Louise Closser Hale (October 13, 1872 – July 26, 1933) was an American actress, playwright and novelist.

Hale studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and at the Boston School of Oratory.

[5] Her first theatrical success came in 1903 when she appeared in a Broadway production of George Bernard Shaw's Candida.

During her four years in Hollywood, she worked for Columbia, Fox, Paramount, RKO and Warner Bros. studios and performed in 30 films.

[citation needed] She cowrote the play Mother's Millions and was a correspondent for Harper's Magazine during World War I.

[7] In 1899, Closser married artist and actor Walter Hale, whose name she used for her stage career,[2] and who illustrated a number of her travel books.