Katharine Blake (1928 - 1991)

South African born actress who starred in “To Have and to Hold” (1963)and “Anne of the Thousand Days” (1969). (bio by: Kieran Smith)

Katharine Cornell (1893 - 1974)

Actress.  She was born in Berlin.  Her family moved to the U.S. and she was raised in Buffalo New York. She married Guthrie McClintic in 1921 and they lived together until his death in 1961. However, it was well known in theatrical circles that the relationship was platonic as both were involved with others of […]

Katharine Cornell (1893 - 1974)

Actress.  She was born in Berlin.  Her family moved to the U.S. and she was raised in Buffalo New York. She married Guthrie McClintic in 1921 and they lived together until his death in 1961. However, it was well known in theatrical circles that the relationship was platonic as both were involved with others of […]

Katharine Hepburn (1907 - 2003)

Katharine Hepburn Hepburn was born in Hartford, Connecticut, on May 12, 1907, the second of six children. Her parents were Thomas Norval Hepburn (1879–1962), a urologist at Hartford Hospital, and Katharine Martha Houghton (1878–1951), a feminist campaigner. Both fought for social change in America: Thomas Hepburn helped establish the New England Social Hygiene Association, which […]

Katharine Lee Bates (1859 - 1929)

Poetess, Author, Educator. The author of the lyrics to “America the Beautiful”, she was born in the town of Falmouth on Massachusetts’ Cape Cod, and her father died only a month after her birth from a spinal tumor. A precocious child, it has been related that “Katie” helped her mother survive the first years of […]

Käthe Haack (1897 - 1986)

Actress. Born in Berlin,  she was one of the most prolific actresses in German cinema, with a career that spanned over 70 years and 250 films. She began performing on stage in 1914 and made her screen debut two years later.  Her films include “Der Skandal” (1916), “Sein bester Freund” (1917), “Wilhelm Tell” (1923), “Hedda […]

Käthe Kollwitz (1867 - 1945)

Artist. Graphic artist and sculptor.  Family links:  Spouse:  Karl Kollwitz (1863 – 1940)*  Children:  Peter Kollwitz (1895 – 1914)* *Calculated relationship

Katherine Helmond (1929 - 2019)

Katherine Helmond Katherine Helmond, who played the ditsy Tate matriarch on the groundbreaking 1970s comedy Soap and later starred on Who’s the Boss?, among many other roles, died February 28 of Alzheimer’s complications at her home in Los Angeles. She was 89. APA announced the news. Helmond is best known for her roles as the flighty Jessica […]

Katherine MacDonald (1891 - 1956)

Actress/Producer. Born Katherine Agnew MacDonald, Sister of Actress Mary MacLaren. Well remembered as ‘Flora Edwards’ in “The Spirit of 17,” as ‘Helen Haynes/Elsie Parmelee’ in “The Beautiful Liar,” as ‘Priscilla Hobbs’ in “Money! Money! Money!” and as ‘Flora Brookes’ in “The Unnamed Woman.” (bio by: MC)  Family links:  Parents:  Lillian Agnew MacDonald (1866 – 1936) […]

Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster (1350 - 1403)

Katherine was the daughter of Paon de Roet, a herald, and later knight, who was “probably christened as Gilles”. She had two sisters, Philippa and Isabel (also called Elizabeth) de Roet, and a brother, Walter. Isabel later became Canoness of the convent of St. Waudru’s, Mons, c. 1366. Katherine is generally held to have been […]

Katherine Victor (1923 - 2004)

Actress. She appeared in several low-budget horror films in the 1950s and 60s. Titles included “Teenage Zombies” and “Wild World of Batwoman.” (bio by: Michael Hallack) Cause of death: Stroke

Katherine Woodville (1938 - 2013)

Actress. After coming to the realization that she wished to pursue an acting career, she acquired training and experience in her native London. Initially under the name Catherine Woodville, she had her breakout role as Helena Landless in the BBC TV mini-series “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” (1960) and frequently landed guest spots on a […]

Kathie Browne (1930 - 2003)

Born in San Luis Obispo, California, she appeared in many films and television series. Among them were four roles on CBS’s Perry Mason: title character and defendant Donna Loring Ross in the 1960 episode, “The Case of the Provocative Protégé,” defendant Susan Fisher in the 1962 episode, “The Case of the Mystified Miner,” murderer Carla […]

Kathie McGavin (1930 - 2003)

Actress, writer, producer. She is best remembered for her roles as ‘Liz Andrews’ on the television series, “Slattery’s People” and ‘Angie Dow’ on “Hondo” (1967). She worked or appeared in the films, “Zero To Sixty” (1978), “American Reunion” (1976), “43: The Richard Petty Story” (1974), “Happy Mother’s Day, Love George” (1973), “Berlin Affair” (1970), “Hondo […]

Kathleen Burke (1913 - 1980)

Actress. She worked as a radio actress and fashion model before winning the Paramount Studios’ nationwide contest to find the “Panther Woman” for their H.G. Wells’ screen adaptation. Burke was picked from the eventual four finalists which had also included Verna Hillie and Lona Andre. In 1936 her contract with Paramount was terminated. She married […]

Kathleen Byron (1921 - 2009)

Actress. She is best known for her role as the mad nun Sister Ruth in the 1947 film “Black Narcissus”. Born in London, she was educated at the Old Vic School before making her motion picture debut in the Carol Reed film “The Young Mr. Pitt” (1942). Among her other big screen credits are “The […]

Kathleen Case (1933 - 1979)

Actress. A glamorous brunette, she is remembered for her numerous film and television appearances during the 1950s. Born Catherine Walker, she was raised in Pittsburgh, trained in dance at the Ursuline Academy, made her Metropolitan Opera debut at 11 as a child ballerina in Verdi’s “Aida”, and for a number of years performed in the […]

Kathleen Crowley (1929 - 2017)

Born on December 26, 1929 in Green Bank, New Jersey as Betty Jane Crowley, she graduated from Egg Harbor High School in 1946. On August 7, 1949, the 19-year-old Crowley won the title of Miss New Jersey at a contest held at Asbury Park. As the winner, she entered the Miss America pageant held in […]

Kathleen Eileen Hooker Robinson (1922 - 1958)

Actress.  Born Eileen Hooker, she won the first Miss Nampa beauty pageant in 1938 and the 1938 Miss Idaho contest (part of a national Miss USA competition), and was runner-up to Miss Idaho the following year in 1939. In the middle 1940s, she was signed to a dancing contract by Darryl F. Zanuck, then vice […]

Kathleen Eileen Hooker Robinson (1922 - 1958)

Actress.  Born Eileen Hooker, she won the first Miss Nampa beauty pageant in 1938 and the 1938 Miss Idaho contest (part of a national Miss USA competition), and was runner-up to Miss Idaho the following year in 1939. In the middle 1940s, she was signed to a dancing contract by Darryl F. Zanuck, then vice […]

Kathleen Ferrier (1912 - 1953)

Kathleen Mary Ferrier, CBE (22 April 1912 – 8 October 1953) was an English contralto singer who achieved an international reputation as a stage, concert and recording artist, with a repertoire extending from folksong and popular ballads to the classical works of Bach, Brahms, Mahler and Elgar. Her death from cancer, at the height of […]

Kathleen Freeman (1919 - 2001)

Kathleen Freeman was born in Chicago, Illinois. She began her career as a child, dancing in her parents’ vaudeville act. After a stint studying music at University of California, Los Angeles, she went into acting full-time, working on the stage, and finally entering films in 1948. She was a founding member, in 1946, of the […]

Kathleen Howard (1884 - 1956)

Kathleen Howard (July 27, 1884 – April 15, 1956) was a Canadian-born American opera singer magazine editor and character actress from the mid-1930s through the 1940s. She spent her childhood in Buffalo, New York and is buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery there.  After early vocal training in Buffalo, New York, she studied in Berlin, then […]

Kathleen Key (1903 - 1954)

Kathleen Key was born Kitty Lanahan in Buffalo, New York, she debuted in films in 1920 in the film The Jackeroo of Coolabong, playing a lead role. From that point on to the end of the 1920s, Kathleen Key, sometimes credited as Kathleen Keys, starred in several films, but never really reached stardom, and was […]

Kathleen Kirkham (1895 - 1961)

Actress. Starting her career in stock in Wisconsin, Kirkham trained in dramatic schools before acting on the screen. Kirkham often played the vamp in films and also played mother roles to women who were older than she was. She played several roles as the “woman you loved to hate,” roles she could never overcome. At […]

Kathleen Lockhart (1894 - 1978)

Actress. Born Kathleen Arthur. Married to actor Gene Lockhart. Mother of actress June Lockhart and Grandmother of actress Anne Lockhart. Kathleen, her husband Gene and daughter June appeared in “A Christmas Carol” (1938). Other films include “Time Square Playboy” (1936), “Career Woman” (1936), “Blondie” (1938), “Bewitched” (1945), and “The Purple Gang” (1960).  Family links:  Spouse: […]

Kathleen Murray (1928 - 1969)

Actress. She was a New York city actress who had the leading role in the daily television drama “Kitty Foyle.” She appeared in more than 200 other television shows using her maiden name as her stage name. Also a theater performer, she sang and acted in the title role of the off-broadway production of “Leave […]

Kathleen Scott (1878 - 1947)

Born Edith Agnes Kathleen Bruce at Carlton in Lindrick, Bassetlaw, Nottinghamshire, she was the youngest of eleven children of Canon Lloyd Stuart Bruce (1829–1886) and Jane Skene (d. 1880). Kathleen Scott attended St George’s School, Edinburgh then the Slade School of Fine Art, London from 1900 to 1902. She then enrolled at the Académie Colarossi […]

Kathlyn Williams (1888 - 1960)

Actress and Screenwriter. Married to Paramount Pictures general manager Charles Eyton, Williams directed 2 films, wrote 6 screenplays and acted in 176 films. (bio by: TLS)  Family links:  Spouse:  Charles Eyton (1871 – 1941)

Kathryn Adams (1893 - 1959)

Actress. Real name Ethalinda Colson in St. Louis, Missouri, she became an early star in the silent motion picture era. She entered films in 1915 after brief experience as a dancer in vaudeville. Her famous sidelong glance immediately pegged her for “vamp” roles and she won fleeting popularity in the late 1910s. Her most important […]