Marie Shotwell, star of stage and screen star, died of a cerebral hemorrhage yesterday afternoon in St. John's Hospital, Long Island City, after being stricken earlier in the day while at work in the Astoria film studios on the new George M. Cohan picture, "Gambling." Miss Shotwell was 54 years old.
Born in New York, the daughter of Byron Shotwell, she studied at Mme. Gardiner's School here and went on the stage at the age of 16. She appeared, with moderate success, in several plays, but abandoned the stage to marry William Hawley of New York. They lived abroad until his death early in the century.
Miss Shotwell then returned to the stage and scored the greatest hit of her career as Shirley Rossmore in "The Lion and the Mouse," which ran for four years in the Lyceum Theatre. She appeared in the original company of "Madame Sas-Gene," was with E. H. Sothern in "School for Scandal," and figured in all the performances of the Frohman stock company at the Lyceum.
In 1922 Miss Shotwell went to Hollywood to appear in motion pictures, Her first starring film was "The Thirteenth Chair." She appeared in "The Whip Woman," with Estelle Taylor in "Civilian Clothes," "The Manicure Girl," with Bebe Daniels in "Running Wild" and "Sally of the Sawdust," and with W. C. Fields in "Shore Leave."
A few years ago she toured with Pauline Frederick in "The Scarlet Woman," and last Winter was in "The Incubator," which opened on Broadway. During the same period she made a few short pictures in the Eastern Service Studios in Astoria and took a screen test for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer just two weeks ago.
Miss Shotwell was remarried, her husband having been William G. Austin, former Police Commissioner of Savannah, Ga. The marriage ended in divorce. Mr. Austin died last year. They had one child, Frank W. Austin, an insurance broker of 250 Park Avenue. He is Miss Shotwell's only near relative.
A funeral service will be held at 7 o'clock this evening in The Funeral Church, Broadway and Sixty-sixth Street. Burial will take place Thursday at Westerly, R. I.
(From the New York Times, Sept. 19, 1934)
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Born in New York, the daughter of Byron Shotwell, she studied at Mme. Gardiner's School here and went on the stage at the age of 16. She appeared, with moderate success, in several plays, but abandoned the stage to marry William Hawley of New York. They lived abroad until his death early in the century.
Miss Shotwell then returned to the stage and scored the greatest hit of her career as Shirley Rossmore in "The Lion and the Mouse," which ran for four years in the Lyceum Theatre. She appeared in the original company of "Madame Sas-Gene," was with E. H. Sothern in "School for Scandal," and figured in all the performances of the Frohman stock company at the Lyceum.
In 1922 Miss Shotwell went to Hollywood to appear in motion pictures, Her first starring film was "The Thirteenth Chair." She appeared in "The Whip Woman," with Estelle Taylor in "Civilian Clothes," "The Manicure Girl," with Bebe Daniels in "Running Wild" and "Sally of the Sawdust," and with W. C. Fields in "Shore Leave."
A few years ago she toured with Pauline Frederick in "The Scarlet Woman," and last Winter was in "The Incubator," which opened on Broadway. During the same period she made a few short pictures in the Eastern Service Studios in Astoria and took a screen test for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer just two weeks ago.
Miss Shotwell was remarried, her husband having been William G. Austin, former Police Commissioner of Savannah, Ga. The marriage ended in divorce. Mr. Austin died last year. They had one child, Frank W. Austin, an insurance broker of 250 Park Avenue. He is Miss Shotwell's only near relative.
A funeral service will be held at 7 o'clock this evening in The Funeral Church, Broadway and Sixty-sixth Street. Burial will take place Thursday at Westerly, R. I.
(From the New York Times, Sept. 19, 1934)
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Marie Shotwell, star of stage and screen star, died of a cerebral hemorrhage yesterday afternoon in St. John's Hospital, Long Island City, after being stricken earlier in the day while at work in the Astoria film studios on the new George M. Cohan picture, "Gambling." Miss Shotwell was 54 years old.
Born in New York, the daughter of Byron Shotwell, she studied at Mme. Gardiner's School here and went on the stage at the age of 16. She appeared, with moderate success, in several plays, but abandoned the stage to marry William Hawley of New York. They lived abroad until his death early in the century.
Miss Shotwell then returned to the stage and scored the greatest hit of her career as Shirley Rossmore in "The Lion and the Mouse," which ran for four years in the Lyceum Theatre. She appeared in the original company of "Madame Sas-Gene," was with E. H. Sothern in "School for Scandal," and figured in all the performances of the Frohman stock company at the Lyceum.
In 1922 Miss Shotwell went to Hollywood to appear in motion pictures, Her first starring film was "The Thirteenth Chair." She appeared in "The Whip Woman," with Estelle Taylor in "Civilian Clothes," "The Manicure Girl," with Bebe Daniels in "Running Wild" and "Sally of the Sawdust," and with W. C. Fields in "Shore Leave."
A few years ago she toured with Pauline Frederick in "The Scarlet Woman," and last Winter was in "The Incubator," which opened on Broadway. During the same period she made a few short pictures in the Eastern Service Studios in Astoria and took a screen test for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer just two weeks ago.
Miss Shotwell was remarried, her husband having been William G. Austin, former Police Commissioner of Savannah, Ga. The marriage ended in divorce. Mr. Austin died last year. They had one child, Frank W. Austin, an insurance broker of 250 Park Avenue. He is Miss Shotwell's only near relative.
A funeral service will be held at 7 o'clock this evening in The Funeral Church, Broadway and Sixty-sixth Street. Burial will take place Thursday at Westerly, R. I.
(From the New York Times, Sept. 19, 1934)
COURTESY OF SAM
Born in New York, the daughter of Byron Shotwell, she studied at Mme. Gardiner's School here and went on the stage at the age of 16. She appeared, with moderate success, in several plays, but abandoned the stage to marry William Hawley of New York. They lived abroad until his death early in the century.
Miss Shotwell then returned to the stage and scored the greatest hit of her career as Shirley Rossmore in "The Lion and the Mouse," which ran for four years in the Lyceum Theatre. She appeared in the original company of "Madame Sas-Gene," was with E. H. Sothern in "School for Scandal," and figured in all the performances of the Frohman stock company at the Lyceum.
In 1922 Miss Shotwell went to Hollywood to appear in motion pictures, Her first starring film was "The Thirteenth Chair." She appeared in "The Whip Woman," with Estelle Taylor in "Civilian Clothes," "The Manicure Girl," with Bebe Daniels in "Running Wild" and "Sally of the Sawdust," and with W. C. Fields in "Shore Leave."
A few years ago she toured with Pauline Frederick in "The Scarlet Woman," and last Winter was in "The Incubator," which opened on Broadway. During the same period she made a few short pictures in the Eastern Service Studios in Astoria and took a screen test for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer just two weeks ago.
Miss Shotwell was remarried, her husband having been William G. Austin, former Police Commissioner of Savannah, Ga. The marriage ended in divorce. Mr. Austin died last year. They had one child, Frank W. Austin, an insurance broker of 250 Park Avenue. He is Miss Shotwell's only near relative.
A funeral service will be held at 7 o'clock this evening in The Funeral Church, Broadway and Sixty-sixth Street. Burial will take place Thursday at Westerly, R. I.
(From the New York Times, Sept. 19, 1934)
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