Louise Closser Hale (October 13, 1872 – July 26, 1933) was an American actress, playwright, and novelist.

Born Louise Closser in Chicago, Illinois, she studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, and at Emerson College of Oratory in Boston, Massachusetts. She made her theatrical debut in Detroit, Michigan in an 1884 production of In Old Kentucky. Her first theatrical success came in 1903, when she appeared in a Broadway production of George Bernard Shaw's Candida. In 1907, she made her London debut in Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch.

In 1899, Closser married artist and actor Walter Hale, whose name she used for her stage career, and who illustrated a number of her travel books. At the age of fifty-seven, after her husband's early death from cancer in 1917, she left the stage for Hollywood.

Closser had a parallel career as an author and playwright, starting in the first decade of the 20th century. She died in Los Angeles, California at the age of sixty-one, of heat prostration.

Born in Chicago, Illinois in 1872, character actress Louise Closser Hale (nee Louise Closser) began her acting studies at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in NYC and Emerson College of Oratory in Boston. On stage from 1894, her first hit show was in George Bernard Shaw's "Candida" in 1903 on Broadway, and in 1907 she made her London debut in one of her most identifiable roles, that of Miss Hazy in "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch". About that same time she began a second career as an author and playwright with a couple of her popular works later developed into plays. In 1899, Louise married artist/actor Walter Hale (she adopted his name for the stage) who later illustrated a number of her travel books. Following his early death from cancer in 1917, she continued to write and act. At age 57, she abandoned the theatre for Hollywood and appeared in a surprisingly large number of films within a short period of time. She played everything from maids to sophisticates, most of them equipped with a tart tongue and severe look of disapproval. She gave a hard time to a number of such formidable stars as Jean Harlow, Helen Hayes and George Arliss. Louise died suddenly four years later at age 61, robbing Hollywood of a major character talent.