Lotta Linthicum

Lotta Linthicum was born in New York City, the daughter of William Oliver Linthicum and Julia Clark Bogardus Linthicum. After her father's death, she and her mother also lived in France and England, where Lotte trained in music, drama, and art.{{Cite journal|last=Sheridan|first=Mattie|date=March 13, 1891|title=A Few Words about Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i3o4AQAAMAAJ&q=Lotta+Linthicum&pg=PA93|journal=The Epoch|volume=9|pages=93}}{{Cite news|title=Who's Who on the Stage|date=April 5, 1925|work=The New York Times|page=X4 |id={{ProQuest| }}}} She was photographed by Alfred Stieglitz on one ocean crossing, in 1894.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-bsEdiJOKnAC&q=Lotta+Linthicum&pg=PA26|title=The Steerage and Alfred Stieglitz|last1=Francisco|first1=Jason|last2=McCauley|first2=Elizabeth Anne|date=2012-02-12|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520266223|pages=26–27|language=en}} She and her mother had a home in Sconset, The Moorings, which was described as "a kind of social headquarters" for the summer colony of actors there, "full of unique souvenirs".{{Cite journal|date=August 1902|title=An Actors' Summer Colony|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z9xKAQAAMAAJ&q=Lotta+Linthicum&pg=PA24-IA176|journal=The Theatre Magazine|volume=2|pages=6–8}}

Lotta Linthicum had a long career on the stage,[https://books.google.com/books?id=01swAQAAMAAJ&q=Linthicum&pg=RA4-PA10 "Miss Lotta Linthicum, an Actress of Prominence and Artistic Ability"] Broadway Weekly (March 10, 1904): 10. from the 1890s to the 1930s, mainly in London,{{Cite journal|date=February 1897|title=Among the Players|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WMs2AQAAMAAJ&q=Lotta+Linthicum&pg=PA183|journal=The Peterson Magazine|volume=7|pages=183}} Montreal,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31042189/lotta_linthicum_1900/|title=Lotta Linthicum's Offer|date=November 28, 1900|work=The Indianapolis News|access-date=April 28, 2019|page=3|via=Newspapers.com}} and New York. Broadway appearances by Lotta Linthicum included roles in Love Finds the Way (1898), The Royal Box (1898), Lady Rose's Daughter (1903), The Deserters (1910),{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinmusica00hinegoog|quote=Lotta Linthicum.|title=Who's who in Music and Drama|last1=Hines|first1=Dixie|last2=Hanaford|first2=Harry Prescott|date=1914|publisher=H.P. Hanaford|pages=[https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinmusica00hinegoog/page/n402 378], 463|language=en}} Frou-Frou (1912), Cheer Up (1912–1913), A Tailor-Made Man (1917–1918, 1929),{{Cite journal|date=October 1917|title=Scenes in Harry James Smith's Comedy 'A Tailor-Made Man'|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4JRRAQAAMAAJ&q=Lotta+Linthicum&pg=PA210|journal=Theatre Magazine|volume=26|pages=210|last1=Thorold|first1=W. J.|last2=Hornblow|first2=Arthur|last3=Maxwell|first3=Perriton|last4=Beach|first4=Stewart}} The Little Whopper (1919–1920), Blue Eyes (1921), Icebound (1923),{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ciwdL9jp0OoC&q=Lotta+Linthicum&pg=PA133|title=The Great American Playwrights on the Screen: A Critical Guide to Film, Video, and DVD|last=Roberts|first=Jerry|date=2003|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9781557835123|pages=133|language=en}} The Shelf (1926), Piggy (1927),{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GzeiySJZXF4C&q=Lotta+Linthicum&pg=PA361|title=Broadway Plays and Musicals: Descriptions and Essential Facts of More Than 14,000 Shows through 2007|last=Hischak|first=Thomas S.|date=2009-04-22|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786453092|pages=325, 361, 425, 509|language=en}} The Wild Man of Borneo (1927), Atlas and Eva (1928),{{Cite news|title='Atlas and Eva' Presented at the Mansfield|last=Allen|first=Kelcey|date=February 7, 1928|work=Women's Wear Daily|page=13 |id={{ProQuest| }}}} Skyrocket (1929), Nice Women (1929), She Lived Next to the Firehouse (1931), and Papavert (1931–1932). She was also seen in other shows, including The Sign of the Cross (1896),{{Cite web|url=https://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/19thcenturyactors/id/948|title=Lotta Linthicum in the role of Dacia from a production of 'The Sign of the Cross', ca. 1896|website=cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org|language=en|access-date=2019-04-28}} Weather-Beaten Benson (1904), Skipper & Co. (1911){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AP4hAAAAMAAJ&q=Lotta+Linthicum&pg=PA243|title=The Catalogue of the American Play Co., with Original Casts|last=York|first=American Play Company, New|date=1911|publisher=The Company|pages=243|language=en}} Madame Sherry (1913),{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/13158897/madame_sherry_22_jul_1913/|title=Julia Murdock Praises Poli Players for Cleverness in Musical Comedy|last=Murdock|first=Julia|date=July 22, 1913|work=The Washington Times|access-date=April 28, 2019|page=8|via=Newspapers.com}} The Crinoline Girl (1914),{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1904/09/02/archives/ezra-kendalls-new-play-first-production-of-weatherbeaten-benson.html|title=Ezra Kendall's New Play; First Production of|date=1904-09-02|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-04-28|page=7|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} Don't Do It Dodo (1936),Two New Comedies Here Next Week and the suffrage production A Pageant of Protests.{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/rbcmiller002713/|title=Characters in "A Pageant of Protests" given by leading suffrage workers of New York in the Broadway Theater|website=Library of Congress|access-date=2019-04-28}}

Linthicum traveled with pet dogs, especially of the pug and Pomeranian breeds.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31046952/lotta_linthicum_1923/|title=Kennel of Poms Keeps Actress Busy and Happy|date=June 25, 1923|work=Daily News|access-date=April 28, 2019|page=40|via=Newspapers.com}} She also bred Pomeranians,{{Cite journal|date=June 1922|title=A 'Pom' For You (advertisement)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_Yk3AQAAMAAJ&q=Linthicum+Plandome&pg=RA1-PA19|journal=Country Life|volume=42|pages=19|last1=Saylor|first1=Henry Hodgman|last2=Townsend|first2=Reginald Townsend}} and showed her dogs in competitions.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31051588/lotta_linthicum_1922/|title=Big Little Dogs|date=January 27, 1922|work=Daily News|access-date=April 28, 2019|page=28|via=Newspapers.com}}

Lotta Linthicum married three times. Her first husband was fellow actor James William Bankson; they married in 1899,{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31050169/lotta_linthicum_1899/|title=Lotta Linthicum|date=June 4, 1899|work=Buffalo Courier|access-date=April 28, 2019|page=6|via=Newspapers.com}} and he died of typhoid in 1900, at age 22.{{Cite news|title=Obituary Notes|date=August 17, 1900|work=The New York Times|page=7 |id={{ProQuest| }}}} Bankson was violent towards Linthicum, enough to cause public comment and police involvement.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31050410/lotta_linthicum_1899/|title=Sorosis Discusses Lotta Linthicum|date=September 29, 1899|work=The Buffalo Review|access-date=April 28, 2019|page=2|via=Newspapers.com}} Her second husband was William Cantwell Strachan, a Canadian theatre professional; they married in 1905, and divorced in 1913.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31050007/lotta_linthicum_1913/|title=Actress Seeks Freedom|date=October 31, 1913|work=The Gazette|access-date=April 28, 2019|page=2|via=Newspapers.com}} Her third husband was Armor W. Barbour (they married about 1915). Her later years saw her in financial straits; her art and other belongings were auctioned over time.{{Cite news|title=Remington Bronzes Sold|date=November 20, 1938|work=The New York Times|page=46 |id={{ProQuest| }}}} She died in Port Chester, New York, in 1952, when she was about eighty years old.

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• [http://lottalinthicum.blogspot.com/ Lotta Linthicum, Broadway Actress], a blog maintained in November 2007 by John Phillips
• [https://collections.mcny.org/CS.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&VBID=24UAYWDGUNJI1 A photograph of Lotta Linthicum from before 1910], in the collection of the Museum of the City of New York.

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