Katharine Alexander
Born: 1898-09-20 in Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA
Died: 1981-01-10
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1983
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1949
- John Loves Mary as Phyllis McKinley
1948
- For the Love of Mary as Miss Harkness
1945
- Kiss and Tell as Janet Archer
1943
- The Human Comedy as Mrs. Steed
1942
- Now, Voyager as Miss Trask
- On the Sunny Side as Mrs. Mary Andrews
- The Vanishing Virginian as Marcia Marshall
1941
- Play Girl as Mrs. Dice
- Angels with Broken Wings as Charlotte Lord
- Sis Hopkins as Clara Hopkins
- Small Town Deb as Mrs. Randall
1940
- Dance, Girl, Dance as Miss Olmstead
- Anne of Windy Poplars as Ernestine Pringle
1939
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Madame de Lys
- In Name Only as Laura
- Broadway Serenade as Harriet Ingalls
- The Great Man Votes as Miss Billow
- Three Sons as Abigail Pardway
1938
- Breakdowns of 1938 as Mrs. Rogers (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Rascals as Mrs. Agatha Adams
1937
- Stage Door as Cast of Stage Play
- Double Wedding as Claire Lodge
- That Certain Woman as Mrs. Rogers
- As Good as Married as Alma Burnside
- The Girl from Scotland Yard as Helen Lavering
1936
- The Devil Is a Sissy as Hilda Pierce
- Sutter's Gold as Anna Sutter
- Moonlight Murder as Louisa
1935
- Splendor as Martha Lorrimore
- Ginger as Mrs. Elizabeth Parker
- The Girl from 10th Avenue as Valentine French Marland
- Cardinal Richelieu as Queen Anne
- After Office Hours as Julia Patterson
- Enchanted April as Mrs. Rose Arbuthnot
- She Married Her Boss as Gertrude Barclay
- Alias Mary Dow as Evelyn Dow
1934
- Operator 13 as Pauline
- Death Takes a Holiday as Alda
- The Barretts of Wimpole Street as Arabel Barrett
- The Painted Veil as Mrs. Townsend
1933
- Should Ladies Behave as Mrs. Winifred Lamont
1930
- The Hard Guy as Ellen
- Taxi Talks
- Excuse the Pardon