Robyna Neilson Ketchum (1901 - 1972)

Actress. Born in Minnesota, after a career performing roles on Broadway, she entered show radio programs in the mid 1950s. There she was a regular on national radio broadcast shows to include “There’s a Law Against I” and “The Aldrich Family”. She also appeared in Cukor’s film “Zara” 1939. Known as the “Bell Lady” for […]

Jillian Kesner (1949 - 2007)

Actress.  Curvy blonde character performer of television and B films.  She is best remembered for her role as Fonzie’s girlfriend Lorraine on the TV sitcom “Happy Days” during its 1976 season. An expert in the field of martial arts, she made her screen debut in the 1976 motion picture “The Student Body.” Her other screen […]

Annette Kerr (1920 - 2013)

Actress. A versatile character performer, she is remembered for her long career on the British big and small screens. Born Catherine Annette Kerr Peacock, she was raised in Watford, Hertfordshire from a young age, made her stage bow at the Watford Palace Theatre, trained at London’s Central School of Speech and Drama, and ‘paid her […]

Barbara Keogh (1929 - 2005)

Actress. She was born in Cheshire, England. She is best remembered for her work on television, in series such as “The Grimleys” and “Eastenders.” On stage, among others, she appeared in three plays at the National, including “John Gabriel Borkman,” with Ralph Richardson and Peggy Ashcroft and later came Adrian Noble’s production of “The Duchess […]

Dorothea Kent (1916 - 1990)

Actress. Leggy, platinum-haired supporting player. She came to Hollywood in 1934 after some modeling experience in St. Louis, and was successively under contract to Columbia Pictures, Universal, and 20th Century-Fox. A scene-stealing comedienne and, when given the opportunity, a capable romantic lead, Kent was mostly pegged as a dumb blonde in B programmers. She is […]

Phyllis Kennedy (1914 - 1998)

Actress. After graduating from high school in 1932, she obtained a job as a model in a local department store. On the recommendation of one of her friends, she decided to pursue an acting career and moved to New York City, New York where she got a small stage role in a 1935 production of […]

Lillian Kemble-Cooper (1892 - 1977)

Actress, Entertainer. A member of the British theatrical family, Cooper began her career as a singer on Broadway during the 1920s & 1930s.   Sister of actress Violet Kemble-Cooper, Lillian was married to actor/writer Charles Mackay and actor Guy Bates Post.  Actress – 19 films. (bio by: TLS)  Family links:  Spouse:  Guy Bates Post (1875 […]

Fanny Kemble (1809 - 1893)

Actress.  Best known for her stage roles in “Romeo and Juliet” and “The Hunchback.” She came from a London theatrical family, and took to the stage without any training to save her family from financial ruin. On a tour of the US she met and married one of her chief admirers – Pierce Butler,  whose […]

Mayme Kelso (1867 - 1946)

Actress. She appeared in “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm” with Mary Pickford (1917) and in “Whispering Wires.” (1926). (bio by: MC)

Dorothy Helen Kelly (1918 - 1969)

Actress. She is best remembered for her role as Robert Benchley’s secretary in “The Sky’s the Limit” (1943). Born in California, she was a brunette background actress, and played in nine films from 1942 to 1946, almost always in uncredited roles. Her first credited role was Mary, in the 1942 film “Flying with Music” in […]

Annette Kellerman (1887 - 1975)

Silent screen star. Her life was made into a movie in 1952 with Esther Williams playing Annette. The film was entitled “Million Dollar Mermaid.” Sister of cinematographer Maurice Kellerman. Wife of Director James R. Sullivan. (bio by: David)

Sheila Keith (1920 - 2004)

British Actress. She was born in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland and died in Chertsey, Surrey, England. Film and television credits include “Hamish Macbeth,” “Doctor Finlay,” “Love Hurts,” “Tell Tale Hearts,” “The Rainbow Thief,” “Sophia and Constance,” “Fresh Fields,” “Lovejoy,” “Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em,””Bless Me Father,” “Angels,” “David Copperfield,” “The Liver Birds,” “The Pallisers,” “Z Cars,” […]

Daisy Keith (1970 - 1970)

Daisy was born in Hollywood, California, on June 26,1969. Daisy was the daughter of Victoria Young and Brian Keith who named her for her grandmother. Daisy full name was Daisy Leialoha Keith, as a child she enjoyed performing different characters and voices for her family. At the age of 20 she appeared in the television […]

Betty Lou Keim (1938 - 2010)

Actress. She made her name portraying rebellious teenagers in several 1950s films. Drawn to the theater early, she appeared on Broadway in Johnny Mercer’s 1949 “Texas Li’l Darlin’”, then made her television debut in “Doorway to Death”. Keim was seen on “Armstrong Circle Theater”, “Hallmark Hall of Fame”, “Philco Television Playhouse”, and had the recurring […]

Laura Keene (1826 - 1873)

Actress. Born Mary Frances Moss, in London, England, she came to the United States in 1852 and quickly found success on the American stage. In 1855, she made history becoming the first female theatrical manager and the following year she moved into her own self-titled theater. It was a successful venture for a number of […]

Zena Virginia Keefe (1896 - 1976)

Actress. Born in San Francisco, California, she first appeared in several stage productions as a child, most notably the 1899 production of Palmer Cox’s “Brownies In Fairyland”, before entering films. A star of the silent film era, she first found work with the William Fox Studios, before signing a contract with the Vitagraph Company of […]

Myra Keaton (1877 - 1955)

Actress. Born Myra Cutler in Modale, Iowa, she was part of her father’s traveling act The Cutler Comedy Medicine Show, when she met and married Joseph Keaton in May 1884. She began performing with her husband in various shows and after her son actor Buster Keaton was born they toured and appeared on Vaudeville as […]

Toni Kaye (1946 - 1995)

Actress. Born in Chicago, Illinois, she started professionally in the 1970s dancing with the Ernie Flatt Dancers on television’s “The Carol Burnett Show”. As a dancer, she appeared in the films as “Funny Lady” (1975) and “Pennies From Heaven” (1981). She also worked as a choreographer on stage productions at various theme parks throughout the […]

Naomi Kawashima (1960 - 2015)

Japanese Actress. She was known for her compelling roles both on film and television. She debuted as a singer in 1979 while a student at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo.  While a late night disc jockey in 1981, Kawashima was noticed and given a chance in acting.   She continued into acting until her passing. […]

Tasso Kavadia (1921 - 2010)

Actress. A specialist in villainess roles, she was a regular in Greek films, television, and theatre for over half a century. Born Anastasia Kavadia in the city of Patras, she studied piano, acting, and writing in Athens and Paris before making her silver screen bow as Liza in 1954’s “Windfall in Athens”. Though she had […]

Haruko Kato (1922 - 2015)

Japanese Actress. Kato was an actress who was known for playing the role of “graceful, kindly mother figures” in television dramas. She joined a girl opera company of the Shochiku Co. group in 1937 and moved to a movie company in 1939 where she played opposite of Kenichi Enomoto, a popular comedian of the time. […]

Mabel Karr (1934 - 2001)

Actress. Born in Buenos Aires,  Argentina,  she spent most of her career in Spain. Karr appeared in films such as “Las Chicas de la Cruz Roja” (1958), “El Día de los Enamorados” (1959), “Il Colosso di Rodi” (1961), “La Hora Incógnita” (1963), “Los Palomos” (1964), “Abuelo Made in Spain” (1969), “La Duda” (1972) and “La […]

Nanda Karnataki (1939 - 2014)

Actress. Known by the single name “Nanda”, she is remembered as a child performer who transitioned into a long Bollywood career in dozens of Hindi and Marathi movies. The child of a noted theatrical family in what was then British India, she was more-or-less forced into show business when her father’s sudden death left her […]

Liesl Karlstadt (1892 - 1960)

Actress. She was part of the “Karl Valentin & Liesl Karlstadt” ensemble. She played in most of the sketches created by Karl Valentin. She also played the male roles. (bio by: JSesto) Cause of death: Stroke

Rosanna Huffman (1938 - 2016)

Actress. She initially studied to become a teacher, but followed her dream to pursue a career in entertainment. After moving to New York, she made her professional debut on the Broadway stage in the production “Half a Sixpence” (1965 to 1966). This led to her more than thirty-year association with television beginning with an episode […]

Beth Howland (1941 - 2015)

Beth Howland  Beth Howland will best be remembered for her role as Vera Louise Gorman on the CBS sitcom ‘Alice’ during the 1970s and ’80s. As a child she studied dance and after graduating from high school at 16, she headed to New York where she landed roles on stage in such Broadway productions as […]

Georgia Theodora Hale (1905 - 1985)

Actress. Her big film was “The Great Gatsby” (1926) where she played ‘Myrtle Wilson.’ Hale’s career never went anywhere and her last picture would be the silent film “The Last Moment.” Although her film career was over, Chaplin hired Hale into the lengthy shooting of “City Lights” to replace Virgian Cherrill, who had to leave […]

Ruth Gordon (1896 - 1985)

Writer, screen and stage actress.  After graduating from Quincy High School she enrolled in the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York city.  Her career saw her working in both films and the stage, making her Broadway debut in 1915 in Peter Pan.  In 1921 she married actor Gregory Kelly, who died of […]

Bronwyn FitzSimons (1944 - 2016)

Actress. Born Bronwyn Bridget FitzSimons Price, her father was director and screenwriter William Price, her mother was actress Maureen O’Hara, Bronwyn was named after the character played by Anna Lee in the film “How Green Was My Valley” (1941), which starred O’Hara. With the encouragement of her mother, she pursued a career in acting and […]

Myrna Fahey (1933 - 1973)

Actress. Born in Carmel, Maine, she was a cheerleader in high school and a runner-up in the 1952 “Miss Maine” contest.  She arrived in Hollywood in 1955,  chaperoned by two family friends at her parents’ insistence,  and studied acting at the Pasadena Playhouse while landing uncredited bits in such films as “I Died a Thousand […]