Louise Lester

Louise Hartman was born in Wisconsin in 1867. She married Frank Beal but used the stage name of Louise Lester. She played mostly second leads and motherly support roles for American but did develop a lead character, Calamity Anne. Louise Lester’s versatile portrayal of Calamity Anne was a key factor in the eventual series' success. Originally not the main character, Lester’s acting stole the show in the initial offering, Calamity Anne’s Ward, creating the opportunity for dynamic character expansion. Lester’s involvement in the series extended beyond acting as she contributed creatively through co-writing many of the films. After separating from Frank Beal, Louise married fellow actor Jack Richardson in 1914.

Confirmed American Credits:

Writer --

• Calamity Anne - Heroine (1913) - Author Brand: Flying A
• Calamity Anne's Sacrifice (1913) - Author Brand: Flying A
• Calamity Anne's Dream (1913) - Author Brand: Flying A
• Calamity Anne in Society (1914) - Scenario Brand: Flying A

Actor --

• Bertie's Bandit (1911) - Brand: American
• Boss of the Lucky Ranch, The (1911) - Brand: Flying A
• Crazy Gulch (1911) - Brand: Flying A
• Opium Smuggler, The (1911) - Brand: Flying A
• Western Dream, A (1911) - Brand: Flying A
• Witch of the Range, The (1911) - Brand: Flying A
• Cowboy's Ruse, The (1911) - Brand: Flying A
• Actress and the Cowboys, The (1911) - Brand: Flying A
• Call of the Open Range, The (1911) - Brand: Flying A
• Ranch Chicken, The (1911) - Brand: Flying A
• Cupid in Chaps (1911) - Brand: Flying A
• Ranchman's Nerve, The (1911) - Brand: Flying A
• Parting of the Trails, The (1911) - Brand: Flying A
• Poisoned Flume, The (1911) - Ranch widow Brand: Flying A
• Cowboy and the Artist, The (1911) - Brand: Flying A
• Three Million Dollars (1911) - Mrs. Close Brand: Flying A
• Mother of the Ranch, The (1911) - The mother Brand: Flying A
• Circular Fence, The (1911) - Brand: Flying A
• Miner's Wife, The (1911) - Brand: Flying A
• Land Thieves, The (1911) - Brand: Flying A
• Duel of the Candles, The (1911) - Brand: Flying A
• Winning of La Mesa, The (1912) - Brand: Flying A
• Innocent Grafter, An (1912) - Brand: Flying A
• Society and Chaps (1912) - Brand: Flying A
• Leap Year Comedy, A (1912) - Brand: Flying A
• From the Four Hundred to the Herd (1912) - Brand: Flying A
• Broken Ties, The (1912) - Brand: Flying A
• Maid and the Man, The (1912) - Mrs. Getrich Brand: Flying A
• Distant Relative, The (1912) - The distant relative Brand: Flying A
• Her Mountain Home (1912) - Brand: Flying A
• Thread of Life, The (1912) - Brand: Flying A
• Wandering Gypsy, The (1912) - The Old Gypsy Brand: Flying A
• Cupid Through Padlocks (1912) - Widow Bradley Brand: Flying A
• For the Good of Her Men (1912) - Mrs. Zeke Jessup - the Mother Brand: Flying A
• Evil Inheritance, The (1912) - The Mother Brand: Flying A
• Vanishing Race, The (1912) - Indian elder Brand: Flying A
• Dawn of Passion, The (1912) - Brand: Flying A
• White Treachery (1912) - Brand: Flying A
• Calamity Anne's Ward (1912) - Calamity Anne Brand: American
• Father's Favorite (1912) - Brand: Flying A
• Wanderer, The (1912) - Brand: Flying A
• Maiden and Men (1912) - The ranch cook Brand: Flying A
• Man's Calling (1912) - Brand: American
• Intrusion at Lompoc, The (1912) - Brand: Flying A
• Her Own Country (1912) - Señora Mendez Brand: Flying A
• Recognition, The (1912) - Brand: Flying A
• Blackened Hills (1912) - Old woman Brand: American
• Girl of the Manor, The (1912) - Brand: Flying A
• Fraud That Failed, The (1913) - Brand: Flying A
• Calamity Anne's Inheritance (1913) - Calamity Anne Brand: Flying A
• Awakening, The (1913) - The mother Brand: Flying A
• Calamity Anne's Vanity (1913) - Calamity Anne Brand: Flying A
• Romance, The (1913) - Brand: Flying A
• Love is Blind (1913) - Brand: Flying A
• Jocular Winds, The (1913) - Brand: Flying A
• Calamity Anne - Detective (1913) - Calamity Anne Brand: Flying A
• Cupid Never Ages (1913) - Brand: Flying A
• Calamity Anne's Beauty (1913) - Calamity Anne Brand: Flying A
• Matches (1913) - Brand: Flying A
• In Another's Nest (1913) - Brand: Flying A
• Calamity Anne's Trust (1913) - Calamity Anne Brand: Flying A
• Oil on Troubled Waters (1913) - Brand: Flying A
• Human Kindness (1913) - Brand: Flying A
• Angel of the Canyons, The (1913) - Brand: Flying A
• Great Harmony, The (1913) - Brand: Flying A
• Calamity Anne Parcel Post (1913) - Calamity Anne Brand: Flying A
• Ashes of Three, The (1913) - Mrs. Brown Brand: Flying A
• Wishing Seat, The (1913) - Brand: Flying A
• Reward of Courage, The (1913) - Brand: Flying A
• Husband's Mistake, A (1913) - Brand: Flying A
• Calamity Anne Takes a Trip (1913) - Brand: Flying A
• Tale of Death Valley, A (1913) - Brand: Flying A
• Song of the Soup, The (1913) - Brand: Flying A
• Truth in the Wilderness (1913) - Brand: Flying A
• At the Half Breed's Mercy (1913) - Brand: Flying A
• Tom Blake's Redemption (1913) - Mother Brand: Flying A
• Scapegoat, The (1913) - Brand: Flying A
• Adventures of Jacques, The (1913) - Nun Brand: Flying A
• For the Flag (1913) - Brand: Flying A
• Jack Meets His Waterloo (1913) - Brand: Flying A
• For the Crown (1913) - Brand: Flying A
• Calamity Anne - Heroine (1913) - Calamity Anne Brand: Flying A
• Travelers of the Road (1913) - Brand: Flying A
• Master of Himself (1913) - Brand: Flying A
• Badge of Honor, The (1913) - Mrs. Case Brand: Flying A
• Pitfall of the Installment Plan, A (1913) - Police Matron Brand: Flying A
• Calamity Anne's Sacrifice (1913) - Brand: Flying A
• Hidden Treasure Ranch (1913) - Brand: Flying A
• In the Mountains of Virginia (1913) - Brand: Flying A
• In the Days of Trajan (1913) - Queen of Dacia Brand: Flying A
• Girl and the Greaser, The (1913) - Brand: Flying A
• Calamity Anne's Dream (1913) - Brand: Flying A
• Occult, The (1913) - Brand: Flying A
• At Midnight (1913) - Brand: Flying A
• American Born (1913) - Brand: Flying A
• Trapped in a Forest Fire (1913) - Brand: Flying A
• Personal Magnetism (1913) - Mrs. Medders Brand: Flying A
• Rose of San Juan, The (1913) - Brand: Flying A
• Son of Thomas Gray, The (1914) - Brand: Flying A
• Destinies Fulfilled (1914) - Mammy Brand: Flying A
• At the Potter's Wheel (1914) - Brand:
• Blowout at Santa Banana, A (1914) - Brand: Flying A
• Calamity Anne in Society (1914) - Calamity Anne Brand: Flying A
• True Western Hearts (1914) - Brand:
• Cricket on the Hearth (1914) - Tilly Slowboy Brand: Flying A
• Pote Lariat of the "Flying A", The (1914) - Brand: Flying A
• Crucible, The (1914) - Brand: Flying A
• Child of the Desert, A (1914) - Brand: Flying A
• Call of the Traumerei, The (1914) - Brand: Flying A
• Story of Little Italy, A (1914) - Brand: Flying A
• Coming of the Padres, The (1914) - Brand: Flying A
• Turning Point, The (1914) - Brand: Flying A
• Happy Coersion, A (1914) - Brand: Flying A
• Last Supper, The (1914) - Brand: Flying A
• Widow's Investment, The (1914) - Brand: Flying A
• David Gray's Estate (1914) - Brand: Flying A
• Calamity Anne's Love Affair (1914) - Calamity Anne Brand: Flying A
• Beyond the City (1914) - Mary Watson, a prostitute Brand: Flying A
• Lost Sermon, The (1914) - Lovable Old Mother Brand: Flying A
• Metamorphosis, The (1914) - Arthur's Mother Brand: Flying A
• Prince of Bohemia, A (1914) - Mrs. Paley Brand: Flying A
• Oath of Pierre, The (1914) - Mrs. Naughton Brand: Flying A
• Unmasking, The (1914) - Clare's mother Brand: Flying A
• Painted Lady's Child, The (1914) - Brand: Flying A
• Nature's Touch (1914) - Brand: Flying A
• Cameo of the Yellowstone (1914) - Brand: American Distinctive Creation
• Feast and Famine (1914) - Brand: Flying A
• Man's Way, A (1914) - Brand: Flying A
• Does it End Right? (1914) - Brand: Flying A
• Trap, The (1914) - Brand: Flying A
• Their Worldly Goods (1914) - Brand: Flying A
• Aftermath, The (1914) - Brand: Flying A
• Break! Break! Break! (1914) - Mary Elizabeth Day, Tom's mother Brand: Flying A
• Cocoon and the Butterfly (1914) - Brand: Flying A
• His Faith in Humanity (1914) - Brand: Flying A
• Taming of Sunnybrook Nell, The (1914) - Mrs. Durkin Brand: Flying A
• Billy's Rival (1914) - Wife Brand: Flying A
• Jailbirds (1914) - Mrs. Carson Brand: Flying A
• In the Open (1914) - Ben's mother Brand: Flying A
• Redbird Wins (1914) - Negro mammy Brand: Flying A
• Old Enough to be Her Grandpa (1914) - Brand: Flying A
• In the Candlelight (1914) - Ralph's mother Brand: Flying A
• Strength O' Ten, The (1914) - Betty's mother Brand: Flying A
• Out of the Darkness (1914) - Wolf's wife Brand: Flying A
• Girl in Question, The (1914) - Brand: Flying A
• Sower Reaps, The (1914) - His Wife Brand: Flying A
• Legend Beautiful, The (1915) - Rachael's mother Brand: Flying A
• Black Ghost Bandit, The (1915) - Mrs. Palmer Brand: Flying A
• Refining Fires (1915) - Sister Superior Brand: Flying A
• Coals of Fire (1915) - Mrs. John Vincent, the dying mother Brand: Flying A
• Law of the Wilds, The (1915) - Brand: Flying A
• Heart of Gold, A (1915) - Mrs. Carr Brand: Flying A
• Wily Chaperone, The (1915) - Brand: Beauty
• She Never Knew (1915) - Brand: Flying A
• Heart of Flame (1915) - Nita, the innkeeper Brand: Flying A
• Echo, The (1915) - Mrs. Grant Brand: Flying A
• Two Sentences, The (1915) - Mrs. Wade Brand: Flying A
• Competition (1915) - Mrs. Cyrus Stubbs Brand: Flying A
• In the Heart of the Woods (1915) - Brand: Flying A
• Touch of Love, The (1915) - Brand: Flying A
• Poet of the Peaks, The (1915) - Brand: Flying A
• Day of Reckoning, The (1915) - Brand: Flying A
• When Empty Hearts are Filled (1915) - Brand: Flying A
• Altar of Ambition, The (1915) - Brand: Flying A
• At the Edge of Things (1915) - Brand: Flying A
• In the Purple Hills (1915) - Brand: Flying A
• Golden Rainbow, A (1915) - Brand: Flying A
• Right to Happiness, The (1915) - Brand: Flying A
• Good Business Deal, A (1915) - Brand: Flying A
• Mountain Mary (1915) - Mary Doone Brand: Flying A
• Newer Way, The (1915) - Brand: Flying A
• After the Storm (1915) - Mrs. Fortell Brand: Flying A
• Exile of "Bar-K" Ranch, The (1915) - Brand: Flying A
• Assayer of Lone Gap, The (1915) - Brand: Flying A
• In Trust (1915) - Brand: Flying A
• Barren Gain, The (1915) - Brand: Flying A
• Hearts in Shadow (1915) - Mrs. Burke Brand: Flying A
• Profit From Loss (1915) - Brand: Flying A
• Two Spot Joe (1915) - Brand: Mustang
• Sheriff of Willow Creek , The (1915) - Brand: Mustang
• Playing for High Stakes (1915) - Brand: Mustang
• Broadcloth and Buckskin (1915) - Brand: Mustang
• Life's Harmony (1916) - Brand: Flying A
• Silken Spider, The (1916) - Brand: Flying A
• April (1916) - Martha Fagan Brand: Mutual Masterpictures de Luxe
• April (1916) - Martha Fagan Brand: Mutual Masterpictures de Luxe
• Counterfeit Earl, The (1916) - Mrs. Bronson Brand: American
• Repaid (1916) - Brand: Flying A
• Tangled Skeins (1916) - Mrs. Wellington Brand: American
• Dust (1916) - Minas mother Brand: Mutual Masterpictures de Luxe
• Dancer, The (1916) - His Mother Brand: Flying A
• Citizens All (1916) - Mrs. Flannigan Brand: Mutual-American
• Professor Jeremy's Experiment (1916) - Bridget Brand: American

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