Hildegarde Lasell Watson (December 28, 1888 – September 26, 1976) was an American actress, singer, writer and arts patron.

[2] "Miss Lasell sang with refinement and cultivation," commented a reviewer in 1936, "she is obviously a serious student of the meaning and values of the music she interprets.

[6] In the 1950s, she persuaded composer Alec Wilder to write an original soundtrack for the 1928 film.

[1][7] She received a medal from the Rochester Museum and Science Center in 1972, alongside fellow recipients including Robert Jastrow, Roger Tory Peterson, and Yousuf Karsh.

[12] Hildegarde Lasell married filmmaker, radiologist, and literary editor James Sibley Watson Jr. in 1916.