Louise Emerald Bates
{{Short description|American actress}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Louise Emerald Bates
| image = Louise Emerald Bates Tobacco Card.jpg
| caption = Bates in 1921
| birth_date = {{birth date|1886|12|28|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Massachusetts, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1972|6|11|1886|12|28|mf=y}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| other_names =
| occupation = Actress
| years_active =
| notable_works =
}}
Louise Emerald Bates (December 28, 1886 - June 11, 1972) was an American actress whose photo was covered in the 1915 issue of Motion Picture Classic.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rl4hAQAAMAAJ&dq="Louise+Emerald+Bates"&pg=RA1-PA9 | title=Motion Picture Classic | date=1915 }} Born in Massachusetts, U.S,{{Cite web|url=https://www.thanhouser.org/tcocd/Biography_Files/8vdew2.htm|title=BATES, Louise Emerald|website=www.thanhouser.org}} she left the stage and theater productions, where she starred in musical comedies, for Thanhouser's Falstaff comedies produced at its New Rochelle studio.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=De8lR_sUtoUC&dq=%22louise+emerald+bates%22%C2%A0&pg=PA651|title=Moving Picture World and View Photographer|date=September 5, 1915|publisher=World Photographic Publishing Company|via=Google Books}} She was a female lead in Falstaff comedies. In 1916 she worked at Thanhouser's studio in Jacksonville, Florida. where the Falstaff crew relocated.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1N5mDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Louise+Emerald+Bates%22&pg=PT110 | title=Anders van Haden: A Pictorial Biography | isbn=978-1-5320-5248-4 | last1=Howard | first1=Terris C. | date=12 July 2018 | publisher=iUniverse }} In 1916, actor Harris Gordon was noted as her husband.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vHwNAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22louise+emerald+bates%22%C2%A0&pg=RA2-PA101|title=Photoplay: The Aristocrat of Motion Picture Magazines|date=September 5, 1916|publisher=Photoplay Magazine Publishing Company|via=Google Books}} She married Edmund Mortimer and became Louise Bates Mortimer.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iqIYAQAAIAAJ&q=%22louise+bates%22+1917|title=Silent Film Necrology|first=Eugene Michael|last=Vazzana|date=September 5, 2001|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-1059-0 |via=Google Books}}
Theater
Filmography
- Foiling Father's Foes (1915){{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=De8lR_sUtoUC&dq=%22louise+emerald+bates%22%C2%A0&pg=PA651|title=Moving Picture World and View Photographer|date=September 5, 1915|publisher=World Photographic Publishing Company|via=Google Books}}
- Minnie the Mean Manicurist (1915)
- Conductor's Classy Champion (1915) as Cordelia
- Hilda's Husky Mother (1915) as Hilda
- Film Favorite's Finish (1915){{Cite web|url=https://www.thanhouser.org/TCOCD/Filmography_files/5g5flk.htm|title=FILM FAVORITE'S FINISH, THE|website=www.thanhouser.org}}
- Inspiration (1915 film)
- Grace's Gorgeous Gowns (1916)
- The Men She Married (1916) as Ada Semple
- Her Father's Gold (1916){{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LXYwCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Louise+Emerald+Bates%22&pg=PA120 | title=The Media in the Movies: A Catalog of American Journalism Films, 1900-1996 | isbn=978-1-4766-0925-6 | last1=Langman | first1=Larry | date=11 July 2015 | publisher=McFarland }}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LXYwCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22louise+emerald+bates%22%C2%A0&pg=PA120|title=The Media in the Movies: A Catalog of American Journalism Films, 1900-1996|first=Larry|last=Langman|date=July 11, 2015|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1-4766-0925-6 |via=Google Books}} a drama feature film
- Grace's Gorgeous Gowns (1916)
- Pete's Persian Princess (1916)
- Lucky Larry's Lady Love (1916)
- Levy's Fashion Exhibit (1916), private release
- Perkins' Peace Party (1916
- Silas Marner (1916 film) as His sweetheart
- What Doris Did (1916)
- Maud Muller Modernized (1916)
- Theodore's Terrible Thirst (1916)
- The Weakling (1916)
- The Kiddie's Kaptain Kid (1916){{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a3lJAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22louise+emerald+bates%22%C2%A0&pg=PA1096|title=Nickelodeon|date=September 5, 1916|via=Google Books}}
- Disguisers (1916)
- Advertisemters (1916)
- Real Estaters (1916)
- Guiders (1916)
- Musickers (1916)
- Wrath of Love (1917){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K7tPAAAAYAAJ&q=%22louise+bates%22+1917|title=The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36|first=Robert B.|last=Connelly|date=September 5, 1998|publisher=December Press|isbn=978-0-913204-36-8 |via=Google Books}}{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zospQ7o5u0oC&dq=%22louise+bates%22+1917&pg=PA241|title=The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography|first=Aubrey|last=Solomon|date=January 10, 2014|publisher=McFarland|via=Google Books}}
- The Easiest Way (1917 film)
- Arms and the Girl (1917) as Olga Karnovitch{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fm4I5DClrb4C&dq=%22louise+bates%22+1917&pg=PA210|title=Mrs. Ziegfeld: The Public and Private Lives of Billie Burke|first=Grant|last=Hayter-Menzies|date=April 22, 2009|publisher=McFarland|via=Google Books}}
- The Marionettes (film) (1918) as Madame de Lancey
- A Wife's Romance (1923) as Isabel de Castellar (credited as Louise Bates Mortimer)
- The Beloved Brat (1938) as Mrs. Morgan's Guest
- Laugh It Off (1939 film)
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Category:Actresses from Massachusetts
Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:American film actresses