Hattie McIntosh (1860 - 1919) was a vaudeville performer who toured with successful shows and her husband, fellow performer Tom McIntosh (comedian).
She was from Detroit, Michigan.
Together they performed a show titled Mr. and Mrs. McIntosh in the King of Bavaria as well as in their show A Hot Old Time in Dixie. They also joined Sam T. Jack's The Creole Show. She starred in In Dahomey, Bandanna Land, and Mr. Lode of Koal,
International performances included Shaftesbury in 1903.
Her husband died of a stroke in 1904. She later married Billy King in 1912 and performed with the Billy King Stock Company. She performed in My Old Kentucky Home in July 1915 with King's company.
The New York Public Library has an image published from In Dahomey that includes McIntosh and her fellow lead actors performing a dance in Boston. That fall she was the lead in In Society.
References
- ^ Sampson, Henry T. (October 30, 2013). Blacks in Blackface: A Sourcebook on Early Black Musical Shows. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810883512 – via Google Books.
- ^ Peterson, Bernard L. (October 10, 2001). Profiles of African American Stage Performers and Theatre People, 1816-1960. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313295348 – via Google Books.
- "Solicitors' Journal and Reporter". October 10, 1903 – via Google Books.
- Wintz, Cary D.; Finkelman, Paul (October 10, 2004). Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance: K-Y. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781579584580 – via Google Books.
- "NYPL, Vaudeville Nation". web-static.nypl.org.
- 1860 births
- 1919 deaths
- American vaudeville performers
- Actresses from Detroit
- Singers from Detroit
- Comedians from Michigan
- 19th-century African-American women
- African-American actresses
- African-American female dancers
- 20th-century African-American women singers
- 20th-century American women singers
- 20th-century American singers
- 20th-century American people
- 19th-century American women musicians
- 19th-century African-American people