Katherine MacDonald

Born: 1891-12-13 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Died: 1956-06-04

Known For: Acting

Biography

Katherine Agnew MacDonald (December 14, 1891 – June 4, 1956) was an American stage and film actress, film producer, and model. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was the older sister of actresses Miriam MacDonald and Mary MacLaren. Starting her career as a popular model in New York City in the 1910s, MacDonald moved to Los Angeles in 1917. She became one of the first women to produce films in Hollywood, and produced nine features for her company, Katherine MacDonald Pictures, from 1919 to 1921. MacDonald was among the top ranks of actresses financially in 1920, earning about $50,000 per picture from a contract with First National. She achieved the peak of her popularity between 1920 and 1923. From 1922 to 1925 she appeared in films produced by B. P. Schulberg. Her first significant role was her lead role in Shark Monroe (1918) opposite William S. Hart. She was featured in a number of silent films, including The Squaw Man (1918), Mr. Fix-It (1918), Passion's Playground (1920) and The Infidel (1922). Her films typically were romantic dramas. MacDonald made only two pictures after 1923, one each in 1925 and 1926. (Wikipedia)

Filmography

1926

Old Loves and New as Elinor Carew / Lady Geraldine

1925

The Unnamed Woman as Flora Brookes

1923

Refuge as Nadia
Chastity as Norma O'Neill
The Scarlet Lily as Dora Mason
Money, Money, Money as Priscilla Hobbs

1922

White Shoulders as Virginia Pitman
Domestic Relations as Barbara Benton
The Infidel as Lola Daintry
The Woman's Side as Mary Gray
The Woman Conquers as Ninon Le Compte
Heroes and Husbands as Susanne Danbury

1921

The Beautiful Liar as Helen Haynes / Elsie Parmelee
Her Social Value as Marion Hoyte
My Lady's Latchkey as Annesley Grayle

1920

Curtain as Nancy Bradshaw
Notorious Miss Lisle as Gaenor Lisle
Passion's Playground as Mary Grant
The Turning Point as Diana Tennant

1919

Speedy Meade as Mary Dillman
High Pockets as Joy Blythe
The Thunderbolt as Ruth Pomeroy
The Woman Thou Gavest Me as Mary MacNeill
The Beauty Market as Amelie Thorndike

1918

Headin' South as The Girl
Shark Monroe as Marjorie Hilton
Riddle Gawne as Kathleen Harkness
Battling Jane as Poliet's daughter
Mr. Fix-It as Georgiana Burroughs
The Squaw Man as Diana, Henry's Wife
His Own Home Town as Carol Landis
The Spirit of '17 as Flora Edwards