Ella Hattan | |
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 Hattan in 1906 | |
| Born | January 1859 Zanesville, Ohio, U.S. |
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| Occupation(s) | fencer, actress |
Ella M. Hattan (born January 1859), also known as La Jaguarina, was an American fencer and actress.
Ella Hattan | |
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| Hattan in 1906 | |
| Born | January 1859 Zanesville, Ohio, U.S. |
| Other names |
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| Occupation(s) | fencer, actress |
Ella M. Hattan (born January 1859), also known as La Jaguarina, was an American fencer and actress.
Ella Hattan was born in Zanesville, Ohio as the tenth child of Maria C. Hinman and the tailor William Hattan. [1] In 1860, the family lived in Meigs Township, Ohio. [2] When Ella was 3 or 4, her father died in the Civil War. In 1875, her mother moved with Ella and her brother Perry to Cleveland. Ella joined a theatre company and in 1880 became a professional actress in New York. She performed with Laurence Barrett, Edwin Booth and Dion Boucicault, and other familiar actors of the time. [3]
In 1895, she married Wilbur Melville Bates, a theatrical manager, in New York City. They were divorced by 1910. [4] [5]
In 1884, Hattan became known as her stage name La Jaguarina, "Champion Amazon of the World", and "Ideal Amazon of the Age". From 1884 to 1900, Hattan established herself as skillful with the sword and the broadsword on horseback was an audience favorite. [6] [7]
On July 4, 1886, Hattan defeated Captain J. H. Marshall but he defeated her in the second round. Hattan met, and typically defeated, a string of male opponents which brought her to fame and popularity. On February 9, 1887, Hattan's biggest victory was against Sergeant Owen Davis of the U.S. Cavalry and was covered heavily by the San Francisco papers.
After going through the string of male opponents willing to fight her, her manager, Fredrich Engelhardt, brought her a vaudeville tour throughout California. She would educate the crowd on fencing bouts and perform semi-nude tableaux vivants poses. Soon after the tour ended, Hattan moved back out east and had a minor acting career and a failed marriage. [8] Ella starred in the Broadway musical The Vanderbilt Cap, which was the first time in twenty-three years where she had her real name used in print. Newspapers and print quickly connected that Hattan was as well La Jaguarina and gained publicity. Most of the publicity was asking about her fencing career and if she was planning on coming out of retirement.
The last trace of Ella Hattan in newsprint was from the Toledo Blade , in Ohio, on December 27, 1907. She was in a tour for the play called Lottie, the Poor Saleslady, or, Death Before Dishonor. In 1909, Ella Hattan disappeared without a trace. The date of her death is unknown. [1]
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