Katharine Alexander

from Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA

Artwork for The Hunchback of Notre DameImage of Katharine Alexander

Biography

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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.

Timeline

1983Aged 85

  • Poster for Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1949Aged 51

  • Poster for John Loves Mary

    Phyllis McKinley

1948Aged 50

  • Poster for For the Love of Mary

    Miss Harkness

1945Aged 47

  • Poster for Kiss and Tell

    Janet Archer

1943Aged 45

  • Poster for The Human Comedy

    Mrs. Steed

1942Aged 44

  • Poster for The Vanishing Virginian

    Marcia Marshall

  • Poster for On the Sunny Side

    Mrs. Mary Andrews

  • Poster for Now, Voyager

    Miss Trask

1941Aged 43

  • Poster for Play Girl

    Mrs. Dice

  • Poster for Sis Hopkins

    Clara Hopkins

  • Poster for Angels with Broken Wings

    Charlotte Lord

  • Poster for Small Town Deb

    Mrs. Randall

1940Aged 42

  • Poster for Anne of Windy Poplars

    Ernestine Pringle

  • Poster for Dance, Girl, Dance

    Miss Olmstead

1939Aged 41

  • Poster for The Great Man Votes

    Miss Billow

  • Poster for Broadway Serenade

    Harriet Ingalls

  • Poster for In Name Only

    Laura

  • Poster for The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    Madame de Lys

  • Poster for Three Sons

    Abigail Pardway

1938Aged 40

  • Poster for Rascals

    Mrs. Agatha Adams

  • Poster for Breakdowns of 1938

    Mrs. Rogers (archive footage) (uncredited)

1937Aged 39

  • Poster for As Good as Married

    Alma Burnside

  • Poster for The Girl from Scotland Yard

    Helen Lavering

  • Poster for That Certain Woman

    Mrs. Rogers

  • Poster for Stage Door

    Cast of Stage Play

  • Poster for Double Wedding

    Claire Lodge

1936Aged 38

  • Poster for Sutter's Gold

    Anna Sutter

  • Poster for Moonlight Murder

    Louisa

  • Poster for The Devil Is a Sissy

    Hilda Pierce

1935Aged 37

  • Poster for Enchanted April

    Mrs. Rose Arbuthnot

  • Poster for After Office Hours

    Julia Patterson

  • Poster for Cardinal Richelieu

    Queen Anne

  • Poster for Alias Mary Dow

    Evelyn Dow

  • Poster for The Girl from 10th Avenue

    Valentine French Marland

  • Poster for Ginger

    Mrs. Elizabeth Parker

  • Poster for She Married Her Boss

    Gertrude Barclay

  • Poster for Splendor

    Martha Lorrimore

1934Aged 36

  • Poster for Death Takes a Holiday

    Alda

  • Poster for Operator 13

    Pauline

  • Poster for The Barretts of Wimpole Street

    Arabel Barrett

  • Poster for The Painted Veil

    Mrs. Townsend

1933Aged 35

  • Poster for Should Ladies Behave

    Mrs. Winifred Lamont

1930Aged 32