death_date death_place birth_place name birth_date spouse yearsactive article_title birth_name occupation
22 may 1941 cincinnati , ohio , u.s. philadelphia , pennsylvania , u.s. ida waterman 10 march 1852 joseph francoeur fred waterman 1880-1926 ida waterman
 ida shaw actress
ida waterman

ida waterman -lrb- march 10 , 1852 , philadelphia , pennsylvania -- may 22 , 1941 , cincinnati , ohio -rrb- born ida shaw , was a stage and screen actress .
waterman appeared some thirty or more broadway productions between the late 1880s and early 1920s .
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 '' -lrb- later made into 1934 film `` becky sharp -rrb- '' and in 1922 closed out her broadway career playing mrs. french in `` lawful larceny '' .
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 .
