Name
Katharine Alexander
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1898-09-20
Deathday
1981-01-10 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA
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.
Known For
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Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by...
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Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a...
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A woman suffers a nervous breakdown and from an oppressive mother before being freed by th...
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A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who ha...
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American Civil War, 1862. After the disaster of the Second Battle of Bull Run, Major Allen...
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A spirited heiress wishing to break into theatre on her own merit arrives at a boardinghou...
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The wife of a doctor in China falls in love with a diplomat....
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Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in the small town of Ithaca, California to support h...
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After years of questioning why people fear him, Death takes on human form so he can mingle...
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A well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his ...
- 1930 Excuse the Pardon
- 1930 Taxi Talks
- 1937 Double Wedding as Claire Lodge
- 1939 The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Madame de Lys
- 1942 Now, Voyager as Miss Trask
- 1934 Death Takes a Holiday as Alda
- 1934 The Barretts of Wimpole Street as Arabel Barrett
- 1943 The Human Comedy as Mrs. Steed
- 1937 That Certain Woman as Mrs. Rogers
- 1933 Should Ladies Behave as Mrs. Winifred Lamont
- 1934 Operator 13 as Pauline
- 1930 The Hard Guy as Ellen
- 1939 Broadway Serenade as Harriet Ingalls
- 1940 Anne of Windy Poplars as Ernestine Pringle
- 1941 Sis Hopkins as Clara Hopkins
- 1935 Ginger as Mrs. Elizabeth Parker
- 1935 The Girl from 10th Avenue as Valentine French Marland
- 1935 Enchanted April as Mrs. Rose Arbuthnot
- 1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1936 Moonlight Murder as Louisa
- 1945 Kiss and Tell as Janet Archer
- 1936 Sutter's Gold as Anna Sutter
- 1941 Angels with Broken Wings as Charlotte Lord
- 1939 The Great Man Votes as Miss Billow
- 1948 For the Love of Mary as Miss Harkness
- 1936 The Devil Is a Sissy as Hilda Pierce
- 1935 Splendor as Martha Lorrimore
- 1935 Cardinal Richelieu as Queen Anne
- 1949 John Loves Mary as Phyllis McKinley
- 1941 Play Girl as Mrs. Dice
- 1934 The Painted Veil as Mrs. Townsend
- 1939 In Name Only as Laura
- 1935 Alias Mary Dow as Evelyn Dow
- 1941 Small Town Deb as Mrs. Randall
- 1939 Three Sons as Abigail Pardway
- 1935 After Office Hours as Julia Patterson
- 1935 She Married Her Boss as Gertrude Barclay
- 1937 The Girl from Scotland Yard as Helen Lavering
- 1938 Rascals as Mrs. Agatha Adams
- 1940 Dance, Girl, Dance as Miss Olmstead
- 1938 Breakdowns of 1938 as Mrs. Rogers (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1942 On the Sunny Side as Mrs. Mary Andrews
- 1942 The Vanishing Virginian as Marcia Marshall
- 1937 As Good as Married as Alma Burnside
- 1937 Stage Door as Cast of Stage Play
