PARAPAR@`TEXT`Hale, Louise Closser 18721933 actor and novelist Born in Chicago on October 13, 1872, Louise Closser grew up and attended school in Indianapolis and La Porte, Indiana. After study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City and Emerson College of Oratory in Boston she made her theatrical debut in 1894 in a Detroit production of In Old Kentucky. For several years she appeared in various minor roles. During that time, in August 1899, she married Walter Hale, an actor and artist. In the 1903 Broadway season she was a hit in Shaws Candida. In April 1907 she made her London debut in her most popular role, that of Miss Hazy in Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. Subsequent appearances were in Blue Bird in 1910, The Rainbow in 19121913, The Marriage of Columbine in 1914, The Clever Ones in 1915, His Bridal Night in 1917, For the Defense in 1919, Eugene ONeills Beyond the Horizon in 1920, Zona Gales Miss Lulu Bett in 1920, Peer Gynt in 1923, Rachel Crotherss Expressing Willie in 1924, The Ivory Door in 1927, and Paris in 1928. During those years of theatrical success, as she became one of the most popular and respected character actresses on the American stage, she led a second career as an author. Hales first novel, A Motor Car Divorce, appeared in 1906 and was followed by The Actress, 1909, The Married Miss Worth, 1911, Her Soul and Her Body, which was something of a sensation and was later made into a play, 1912, Home Talent, 1926, and Canal Boat Fracas, 1927. She also wrote several travel books illustrated by her husband: We Discover New England, 1915, We Discover the Old Dominion, 1916, and An Americans London, 1920. In 1929 Louise Hale left the legitimate stage for Hollywood. Among the films in which she was featured were The Hole in the Wall, 1929, Paris, 1929, Big Boy, 1930, Dangerous Nan McGrew, 1930, Devotion, 1931, Shanghai Express, 1932, Letty Lynton, 1932, The White Sister, 1933, Another Language, 1933, and Dinner at Eight, 1933. She died in Los Angeles on July 26, 1933. vstyl`R!5553!I[!I]!I^!Ij!I*!I1!I!I!I!I!I!I!I!I!I!I,!I5!IE!IO!I_!Iy!I!I!I!I!I!I!I!I!I!I!I!I!I!I!I!I 5!I!I!I%!I0!I8!IN!IV!Ik!I!I!I!I!I'!I>!IF!Ib!In!I!I 5!I!I!I!I!I#!I*!I2!IF!IN!IV!I^!In!Iv!I!I!I!I!I!I!I!I.link`HYPRHYPR