Ida Waterman

Ida Waterman (born Ida Shaw; March 10, 1852 – May 22, 1941)^[1] was a stage and screen actress.

Born

Ida Shaw

(1852-03-10)March 10, 1852

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

DiedMay 22, 1941(1941-05-22) (aged 89)

Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.

OccupationActress

Yearsactive1880-1926

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Ida Waterman
Waterman, Elsie Ferguson, and David Powell in Lady Rose's Daughter (1920)
Born	Ida Shaw (1852-03-10)March 10, 1852 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	May 22, 1941(1941-05-22) (aged 89) Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1880-1926
Spouses	Joseph Francoeur Fred Waterman

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Waterman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She appeared in some thirty or more Broadway productions between the late 1880s and early 1920s.^[2] She played Elise Claremont in the 1889 farce-comedy Our Flat and the following year Mrs. Kirke in Men and Women opposite Maude Adams. In 1899 she was Mrs. Crawley in Becky Sharp (later made into 1934 film Becky Sharp) and in 1922 closed out her Broadway career playing Mrs. French in Lawful Larceny.^[3][4]

Waterman was popular in numerous silent films in the teens and twenties as a supporting elderly actress much like Kate Lester. After decades of being a Victorian and Edwardian stage actress, Waterman moved into silent films in the 1910s.^[5][6] Waterman appeared in about 30 films until she retired in 1926. She died in 1941 in Cincinnati, Ohio.