Katharine Alexander
Age: N/A | From: Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Katherine Alexander
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA
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Movie Involvements: 21
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Katharine Alexander (September 22, 1898 – January 10, 1981) was an American actress of stage and screen. She appeared in 44 films between 1930 and 1951. She was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas and died in Tryon, North Carolina. She was one eighth Cherokee Indian. She planned to be a concert artist, and it was while she was giving a violin recital that she was seen by Samuel Goldwyn who gave her a chance on stage from where she rose to be one of Broadway's leading ladies. She was married to William A. Brady Jr, (1900-1935), the son of William A. Brady a theatre actor, producer and sports promotor and actress Grace George. They had a daughter, Barbara Brady. She starred alongside Paul Muni as his wife Linda Loman in London's Phoenix Theatre production of Death of a Salesman, which opened on July 28, 1949, directed by Elia Kazan.
Most Famous Work
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(1939) Madame de Lys
Now, Voyager
(1942) Miss Trask
Death Takes a Holiday
(1934) Alda
In Name Only
(1939) Laura
The Painted Veil
(1934) Mrs. Townsend
Anne of Windy Poplars
(1940) Ernestine Pringle
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
(1934) Arabel Barrett
The Hard Guy
(1930) EllenActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1949 | Phyllis McKinley | |
| 1948 | Miss Harkness | |
| 1945 | Janet Archer | |
| 1943 | Mrs. Steed | |
| 1942 | Miss Trask | |
| Mrs. Mary Andrews | ||
| Marcia Marshall | ||
| 1941 | Mrs. Randall | |
| Charlotte Lord | ||
| Clara Hopkins | ||
| Mrs. Dice | ||
| 1940 | Miss Olmstead | |
| Ernestine Pringle | ||
| 1939 | Madame de Lys | |
| Abigail Pardway | ||
| Laura | ||
| Harriet Ingalls | ||
| Miss Billow | ||
| 1938 | Mrs. Agatha Adams | |
| Mrs. Rogers (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| 1937 | Claire Lodge | |
| Cast of Stage Play | ||
| Mme Lloyd Rogers | ||
| Helen Lavering | ||
| Alma Burnside | ||
| 1936 | Hilda Pierce | |
| Louisa | ||
| Anna Sutter | ||
| 1935 | Martha Lorrimore | |
| Gertrude Barclay | ||
| Mrs. Elizabeth Parker | ||
| Valentine French Marland | ||
| Evelyn Dow | ||
| Queen Anne | ||
| Julia Patterson | ||
| Mrs. Rose Arbuthnot | ||
| 1934 | Mrs. Townsend | |
| Arabel Barrett | ||
| Pauline | ||
| Alda | ||
| 1933 | Mrs. Winifred Lamont | |
| 1930 | N/A | |
| Ellen | ||
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
