Katharine Alexander
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.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Madame de LysParis, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the...
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Stage Door
as Cast of Stage PlayThe ups and downs in the lives and careers of a group of ambitious young actresses and show...
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Dance, Girl, Dance
as Miss OlmsteadJudy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash...
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Now, Voyager
as Miss TraskA woman suffers a nervous breakdown and an oppressive mother before being freed by the love of a...
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In Name Only
as LauraA wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has...
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The Painted Veil
as Mrs. TownsendThe wife of a doctor in China falls in love with a diplomat.
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The Barretts of Wimpole Street
as Arabel BarrettRemarkable poet Elizabeth Barrett is slowly recovering from a crippling illness with the help of...
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Death Takes a Holiday
as AldaAfter years of questioning why people fear him, Death takes on human form so he can mingle among...
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The Devil Is a Sissy
as Hilda PierceA well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his...
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The Girl from Scotland Yard
as Helen LaveringA female agent tacks down the cause of mysterious explosions.
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Broadway Serenade
as Harriet IngallsA married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they...
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Play Girl
as Mrs. DiceWhen a gold digger starts to get a little old to ply her trade, she teaches a younger woman all...
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Moonlight Murder
as LouisaAn escaped lunatic, a mysterious swami, and various lovers all have designs on a famous opera...
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Operator 13
as PaulineAmerican Civil War, 1862. After the disaster of the Second Battle of Bull Run, Major Allen,...
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas,...
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Double Wedding
as Claire LodgeA bohemian free spirit helps meek Waldo win back his fiancée and falls in love with her...
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The Great Man Votes
as Miss BillowIn 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from...
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Breakdowns of 1938
as Mrs. Rogers (archive footage) (uncredited)Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.
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John Loves Mary
as Phyllis McKinleyAfter four long years apart, there are so many things returning World War II soldier John...
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Kiss and Tell
as Janet ArcherFilm adaptation of the Broadway hit, about the comic mayhem that erupts in a small town when a...
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Angels with Broken Wings
as Charlotte LordCharlotte Lord, a widow in her early forties and owner of Manhattan's smartest modiste shop, is...
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The Human Comedy
as Mrs. SteedTeenager Homer Macauley stays at home in the small town of Ithaca, California to support his...
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As Good as Married
as Alma BurnsideWhen a boss proposes marriage to his secretary, she discovers that the arrangement is solely for...
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On the Sunny Side
as Mrs. Mary AndrewsBecause of the war, a 12-year-old boy from England, Hugh, is sent to live with the Andrews...
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For the Love of Mary
as Miss HarknessYoung girl gets a job at the White House as a switchboard operator and gets mixed up in politics.
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She Married Her Boss
as Gertrude BarclayA super-efficient secretary at a department store falls for and marries her boss, but finds out...
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Should Ladies Behave
as Mrs. Winifred LamontA middle-aged houseguest causes romantic turmoil when he falls in love with his host's teenage...
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Cardinal Richelieu
as Queen AnneThe cunning Cardinal Richelieu must save King Louis XIII from treachery within his inner circle.
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Anne of Windy Poplars
as Ernestine PringleSentimental drama about an ambitious young teacher who arrives in a small town to take the job...
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That Certain Woman
as Mme Lloyd RogersA gangster's widow fights for love despite society's disapproval.
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After Office Hours
as Julia PattersonA managing editor sends a socialite reporter to spy on her boyfriend, mixed up in murder.
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Sutter's Gold
as Anna SutterStory of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.
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Rascals
as Mrs. Agatha AdamsA Gypsy band takes lots of stuff but always in a good cause. Led by Jane Withers, they pick up a...
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Alias Mary Dow
as Evelyn DowA taxi-dancer agrees to pose as a girl who had been kidnapped as a child 18 years before.
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Sis Hopkins
as Clara HopkinsAn unsophisticated farm girl enrolls in college and stars in the campus musical.
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Enchanted April
as Mrs. Rose ArbuthnotMrs. Lotty Wilkins is an unhappily wife whom's life husband and romance have departed. In order...
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Splendor
as Martha LorrimoreWhen Brighton Lorrimore returns home with his new bride, Phyllis, his family makes their...
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The Vanishing Virginian
as Marcia MarshallThe perineal District Attorney and conservative southern patriarch cherishes the old ways and...
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The Girl from 10th Avenue
as Valentine French MarlandWhen his fiancée Valentine dumps him, prominent lawyer Geoffrey Sherwood goes on a bender and...
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Three Sons
as Abigail PardwayA shop owner tries to interest his heirs in the family business.
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Ginger
as Mrs. Elizabeth ParkerGinger, an orphan, is living with her foster-uncle, Rexford Whittington, a broken-down...
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Small Town Deb
as Mrs. RandallFamily bickering features young daughter favored by her father and older daughter favored by...
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The Hard Guy
as EllenGuy and Ellen are desperate to find a way to get food and medicine for their sick child. Job...
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