Mary Hall (born Mary deLuce White, 1877 – December 8, 1960), was an American stage actress who appeared on Broadway from 1897 to 1929. She was part of the Castle Square Theatre in Boston, and a leading lady with Boston's Empire Theatre and the Pike Theatre of Cincinnati. She took her stage name from her first marriage to Smith B. Hall, with whom she was mother of sportscaster Halsey Hall. She died in New York City at age 84.
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Early life and marriages
Mary deLuce White was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1877. She was one of three children born to Henry P. White and Euphemia deLuce. Her father was appointed judge of the criminal court of Jackson County, Missouri in October 1874. He was subsequently elected to that post in successive elections; holding the position until his death in 1892. In the 1890s she performed in amateur productions in Kansas City; including playing the title role in an 1894 production of Arthur Wing Pinero's Sweet Lavender with the Dramatic Club of Kansas City under the direction of Bertha Creighton. She performed with this company again 1895 in an original comedy, My Uncle's Daughter.
On September 25, 1895 Mary married drama critic and Kansas City World editor Smith Bagg Hall at Trinity Episcopal Church in Kansas City. At the time of her marriage she was a prominent woman in Kansas City society. The "statuesque brunette" was nominated queen of the Kansas City flower parade ("Kween Karnation") in 1896; returning for a visit to Missouri after moving with her husband to Minneapolis where he began working just after their marriage. After a short period in Minnesota, the Hall family moved to New York City where Mary gave birth to her son, Halsey Hall, on May 23, 1898. In New York she studied drama with McKee Rankin.