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Hazel Ashmore was one of the chorus girls in Mr. Bluebeard.
Like many of the cast members, when she escaped from the Iroquois Theater on
December 30, 1903, all she had was the costume she
wore on her back. When a dozen girls showed up
in his office wearing men's coats and shoes, Chicago
police chief Francis
O'Neill was sympathetic and sent officers
to the Iroquois to empty the dressing rooms.
Hazel was the wife of Charles LeWitt, a fellow
vaudevillian. The pair published a song and appeared
together in comedic skits in the early 1900s, their
best-known production being Bold
Mr. Timid.
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LeWitt eventually became a director of itinerant
films starring local talent in small towns. In June
1921 he married Inez Fouchi.
Hazel promoted herself for many years as "That
Different Comedienne." She wrote her own material,
and theater trade papers described her as
exceptionally kind. She and LeWitt were still
together in December 1916 as vaudeville eased into
history, but by then, they were performing in small
venues in burgs such as Escanaba, Michigan. I failed
to learn what became of her after a gig in
Sheboygan, Wisconsin, in March, 1918.
A lack of biographical information suggests that Hazel
Ashmore and Charles LeWitt were stage names.
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