death_date death_place birth_place other_names name birth_date spouse article_title birth_name occupation
5 january 1937 great neck , new york oswego , new york , usa lottie blair parker charlotte blair parker c. 1858 harry doel parker charlotte blair parker
 charlotte blair actor , author and playwright
charlotte blair parker

charlotte blair parker -lrb- 1858 - january 5 , 1937 -rrb- was a noted playwright and aspiring actress in the late 19th and early 20th centuries .
she began her theatrical career as an actress , eventually playing opposite john edward mccullough , mary anderson , and dion boucicault .
writing under the pen name lottie blair parker , she wrote about a dozen produced plays but is remembered most for three popular stage plays produced between 1897 and 1906 : `` way down east '' , `` under southern skies '' and `` the redemption of david corson '' .
of the three , `` way down east '' , produced in 1898 , was the most successful , proving to be one of the most popular american plays of its time , steadily performed for two decades
