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Gretchen Hartman (born Grace Barrett; August 28, 1897 – January 27, 1979) was an American stage and film actress. She is credited on 67 movies, nearly all silent.^{[citation needed]}

Gretchen Hartman
Motion Picture Magazine, September 1915
Born	Grace Barrett (1897-08-28)August 28, 1897 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	January 27, 1979(1979-01-27) (aged 81) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Other names	Greta Arbin Sonia Markova Greta Hartman
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1906–1952
Spouse(s)	Alan Hale Sr. ​ ​ (m. 1914; died 1950)​
Children	3, including Alan Hale Jr.

Early life

Hartman was born Grace Barrett in Chicago, the daughter of actress Agnes A. Hartman.[1] She was the sister of actress Ruth Hartman, and the aunt of actor Carlyle Blackwell, Jr.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Hartman debuted on stage at the Bush Temple Theatre[2] in Chicago portraying Little Eva in Uncle Tom's Cabin. Her New York debut was in the same play, presented at the Majestic Theatre.[3] She starred in Broadway plays as a child, starting her career at age nine. She started working in the theater under the name Greta Arbin before making her film debut. Her major roles were in: The Law and the Man (1906-1907),[4] Uncle Tom's Cabin (1907),[5] Mary Jane's Pa (1908–1909),[6] and Sweethearts (1913–1914).[7] She created the role of Mary Jane in Mary Jane's Pa.[8]

She started her film career with roles in short films beginning in 1911, when she starred as Rosalie in the film For the Flag of France. A popular figure in the silent film era, her best known films are Colomba (1915), from the novel by Prosper Mérimée, The Purple Lady (1916), with her husband, Victor Hugo's Les Miserábles (1917), The Bandbox (1919), Bride 13 (1920 serial), His Brothers Keeper (1921), and While Justice Waits (1922).

In 1915, she made a version of the popular novel East Lynne by Mrs. Henry Wood.

In 1917–18 she acted in three films for Fox studios under the name Sonia Markova returning to the name Gretchen Hartman soon after. Besides Sonia Markova, she also used the stage name Greta Hartman.

In the 1920s her career was in decline, and she retired with the advent of sound films. In 1952 she made an uncredited appearance in the film Room for One More.^{[citation needed]}

Marriage and death

Hartman married actor Alan Hale Sr., and they had a son, Alan Hale Jr.[1] Hartman died on January 27, 1979, at the age of 81, and is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California, next to her husband.[9]

Filmography

References

External links

• Gretchen Hartman at IMDb 
• Gretchen Hartman - photo gallery

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