1. Josie Sadler was for twenty years a leading American stage comedienne known for her "Dutch" dialect routines and heavy-set appearance.
21 Facts About Josie Sadler
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Josie Sadler made several early phonograph recordings for the major companies of the time, and made several silent films, mostly for Vitagraph.
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Josie Sadler retired from show business to operate her deceased husband's electrical research business.
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Josie Sadler was born as Josephine Rauscher in New York City in 1871.
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Josie Sadler's father was German, and her mother was French.
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Josie Sadler was educated in the United States, and later in Germany, ending her education at age 15.
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Josie Sadler then appeared in 2 more John Russel productions, Easy Street and Miss McGinty, before engaging with Henry Dixey for revivals of the shows Patience and The Mascot.
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Josie Sadler is credited with originating the "Dutch Girl" role on stage, in her performance in the 1899 play Prince Pro Tem.
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Josie Sadler was again at the New York Theater for The Hall of Fame.
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Josie Sadler was next alongside Eddie Foy and Lillian Lorraine in Over the River.
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Josie Sadler appeared in a play entitled Will O' Th' Wisp for the Summer 1911 season at Chicago's Studebaker Theater and was among the featured performers of the 1912 Ziegfeld Follies.
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The films were not very successful, and the "Josie Sadler" series did not continue.
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Josie Sadler continued to work on the stage, appearing as "Alma" in the 1916 production The Blue Envelope.
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Josie Sadler retired from show business in 1918 in order to run her husband's electrical research business, subsequent to his death.
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Josie Sadler gave credit to her husband's business friends and her employees who readily assisted her.
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Josie Sadler credited herself with using her sense of humor to improve the mood of the workplace.
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Josie Sadler's hobbies included cooking, and she was known to try new recipes of her own invention on her fellow actors.
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Josie Sadler was married at least twice, and had one son, William Geddes, who followed her both on the stage and into the electrical business.
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Columbia Records was the first to issue records by her, and four Josie Sadler records were ultimately issued.
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Josie Sadler's recordings consist of comedic singing, intermittent patter, and monologues.
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Josie Sadler's records did not sell very well, Walsh speculates that her routines lacked variety, and that her "Dutch" German dialect, used in most of her recordings but not all, was difficult to decipher.