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{{short description|American actress}}
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| birth_place = [[Atlanta, Georgia]], U.S.
| birth_place = [[Atlanta, Georgia]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|1952|07|25|1896|01|31|mf=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1952|07|25|1896|01|31|mf=y}}
| death_place = [[Hollywood]], [[California]], U.S.
| death_place = [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], [[California]], U.S.
| othername = Gypsie Abbott
| othername = Gypsie Abbott
| occupation = Silent film actress
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive =
| yearsactive =
| spouse = [[Henry King (director)|Henry King]] (1915–1952)
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Henry King (director)|Henry King]]|1915}}
| children = 3
}}
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'''Gypsy Abbott''' (January 31, 1896 – July 25, 1952) was an American [[silent film]] actress.
'''Gypsy Abbott''' (January 31, 1896 – July 25, 1952) was an American actress of stage and [[silent film]].

==Personal life==
Gypsy Abbott was born on January 31, 1896, in Atlanta, Georgia.<ref name=":0" /> She married director [[Henry King (director)|Henry King]] in 1915 at Balboa<ref name="buo">{{cite book|last1=Pawlak|first1=Debra Ann|title=Bringing Up Oscar: The Story of the Men and Women Who Founded the Academy|date=2012|publisher=Pegasus Books|isbn=9781605982168|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cBtbBAAAQBAJ&q=%22Gypsy+Abbott%22+actress&pg=PT57|access-date=30 July 2017|language=en}}</ref>{{sfn|King|Shepard|Perry|Thompson|1995|p=24}} or in [[Fort Worth, Texas]].<ref name="LAT obit" /> In 1917, she quit acting to focus on her life at home. Between 1923 and 1930, they had three children, Frank, John, and Martha.{{sfn|King|Shepard|Perry|Thompson|1995|p=25}} In 1920 and 1930, Ruth King lived with the couple. She was born in Illinois in 1913 or 1914 and was identified as King's stepdaughter. By 1930, they lived on South Muirfield Road in [[Los Angeles, California]]. Henry's brother Louis lived with the Kings in 1925 and 1930. <ref name="1925 census" /><ref>{{citation|title=Ruth King, Los Angeles, California|year=1920 | work=U.S. Federal Census | publisher=National Archives and Records Administration | location=Washington, D.C. }}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=Ruth T. King, Los Angeles, California|year=1930 | work=U.S. Federal Census | publisher=National Archives and Records Administration | location=Washington, D.C. }}</ref>{{efn|Ruth King, born May 12, 1912, stated to be the daughter of Henry and Gypsy King, left for Europe in October 1923, where the 10-year-old intended to study in France, Italy and Switzerland for two years.<ref>{{citation|title=Ruth King, daughter of Henry King | work=U.S. Passports | date=September 26, 1923 }}</ref> In 1925, Ruth was back living with Henry, Gypsy, and Louis King and the two-year-old son, Henry King, of Henry and Gypsy,<ref name="1925 census">{{citation|title=Ruth King, Nausau, New York|year=1925 | work=New York Status Census | publisher=Albany, New York: New York State Archives }}</ref> }}


==Career==
==Career==
Gypsy Abbott began her career as a singer, actor, and dancer.{{sfn|King|Shepard|Perry|Thompson|1995|pp=24–25}} She performed for a number of years on stage and in [[vaudeville]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Justice |first=Fred C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HRU6AQAAIAAJ |title=Who's Who in the Film World: Being Biographies with Photographic Reproductions of Prominent Men and Women who Through Their Genius and Untiring Energy Have Contributed So Greatly Toward the Upbuilding of the Moving Picture Industry |last2=Smith |first2=Tom R. |date=1914 |publisher=Film World Publishing Company |pages=29 |language=en}}</ref> She began with [[E. H. Sothern]]'s repertoire company.<ref name=":0" /> Abbott performed in stock shows in [[Kansas City]], [[St. Joseph, Missouri]], and [[Chicago]]. While she was on the road, she met Henry King several times.{{sfn|King|Shepard|Perry|Thompson|1995|p=24}}
Before entering films, Gypsy Abbott performed for a number of years on stage and in [[vaudeville]]. She began with [[E. H. Sothern]]'s repertoire company and later played Flora Belle Fry in a road production of [[George M. Cohan]]'s ''[[Little Johnny Jones]]''.<ref>''Who's Who in the Film World'' - edited by Fred C. Justice &Tom R. Smith – 1914 - pg. 29, Film World Publishing</ref>


She did a fifteen-minute vaudeville act where she sang and would swing over the audience and toss roses into the crowd. She did a similar act at [[Fred Mace]]'s Photoplayers Club at Balboa.{{sfn|King|Shepard|Perry|Thompson|1995|p=24}} She played in ''The Minister's Daughter''{{sfn|King|Shepard|Perry|Thompson|1995|p=24}} and as Flora Belle Fry in a road production of [[George M. Cohan]]'s ''[[Little Johnny Jones]]''.<ref name=":0" />
She married director [[Henry King (director)|Henry King]] in 1915<ref name="buo">{{cite book|last1=Pawlak|first1=Debra Ann|title=Bringing Up Oscar: The Story of the Men and Women Who Founded the Academy|date=2012|publisher=Pegasus Books|isbn=9781605982168|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cBtbBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT57&dq=%22Gypsy+Abbott%22+actress&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiT0tLv6K_VAhVI4YMKHdrdAgIQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22Gypsy%20Abbott%22%20actress&f=false|accessdate=30 July 2017|language=en}}</ref> and was sometimes credited as ''Gypsie'' Abbott.


Abbott returned to California and King introduced her to [[Balboa Feature Film Company]] in Long Beach, and was hired to play in her first film.{{sfn|King|Shepard|Perry|Thompson|1995|pp=24–25}} ''The Path of Sorrow'' (1913).<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Jura |first=Jean-Jacques |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GQ9eCgAAQBAJ |title=Balboa Films: A History and Filmography of the Silent Film Studio |last2=II |first2=Rodney Norman Bardin |date=2015-08-13 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-0901-0 |pages=46, 241 |language=en}}</ref> Over the next four years, she played in several films for [[American Film Manufacturing Company|American Film Company]] in Santa Barbara and Balboa.{{sfn|King|Shepard|Perry|Thompson|1995|pp=24–25}}
She is buried in the Grotto Section at [[Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City|Holy Cross Cemetery]] in [[Culver City, California]].

== Death ==
Abbott died of heart failure on July 25, 1952, aged 55.{{sfn|King|Shepard|Perry|Thompson|1995|p=190}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Movie Director King's Wife Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/94483154/obituary-for-gypsy-abbott-king-aged-55/ |access-date=February 8, 2022 |work=Pasadena Independent |agency=International News Service |date=July 27, 1952 |page=45|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> She is buried in the Grotto Section at [[Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City|Holy Cross Cemetery]] in [[Culver City, California]].<ref name="LAT obit">{{Cite news |date=1952-07-26 |title=Obituary for Gypsy Abbott King |pages=22 |work=The Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-obituary-for-gypsy/128384861/ |access-date=2023-07-17}}</ref> At the time of her death, her children were Ruth King Hilbert, Henry, and John.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1952-07-26 |title=Obituary for Gypsy Abbott King |pages=22 |work=The Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-obituary-for-gypsy/128384861/ |access-date=2023-07-17}}</ref>


== Filmography ==
== Filmography ==
[[File:Gypsy Abbott and Crane Wilbur.JPG|right|250px|thumb|Gypsy Abbott and [[Crane Wilbur]] in ''Vengeance is Mine'' (1916)]]
[[File:Gypsy Abbott and Crane Wilbur.JPG|right|250px|thumb|Gypsy Abbott and [[Crane Wilbur]] in ''Vengeance Is Mine'' (1916)]]
[[File:Crane Wilbur and Gypsy Abbott, February 27, 1916.png|thumb|Gypsy Abbott and [[Crane Wilbur]] in ''Vengeance Is Mine'' (1916)]]
* ''[[The Path of Sorrow]]'' (1913)
* ''The Path of Sorrow'' (1913), short film<ref name=":1" />
* ''[[Called Back (1914 American film)|Called Back]] (1914)
* ''[[The Key to Yesterday]]'' (1914)
* ''[[Called Back (1914 American film)|Called Back]]'' (1914)
* ''[[The Man Who Could Not Lose]]'' (1914)
* ''The Key to Yesterday'' (1914)
* ''The Man Who Could Not Lose'' (1914)
* ''[[St. Elmo (1914 film)|St. Elmo]]'' (1914)
* ''[[St. Elmo (1914 film)|St. Elmo]]'' (1914)
* ''[[Who Pays?]]'' (1915)
* ''[[Who Pays?]]'' (1915)
* ''[[Beulah (film)|Beulah]]'' (1915)
* ''Beulah (film)|Beulah'' (1915)
* ''[[For the Commonwealth]]'' (1915)
* ''For the Commonwealth'' (1915)
* ''[[Letters Entangled]]'' (1915)
* ''Letters Entangled'' (1915)
* ''[[The Fruit of Folly]]'' (1915)
* ''The Fruit of Folly'' (1915)
* ''[[Vengeance Is Mine (1916 film)|Vengeance Is Mine!]]'' (1916)
* ''[[Vengeance Is Mine (1916 film)|Vengeance Is Mine!]]'' (1916)
* ''[[For Ten Thousand Bucks]]'' (1916)
* ''For Ten Thousand Bucks'' (1916)
* ''[[Bungling Bill's Dress Suit]]'' (1916)
* ''Bungling Bill's Dress Suit'' (1916)
* ''[[Some Liars]]'' (1916)
* ''Some Liars'' (1916)
* ''[[Her Luckless Scheme]]'' (1916)
* ''Her Luckless Scheme'' (1916)
* ''[[Going to the Dogs (film)|Going to the Dogs]]'' (1916)
* ''Going to the Dogs (film)|Going to the Dogs'' (1916)
* ''[[Rolling to Ruin]]'' (1916)
* ''Rolling to Ruin'' (1916)
* ''[[Paste and Politics]]'' (1916)
* ''Paste and Politics'' (1916)
* ''[[A Touch of High Life]]'' (1916)
* ''A Touch of High Life'' (1916)
* ''[[Her Painted Pedigree]]'' (1916)
* ''Her Painted Pedigree'' (1916)
* ''[[Bungling Bill's Bow-Wow]]'' (1916)
* ''Bungling Bill's Bow-Wow'' (1916)
* ''[[Lost, Strayed or Stolen (film)|Lost, Strayed or Stolen]]'' (1916)
* ''Lost, Strayed or Stolen (film)|Lost, Strayed or Stolen'' (1916)
* ''[[With or Without]]'' (1916)
* ''With or Without'' (1916)
* ''[[The Wicked City (1916 film)|The Wicked City]]'' (1916)
* ''The Wicked City (1916 film)|The Wicked City'' (1916)
* ''[[Shot in the Fracas]]'' (1916)
* ''Shot in the Fracas'' (1916)
* ''[[Jealous Jolts]]'' (1916)
* ''Jealous Jolts'' (1916)
* ''[[A Lislebank]]''(1917)
* ''A Lislebank''(1917)
* ''[[A Circus Cyclone]]'' (1917)
* ''A Circus Cyclone'' (1917)
* ''[[The Musical Marvel]]'' (1917)
* ''The Musical Marvel'' (1917)
* ''[[The Butcher's Nightmare]]'' (1917)
* ''The Butcher's Nightmare'' (1917)
* ''[[A Studio Stampede]]'' (1917)
* ''A Studio Stampede'' (1917)
* ''[[His Bogus Boast]]'' (1917)
* ''His Bogus Boast'' (1917)
* ''[[When Ben Bolted]]'' (1917)
* ''When Ben Bolted'' (1917)
* ''[[Lorelei of the Sea]]'' (1917)
* ''Lorelei of the Sea'' (1917)


==Sources==
== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
* {{Cite book |last=King |first=Henry |url=http://archive.org/details/henrykingdirecto00king |title=Henry King, director : from silents to ʼscope |last2=Shepard |first2=David |last3=Perry |first3=Ted |last4=Thompson |first4=Frank T. |date=1995 |publisher=Los Angeles : Directors Guild of America |isbn=978-1-882766-03-1 |pages=24–25}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
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[[Category:Actresses from Atlanta]]
[[Category:Actresses from Atlanta]]
[[Category:Burials at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City]]
[[Category:Burials at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City]]
[[Category:Vaudeville performers]]
[[Category:American vaudeville performers]]
[[Category:American stage actresses]]
[[Category:American stage actresses]]
[[Category:20th-century American actresses]]
[[Category:20th-century American actresses]]
[[Category:Deaths from lung cancer]]
[[Category:Deaths from lung cancer in California]]

Latest revision as of 09:16, 1 June 2024

Gypsy Abbott
Who's Who in the Film World, 1914
Born(1896-01-31)January 31, 1896
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
DiedJuly 25, 1952(1952-07-25) (aged 56)
Hollywood, California, U.S.
Other namesGypsie Abbott
OccupationActress
Spouse
​
(m. 1915)​
Children3

Gypsy Abbott (January 31, 1896 – July 25, 1952) was an American actress of stage and silent film.

Personal life

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Gypsy Abbott was born on January 31, 1896, in Atlanta, Georgia.[1] She married director Henry King in 1915 at Balboa[2][3] or in Fort Worth, Texas.[4] In 1917, she quit acting to focus on her life at home. Between 1923 and 1930, they had three children, Frank, John, and Martha.[5] In 1920 and 1930, Ruth King lived with the couple. She was born in Illinois in 1913 or 1914 and was identified as King's stepdaughter. By 1930, they lived on South Muirfield Road in Los Angeles, California. Henry's brother Louis lived with the Kings in 1925 and 1930. [6][7][8][a]

Career

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Gypsy Abbott began her career as a singer, actor, and dancer.[10] She performed for a number of years on stage and in vaudeville.[1] She began with E. H. Sothern's repertoire company.[1] Abbott performed in stock shows in Kansas City, St. Joseph, Missouri, and Chicago. While she was on the road, she met Henry King several times.[3]

She did a fifteen-minute vaudeville act where she sang and would swing over the audience and toss roses into the crowd. She did a similar act at Fred Mace's Photoplayers Club at Balboa.[3] She played in The Minister's Daughter[3] and as Flora Belle Fry in a road production of George M. Cohan's Little Johnny Jones.[1]

Abbott returned to California and King introduced her to Balboa Feature Film Company in Long Beach, and was hired to play in her first film.[10] The Path of Sorrow (1913).[1][11] Over the next four years, she played in several films for American Film Company in Santa Barbara and Balboa.[10]

Death

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Abbott died of heart failure on July 25, 1952, aged 55.[12][13] She is buried in the Grotto Section at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.[4] At the time of her death, her children were Ruth King Hilbert, Henry, and John.[14]

Filmography

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Gypsy Abbott and Crane Wilbur in Vengeance Is Mine (1916)
Gypsy Abbott and Crane Wilbur in Vengeance Is Mine (1916)
  • The Path of Sorrow (1913), short film[11]
  • Called Back (1914)
  • The Key to Yesterday (1914)
  • The Man Who Could Not Lose (1914)
  • St. Elmo (1914)
  • Who Pays? (1915)
  • Beulah (film)|Beulah (1915)
  • For the Commonwealth (1915)
  • Letters Entangled (1915)
  • The Fruit of Folly (1915)
  • Vengeance Is Mine! (1916)
  • For Ten Thousand Bucks (1916)
  • Bungling Bill's Dress Suit (1916)
  • Some Liars (1916)
  • Her Luckless Scheme (1916)
  • Going to the Dogs (film)|Going to the Dogs (1916)
  • Rolling to Ruin (1916)
  • Paste and Politics (1916)
  • A Touch of High Life (1916)
  • Her Painted Pedigree (1916)
  • Bungling Bill's Bow-Wow (1916)
  • Lost, Strayed or Stolen (film)|Lost, Strayed or Stolen (1916)
  • With or Without (1916)
  • The Wicked City (1916 film)|The Wicked City (1916)
  • Shot in the Fracas (1916)
  • Jealous Jolts (1916)
  • A Lislebank(1917)
  • A Circus Cyclone (1917)
  • The Musical Marvel (1917)
  • The Butcher's Nightmare (1917)
  • A Studio Stampede (1917)
  • His Bogus Boast (1917)
  • When Ben Bolted (1917)
  • Lorelei of the Sea (1917)

Notes

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  1. ^ Ruth King, born May 12, 1912, stated to be the daughter of Henry and Gypsy King, left for Europe in October 1923, where the 10-year-old intended to study in France, Italy and Switzerland for two years.[9] In 1925, Ruth was back living with Henry, Gypsy, and Louis King and the two-year-old son, Henry King, of Henry and Gypsy,[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Justice, Fred C.; Smith, Tom R. (1914). Who's Who in the Film World: Being Biographies with Photographic Reproductions of Prominent Men and Women who Through Their Genius and Untiring Energy Have Contributed So Greatly Toward the Upbuilding of the Moving Picture Industry. Film World Publishing Company. p. 29.
  2. ^ Pawlak, Debra Ann (2012). Bringing Up Oscar: The Story of the Men and Women Who Founded the Academy. Pegasus Books. ISBN 9781605982168. Retrieved July 30, 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d King et al. 1995, p. 24.
  4. ^ a b "Obituary for Gypsy Abbott King". The Los Angeles Times. July 26, 1952. p. 22. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  5. ^ King et al. 1995, p. 25.
  6. ^ a b "Ruth King, Nausau, New York", New York Status Census, Albany, New York: New York State Archives, 1925
  7. ^ "Ruth King, Los Angeles, California", U.S. Federal Census, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1920
  8. ^ "Ruth T. King, Los Angeles, California", U.S. Federal Census, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930
  9. ^ "Ruth King, daughter of Henry King", U.S. Passports, September 26, 1923
  10. ^ a b c King et al. 1995, pp. 24–25.
  11. ^ a b Jura, Jean-Jacques; II, Rodney Norman Bardin (August 13, 2015). Balboa Films: A History and Filmography of the Silent Film Studio. McFarland. pp. 46, 241. ISBN 978-1-4766-0901-0.
  12. ^ King et al. 1995, p. 190.
  13. ^ "Movie Director King's Wife Dies". Pasadena Independent. International News Service. July 27, 1952. p. 45. Retrieved February 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Obituary for Gypsy Abbott King". The Los Angeles Times. July 26, 1952. p. 22. Retrieved July 17, 2023.

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