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Paul Hartman | |
Grace Barrett |
"This Ballroom team specialized in satire,"
that was the term used to describe the Hartman's. Grace started
dancing with the Ruth
St. Denis school, then joined up with the Ferris Hartman Comic
Opera Company where she met Paul, a member of the company since
childhood. Paul performed with The Albertina
Rasch dancers and after their marriage, they formed a serious
dance team called "Hartman and Barrett." They married
sometime in the late 1920's. They made their Broadway debut together
in Ballyhoo of 1932.
They went on to tour England, France, Egypt,
India, China, Japan, U.S. etc. During this time they turned to
dance satire and had been very successful in satirizing ballroom
dance in nightclubs, musicals etc. They did most of their own
choreography ( Felicia Sorel created a few for them) and
were very entertaining couple to watch dance. They also danced
in the Harvest
Moon Ball championships. Paul went on to become an actor and
became one of ABC's dance comedians.
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Photos | Grace was diagnosed
as having cancer in 1952 and became very ill. They moved to California
and Paul gained work on stage, TV and Films. Grace passed away
in 1955. He is best remembered by playing "Emmett Clark"
on the Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry R.F.D. and as "Bert"
in Petticoat Junction, and he actually danced in a few of those
loveable but corny TV productions. Paul and Grace both won a Tony
Award for their performance for best actor and actress in "Angel
in the Wings" with Frank Sinatra in 1948.
The Hartman's were not the best dancers of
their day, but they were very good together and always achieved
high ratings from critics, even when the critics hated the show
they were in. Many times they reported the show was a waste of
their talent. Paul occasionally partnered with another dancer/
actress besides his wife Gracie.
Paul died of heart disease in 1973 in California. |
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Birth Place |
Birth Date |
Spouse |
Offspring |
| San Francisco, Ca. ( P) |
3/1/1904 - 10/2/1973 |
Grace Barrett |
n/a |
| San Francisco, Ca. ( G) |
1/7/1907 - 8/8/1955 |
Paul Hartman |
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Night Clubs |
Theaters |
Stage |
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44th St Theater
(1942) |
1925 - Sunny! |
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54th St. Theater |
1932 - Ballyhoo
Of 1932 (Paul & Grace) |
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Alvin Theater
(1936) |
1937 - Red Hot
and Blue |
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Coronet Theater
(1948) |
1942 - Keep em
Laughing |
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Loew's State Theater |
1942 - Top Notchers(aka Keep em Laughing) |
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Mark Hellinger
Theatre (1949) |
1948 - Angels
in the Wings |
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Ziegfeld Theater
(1952) |
1949 - All For
Love |
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1950 - Tickets
Please |
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1952 - Of Thee
I Sing (Paul only) |
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1953/55 - Pride of the Family
(Paul) |
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1957 - Pajama Game, the |
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1958 - Drink to
Me Only |
Films |
Television |
Publications |
| 1941 - Sunny! |
Alfred and the Amazon(1957) |
12/1953 - The Dance Magazine |
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1944 - Higher and Higher |
Andy Griffith Show(1967,
as Emmett) |
2/1961 - Ballroom Dance Mag.)e |
| 1950 - Tickets
Please! |
Arthur
Murray Dance Party(1/1958) |
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1963 - The Thrill of it All |
Hartman's at Home, the(1949) |
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Mayberry R.F.D.(1968-71,
as Emmett) |
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Petticoat Junction (as Bert Smedley) |
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Showtime, U.S.A.(1950) |
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