Bertha Galland was an American dramatic stage actress remembered for her romantic roles.
16 Facts About Bertha Galland
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Bertha Galland was the daughter of Berthold Galland and Anna Miller Hawley.
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Berthold Galland was a native of Posen, Prussia who came to America in 1860 where he became a dry goods merchant and later found success as a manufacturer of fashionable women's lace undergarments.
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Anna Bertha Galland, born in Harford, Pennsylvania, was a talented marine and landscape artist.
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Bertha Galland took to the stage about age twenty after studying drama for several years in Europe and later in America as a student of George Edgar, a former instructor of actress Margaret Mather.
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Bertha Galland next appeared in The Love Match at the Lyceum as Pansy de Castro and then in a long engagement as Esmeralda, in a road production of The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.
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Bertha Galland found similar success with David Belasco playing the title role in Sweet Kitty Bellairs in New York and elsewhere.
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At some point in her later years Bertha Galland wrote The Coral Girl, a libretto for light opera.
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John James Donnelly, her former manager, had planned to produce the piece but, like Bertha Galland, did not live to see the project through completion.
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On May 8,1910, Bertha Galland was one of fourteen prominent actresses to greet President William Howard Taft before his inaugural address opening the Actors Fund Fair in New York.
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On May 2,1929, Bertha Galland presented President Herbert Hoover with an illuminated copy of a song she composed as a possible American national anthem called America Beloved Land.
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Bertha Galland died in an automobile accident in White Plains, New York on November 20,1932.
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The force of the accident was such that Bertha Galland's car overturned striking a fire hydrant and severely injuring several people at a bus stop.
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Bertha Galland died on the way to hospital and her mother shortly after arriving.
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Bertha Galland was survived by her brother Seymour and uncle, Louis Watres.
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Seymour's daughter, Dorothy Bertha Galland, was a 1920s vaudeville singer, comedian and quick-change artist.