Artie Hall
Cover to 1906 "Jessamine" sheet music
Bornc. 1881
Georgia, United States
Died (aged 58)
Queens, New York
NationalityAmerican
OccupationVaudeville performer
SpouseRobert Fulgora[1]
Artie Hall out of costume.

Artie Hall (c. 1881–1939) was an American vaudeville singer and actress, known for her blackface performances as a coon shouter. She was a "petite vocalist with a strong voice".[2] Her most successful role was Topsy in William A. Brady's version of Uncle Tom's Cabin. A controversial part of her act was the removal of a glove to reveal her white skin at the end of a song.[3]

Artie Hall was initially reported to have died during the April 18, 1906, San Francisco earthquake.[4] This apparently was misconstrued, and misquoted by the New York Times before it was discovered she didn't die.[5]

Hall was married circa 1899 to an actor named Robert Fulgora. They were divorced by September 1914.[6] She later married William Atwell, a vaudeville agent. Hall died from a kidney ailment at her home in Astoria, Queens, New York on March 20, 1939, aged 58.[7]

Her sister, Pauline Des Landes (known professionally as Bonita) was also a vaudeville actress.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Monarchs of Minstrelsy from "Daddy" Rice to Date, page 355 by Edward Le Roy Rice c.1911
  2. ↑ Armond Fields (2007). Tony Pastor, father of vaudeville. McFarland. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-7864-3054-3.
  3. ↑ Lynn Abbott; Doug Seroff (2007). Ragged But Right: Black Travelling Shows, "Coon Songs", and the Dark Pathway to Blues and Jazz. Univ. Press of Mississippi. pp. 17–20. ISBN 978-1-57806-901-9.
  4. ↑ "Artie Hall is killed". New York Times. April 21, 1906....PDF version readout
  5. ↑ Los Angeles Herald; ORPHEUM OFFERS GOOD BILL OF VAUDEVILLE; April 24, 1906...Retrieved April 25, 2019
  6. ↑ Variety, September 1914 [PDF]
  7. ↑ "Artie Hall". Variety: 46. March 29, 1939.
  8. ↑ Frank Cullen; Florence Hackman; Donald McNeilly (2007). Vaudeville, old and new. Routledge. p. 499. ISBN 978-0-415-93853-2.


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