Lottie Alter

Charlotte Alice Alter (January 16, 1871 – December 25, 1924)^[1] was an American actress on stage and in silent films.

Lottie Alter
Alter, from a 1901 publication
Born	Charlotte Alice Alter (1871-01-16)January 16, 1871 La Crosse, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died	December 25, 1924(1924-12-25) (aged 53) Beechhurst, Queens, New York, U.S.
Resting place	Flushing Cemetery
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1886–1924
Known for	Stage and silent films
Spouse	Harry C. Bradley ​ (m. 1923)​

Early life

Alter was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin on January 16, 1871,^[2] the daughter of Frederick Pernal Alter and Ida Alter (née Soplitt).^[3][4][5][6]

Career

Arthur Vezin and Lottie Alter in Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1908).

Alter began acting in the American midwest by 1890,^[7] playing soubrette roles in touring companies managed by Henrietta Crosman, Joseph Jefferson, and Charles Frohman, in such shows as The Cricket on the Hearth, Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush, The Country Circus,^[6] Fifi,^[8] The Shadows of a Great City, The Girl I Left Behind Me,^[9] and Hearts are Trumps.^[10] On Broadway, she acted in To Have and to Hold (1901), The Vinegar Buyer (1903),^[11] The Trifler (1905) with Esme Beringer,^[12] Charley's Aunt (1906), and Excuse Me (1911) by Rupert Hughes. Of her work in Excuse Me, critic George Jean Nathan wrote that she was among "the best in a generally capable cast."^[13]

She toured Australia and Great Britain in Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. In 1916 she was leading her own company in vaudeville.^[14]

Silent film appearances by Alter included roles in the film shorts Advertising for a Wife (1910) and An Arizona Romance (1910), and the feature films The Eternal City (1915) alongside Pauline Frederick and Thomas Holding, and The Lottery Man (1916) with Oliver Hardy and Thurlow Bergen.

Personal life

Alter married a fellow actor, Harry C. Bradley, in 1923.^[15]

She died in Beechhurst, Queens, New York, in 1924 of pneumonitis.^[16] She was buried at Flushing Cemetery.^[17]