1. Mollie Williams was best known for producing, writing, and starring in her own revue, The Mollie Williams Show.
15 Facts About Mollie Williams
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Mollie Williams was one of four children born to Adolph Hersh and Henrietta Hersh.
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Mollie Williams was signed as a chorus girl in Al Reeve's Big Beauty Show on the Eastern Burlesque Wheel.
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In 1907, while performing in the chorus of The Behman Show, Mollie Williams persuaded the producer to stage her impersonation of Anna Held.
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Mollie Williams' imitation of Held was a hit, one that led to principal roles in shows produced by Jack Singer and Robert Manchester.
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Mollie Williams sang, danced, joked, and starred in dramatic playlets that she wrote.
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Mollie Williams kept the Dance L'Enticement in the show, but instead of performing it herself she gave it to the male comedians and played it for laughs.
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Later, Mollie Williams admitted that she would listen closely to women in the audience and rewrite scenes until they laughed.
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The Mollie Williams Show was a major financial success for the Columbia Wheel.
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Mollie Williams went so far as to meet in Washington with the bill's sponsor, Pennsylvania Congressman Melville Clyde Kelly.
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In 1901, Mollie Williams married Albert Thomas Thetford, an insurance agent from Brooklyn.
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In 1946, Mollie Williams married Hugh Dewart, President of Mohican Stores, Inc.
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For example, Mollie Williams' Wilson Show campaigned for the reelection of Woodrow Wilson during the Presidential Election of 1916.
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Mollie Williams was an active member of the Actors Fund of America.
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Mollie Williams died in New York on January 5,1954.