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Natalie Dagwell

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Natalie Dagwell
Born
Henrietta Emma Dagwell

September 11, 1886
Utica, New York, U.S.
DiedJuly 7, 1965
Middleville, New York, U.S.
Other namesNathalie Dagwell
Occupation(s)Singer, dancer, vaudeville and burlesque performer

Henrietta Emma "Natalie" Dagwell (September 11, 1886 – July 7, 1965) was an American singer, dancer, vaudeville and burlesque performer in the early 1900s.

Biography

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Dagwell was born in Utica, New York,[1] the daughter of Charles Miller Dagwell and Barbara J. Dishler Dagwell.[2] Her father was a policeman, and a Union Army and Union Navy veteran of the American Civil War.[3] Her uncle George Albert Dagwell was wounded and captured at the Battle of Fairfax Court House in 1863.[4] She trained as a singer with Frieda Ashworth, Melanie Guttman-Rice, and Victor Maurel.[5] Dagwell died in 1965, at the age of 78, in Middleville, New York.

Career

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Dagwell's Broadway credits included roles in Dream City (1906–1907), Fascinating Flora (1907),[6] The Merry Widow Burlesque (1908), A Winsome Widow (1912),[7][8] Ziegfeld Follies of 1912 (1912–1913),[7] The Big Show (1916–1917). She had a vaudeville act singing old songs with her older sister, Aurie Dagwell.[9][10] Both Dagwell sisters were in the cast of A Black Sheep (1911) with the Edward F. Albee Stock Co.[11] Léon Bakst designed a costume for Natalie Dagwell in 1916.[12]

Dagwell was associated with the New York Hippodrome for many years. She sang early American songs in her act there in 1909.[13] In 1917 Dagwell played "Miss Columbia" in a patriotic pageant at the Hippodrome.[14] She was in Cheer Up at the Hippodrome in 1918.[15] She was one of the chorus girls who raised funds for a memorial to the dogs who died in military testing during World War I.[16]

References

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  1. ^ "'Old Home' Night; Former Uticans Will be Entertained at Box Party in Honor of Pretty Girls". Harrisburg Telegraph. 1909-09-30. p. 9. Retrieved 2024-08-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "The Misses Dagwell". Utica Daily Press. August 4, 1903. p. 5 – via NYS Historic Newspapers.
  3. ^ "Obituary: Charles M. Dagwell". The Sun. 1912-07-23. p. 9. Retrieved 2024-08-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ O’Neill, Robert F. (2014-01-10). Chasing Jeb Stuart and John Mosby: The Union Cavalry in Northern Virginia from Second Manassas to Gettysburg. McFarland. p. 246. ISBN 978-0-7864-9256-5.
  5. ^ "Notes of Plays and Actors". The Sun. April 14, 1918. p. 3 – via NYS Historic Newspapers.
  6. ^ "Ring Up the Curtain". The Saturday Evening Mail: 6. August 17, 1907.
  7. ^ a b Hines, Dixie; Hanaford, Harry Prescott (1914). Who's who in Music and Drama. H.P. Hanaford. pp. 437, 451.
  8. ^ Tuska, Jon (1992). The Complete Films of Mae West. Citadel Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-8065-1359-1.
  9. ^ "Pretty Girl Feature". The Courier. 1909-09-26. p. 5. Retrieved 2024-08-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Dagwell Sisters Appear in HIstoric Song Cycle". Harrisburg Telegraph. 1910-12-07. p. 5. Retrieved 2024-08-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ The Albee Alumni: A History of the Eleven Years of the Edward F. Albee Stock Co. E.F. Albee. 1912. p. 196.
  12. ^ Schouvaloff, Alexander (1991). Leon Bakst: The Theatre Art. Rizzoli International. p. 181 – via Internet Archive.
  13. ^ "Finds Inspiration in Family Trunk". The Plain Dealer. 1909-08-30. p. 10. Retrieved 2024-08-21 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Hippodrome Guests". The Fourth Estate (1209): 8. April 28, 1917.
  15. ^ "Last Week at the Hippodrome". School: 354. May 9, 1918.
  16. ^ "A Proposed Memorial". Journal of Zoophily. 27 (12): 181. December 1918.
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