–1939) was an American vaudeville singer and actress, known for her blackface performances as a coon shouter. She was a "petite vocalist with a strong voice".[2] Her most successful role was Topsy in William A. Brady's version of Uncle Tom's Cabin. A controversial part of her act was the removal of a glove to reveal her white skin at the end of a song.[3]

Artie Hall
Cover to 1906 "Jessamine" sheet music
Bornc. 1881
Georgia, United States
Died (aged 58)
Queens, New York
NationalityAmerican
OccupationVaudeville performer
Spouse(s)Robert Fulgora[1]
Artie Hall out of costume.

Artie Hall was initially reported to have died during the April 18, 1906 San Francisco earthquake.[4] This apparently was misconstrued, and misquoted by the New York Times before it was discovered she didn't die.[5]

Hall was married circa 1899 to an actor named Robert Fulgora. They were divorced by September 1914.[6] She later married William Atwell, a vaudeville agent. Hall died from a kidney ailment at her home in Astoria, Queens, New York on March 20, 1939, aged 58.[7]

Her sister, Pauline Des Landes (known professionally as Bonita) was also a vaudeville actress.[8]

References
  1. Monarchs of Minstrelsy from "Daddy" Rice to Date, page 355 by Edward Le Roy Rice c.1911
  2. Armond Fields (2007). Tony Pastor, father of vaudeville. McFarland. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-7864-3054-3.
  3. Lynn Abbott; Doug Seroff (2007). Ragged But Right: Black Travelling Shows, "Coon Songs", and the Dark Pathway to Blues and Jazz. Univ. Press of Mississippi. pp. 17–20. ISBN 978-1-57806-901-9.
  4. "Artie Hall is killed". New York Times. April 21, 1906....PDF version readout
  5. Los Angeles Herald; ORPHEUM OFFERS GOOD BILL OF VAUDEVILLE; April 24, 1906...Retrieved April 25, 2019
  6. Variety, September 1914 [PDF]
  7. "Artie Hall". Variety: 46. March 29, 1939.
  8. Frank Cullen; Florence Hackman; Donald McNeilly (2007). Vaudeville, old and new. Routledge. p. 499. ISBN 978-0-415-93853-2.


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