Acting

Katharine Alexander

Born 1898-09-20

Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA

Department: 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.

1934

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Filmography & Credits

Complete career catalog (45 titles)

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