Henrietta Emma "Natalie" Dagwell (September 11, 1886 – July 7, 1965) was an American singer, dancer, vaudeville and burlesque performer in the early 1900s.
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| Born | Henrietta Emma Dagwell September 11, 1886 Utica, New York, U.S. |
| Died | July 7, 1965 Middleville, New York, U.S. |
| Other names | Nathalie Dagwell |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, dancer, vaudeville and burlesque performer |
Biography
editDagwell 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
editDagwell'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
edit- ^ "'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.
- ^ "The Misses Dagwell". Utica Daily Press. August 4, 1903. p. 5 – via NYS Historic Newspapers.
- ^ "Obituary: Charles M. Dagwell". The Sun. 1912-07-23. p. 9. Retrieved 2024-08-21 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Notes of Plays and Actors". The Sun. April 14, 1918. p. 3 – via NYS Historic Newspapers.
- ^ "Ring Up the Curtain". The Saturday Evening Mail: 6. August 17, 1907.
- ^ a b Hines, Dixie; Hanaford, Harry Prescott (1914). Who's who in Music and Drama. H.P. Hanaford. pp. 437, 451.
- ^ Tuska, Jon (1992). The Complete Films of Mae West. Citadel Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-8065-1359-1.
- ^ "Pretty Girl Feature". The Courier. 1909-09-26. p. 5. Retrieved 2024-08-21 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Dagwell Sisters Appear in HIstoric Song Cycle". Harrisburg Telegraph. 1910-12-07. p. 5. Retrieved 2024-08-21 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ The Albee Alumni: A History of the Eleven Years of the Edward F. Albee Stock Co. E.F. Albee. 1912. p. 196.
- ^ Schouvaloff, Alexander (1991). Leon Bakst: The Theatre Art. Rizzoli International. p. 181 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Finds Inspiration in Family Trunk". The Plain Dealer. 1909-08-30. p. 10. Retrieved 2024-08-21 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Hippodrome Guests". The Fourth Estate (1209): 8. April 28, 1917.
- ^ "Last Week at the Hippodrome". School: 354. May 9, 1918.
- ^ "A Proposed Memorial". Journal of Zoophily. 27 (12): 181. December 1918.
External links
edit- Natalie Dagwell at the Internet Broadway Database
- Natalie Dagwell portrait by Sarony, in the American Vaudeville Museum Archive
- A different Sarony portrait of Natalie Dagwell, in the New York Public Library Digital Collections