Gypsy Abbott

Gypsy Abbott (January 31, 1896 – July 25, 1952) was an American actress of stage and silent film. Personal life Gypsy Abbott was born on January 31, 1896 in Atlanta, Georgia. She married director Henry King in 1915 at Balboa or in Fort Worth, Texas. In 1917, she quit acting to focus on her life at home. Between 1923 and 1930, they had three children, Frank, John, and Martha. In 1920 and 1930, Ruth King lived with the couple. She was born in Illinois in 1913 or 1914 and was identified as King's stepdaughter. By 1930, they lived on South Muirfield Road in Los Angeles, California. Henry's brother Louis lived with the Kings in 1925 and 1930. Career Gypsy Abbott began her career as a singer, actor, and dancer. She performed for a number of years on stage and in vaudeville. She began with E. H. Sothern's repertoire company. Abbott performed in stock shows in Kansas City, St. Joseph, Missouri, and Chicago. While she was on the road, she met Henry King several times. She did a fifteen-minute vaudeville act where she sang and would swing over the audience and toss roses into the crowd. She did a similar act at Fred Mace's Photoplayers Club at Balboa. She played in The Minister's Daughter and as Flora Belle Fry in a road production of George M. Cohan's Little Johnny Jones.