Hattie Delaro (1861 – April 18, 1941) was an American actress. She had a career in theater, then became an actress in silent film in the 1910s and 1920s.

Hattie Delaro
publicity still from The-Mind-the-Paint Girl (1919)
Born1861
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
DiedApril 18, 1941 (age 80)
New York, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1913–1926
SpouseWilliam S. Barnes
Hattie Delaro (1889)

Delaro was born in Brooklyn.[1]

Templar Saxe (rear) with left to right: Hattie Delaro, Anita Stewart and Gladys Valerie. The Mind the Paint Girl(1919)

Delaro debuted on stage in 1881 at Brooklyn's Grand Opera House "in a repertory of comic operas".[1] She portrayed Melissa in the first authorized New York production of Gilbert and Sullivan's Princess Ida in 1884[2] and an 1885 production of The Mikado at Hollis Street Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1888, she was in the production The Queen's Mate. Her other Broadway credits included The Pearl of Pekin (1889), Mam'selle 'Awkins (1900), and Babes in Toyland (1903)[2]

She began her film career in 1913 short film Love in an Apartment Hotel.[3]

Delaro was married to attorney William S. Barnes. She died on April 18, 1941, in New York at age 80.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c "Hattie Delaro, 80, Comic Opera Star". The New York Times. April 19, 1941. p. 15. ProQuest 106094288. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Hattie Delaro". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on February 7, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2021.
  3. ^ "Silent Era: Love in an Apartment Hotel". silentera. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
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