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American actress (1907–1955)

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Grace Hartman
Hartman in Sunny (1951)
BornGrace Barrett
(1907-01-07)January 7, 1907
San Francisco, California, U.S.
DiedAugust 8, 1955(1955-08-08) (aged 48)
Van Nuys, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1932–1950
Spouse Paul Hartman ​ ​(m. 1923; div. 1951)

Grace Adelaide Hartman (born Grace Barrett; January 7, 1907 – August 8, 1955) was an American stage and musical theatre actress.

Biography

She was born in San Francisco, California. She was married to actor Paul Hartman from 1923 until they divorced in 1951. That same year, she married television director Norman Abbott.

In 1949, Hartman and her then-husband co-starred in The Hartmans, a comedy series on NBC-TV.

Death

Grace Barrett Hartman Abbott died from cancer at her home in Van Nuys, California on August 8, 1955, aged forty eight. She was survived by her husband, Norman Abbott, her stepchildren, Chrise and Billy Abbott, and the only child from her first marriage, television writer Ted Hartman.

Productions

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1940 Sunny Juliet Runnymede
1943 Higher and Higher Hilda
1949 The Hartmans Herself TV series

Awards

She won a Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her role in Angel in the Wings.

References

  1. ^ Slide, Anthony (March 12, 2012). The Encyclopedia of Vaudeville. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 231. ISBN 978-1-61703-250-9. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  2. Robb, Inez (June 22, 1950). "Dancing Stars Who Married in Teens". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 48. Retrieved September 18, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Grace Hartman, Dancer, Is Dead: Appeared With Ex-Husband as Satirist Team in TV Shows, Movies and Revues". The New York Times. August 29, 1973. p. 25. ProQuest 113436086. VAN NUYS, Calif., Aug. 8—Mrs. Grace Barrett Hartman Abbott, former member of the Hartmans, the famous husband-wife dance team, died today in her home of cancer after a year's illness. She was 48 years old. She was the wife of Norman Abbott, a television director, to whom she was married four years ago after her long career as the wife and dancing partner of Paul Hartman ended in divorce. In addition to her husband, Mr. Abbott, Mrs. Abbott is survived by Ted, the only child of her first marriage. He is a television writer. She is survived also by two stepchildren, Chrise and Billy Abbott.
  4. Terrace, Vincent (January 10, 2014). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 438. ISBN 978-0-7864-8641-0. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
  5. Morrow, Lee Alan (1987). The Tony Award Book: Four Decades of Great American Theater. New York: Abbeville Press. p. 216. ISBN 0896595846.

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