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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
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame

(1939) Madame de Lys
Now, Voyager
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7

Now, Voyager

(1942) Miss Trask
Death Takes a Holiday
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6

Death Takes a Holiday

(1934) Alda
In Name Only
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7

In Name Only

(1939) Laura
The Painted Veil
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7

The Painted Veil

(1934) Mrs. Townsend
Anne of Windy Poplars
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6

Anne of Windy Poplars

(1940) Ernestine Pringle
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
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6

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

(1934) Arabel Barrett
The Hard Guy
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6

The Hard Guy

(1930) Ellen

Acting

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
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Year Character Movie/Tv

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