Elizabeth Williams (actress)

Elizabeth Williams was an American stage actress and theater impresario who was actively performing during the first half of the 20th century.

[3] The company gave its first performance on October 16, 1902, at Ebling's Casino in New York City; presenting Colin Henry Hazlewood's stage adaptation of the novel Lady Audley's Secret with Williams in the title role.

[2] The company continued to give performances in New York City at the Murray Hill Lyceum in 1903,[4] and the Palm Garden Theatre in 1904.

[7] On Broadway, Williams made her debut at the Grand Opera House in 1907 as Aunt Phoebe Jackson in the J. Rosamond Johnson and Bob Cole musical The Shoo-Fly Regiment (1907).

[9] In 1926 she originated the role of Mrs. Bowtelle in Edward Sheldon and Charles MacArthur's hit Broadway play Lulu Belle.