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Born | Grace Barrett January 7, 1907 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
Died | August 8, 1955 Van Nuys, California, U.S. | (aged 48)
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1932–1950 |
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Grace Adelaide Hartman (born Grace Barrett;[1] January 7, 1907 – August 8, 1955) was an American stage and musical theatre actress.
She was born in San Francisco, California.[1] She was married to actor Paul Hartman from 1923[2] until they divorced in 1951.[1] That same year, she married television director Norman Abbott.[3]
In 1949, Hartman and her then-husband co-starred in The Hartmans, a comedy series on NBC-TV.[4]
Grace Barrett Hartman Abbott died from cancer at her home in Van Nuys, California on August 8, 1955, aged forty eight. She was survived by her husband, Norman Abbott, her stepchildren, Chrise and Billy Abbott, and the only child from her first marriage, television writer Ted Hartman.[3]
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1940 | Sunny | Juliet Runnymede | |
1943 | Higher and Higher | Hilda | |
1949 | The Hartmans | Herself | TV series |
She won a Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her role in Angel in the Wings.[5]
VAN NUYS, Calif., Aug. 8—Mrs. Grace Barrett Hartman Abbott, former member of the Hartmans, the famous husband-wife dance team, died today in her home of cancer after a year's illness. She was 48 years old. She was the wife of Norman Abbott, a television director, to whom she was married four years ago after her long career as the wife and dancing partner of Paul Hartman ended in divorce. In addition to her husband, Mr. Abbott, Mrs. Abbott is survived by Ted, the only child of her first marriage. He is a television writer. She is survived also by two stepchildren, Chrise and Billy Abbott.
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