Katharine Alexander
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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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.2759 |
| Birthday | 1898-09-20 |
| Place of Birth | Fort Smith, Arkansas, USA |
| Also Known As | Katherine Alexander, |
1930
Excuse the Pardon
0/0
A convict is released, then lured back to prison, because he was pardoned by mistake.
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Excuse the Pardon
1930
Taxi Talks
7/1
Three incidents in a cab driver's day: a college boy wooing a flapper, a gold digger wooing a southern colonel, gun moll kills gangster and wants to b...
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Taxi Talks
1937
Double Wedding
6.417/36
A bohemian free spirit helps meek Waldo win back his fiancée and falls in love with her over-controlling sister in the process.
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Double Wedding
1939
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
7.328/218
Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback...
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1942
Now, Voyager
7.423/228
A woman suffers a nervous breakdown and an oppressive mother before being freed by the love of a man she meets on a cruise.
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Now, Voyager
1934
Death Takes a Holiday
6.265/49
After years of questioning why people fear him, Death takes on human form so he can mingle among the mortals and find an answer. However, events soon...
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Death Takes a Holiday
1934
The Barretts of Wimpole Street
6.227/22
Remarkable poet Elizabeth Barrett is slowly recovering from a crippling illness with the help of her siblings, especially her youngest sister, Henriet...
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The Barretts of Wimpole Street
1943
The Human Comedy
6.279/34
Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in the small town of Ithaca, California to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to w...
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The Human Comedy
1937
That Certain Woman
5.647/17
A gangster's widow fights for love despite society's disapproval.
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That Certain Woman
1933
Should Ladies Behave
4.778/9
A middle-aged houseguest causes romantic turmoil when he falls in love with his host's teenage daughter.
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Should Ladies Behave
1934
Operator 13
5.882/17
American Civil War, 1862. After the disaster of the Second Battle of Bull Run, Major Allen, chief of the Secret Service of the Union, asks actress Gai...
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Operator 13
1930
The Hard Guy
6.273/11
Guy and Ellen are desperate to find a way to get food and medicine for their sick child. Jobs are very hard to come by during the Great Depression and...
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The Hard Guy
1939
Broadway Serenade
6.6/5
A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audition before a Broadway producer, but the producer...
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Broadway Serenade
1940
Anne of Windy Poplars
6/6
Sentimental drama about an ambitious young teacher who arrives in a small town to take the job of vice-principal. Based on one of L M Montgomery's 'An...
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Anne of Windy Poplars
1941
Sis Hopkins
6.333/3
An unsophisticated farm girl enrolls in college and stars in the campus musical.
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Sis Hopkins
1935
Ginger
4.8/5
Ginger, an orphan, is living with her foster-uncle, Rexford Whittington, a broken-down Shakesperian actor. Although denied the love of a mother and fa...
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Ginger
1935
The Girl from 10th Avenue
6.75/10
When his fiancée Valentine dumps him, prominent lawyer Geoffrey Sherwood goes on a bender and winds up married to a stranger, Miriam Brady. They decid...
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The Girl from 10th Avenue
1935
Enchanted April
5.071/7
Mrs. Lotty Wilkins is an unhappily wife whom's life husband and romance have departed. In order to possibly salvage some of the missing elements in he...
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Enchanted April
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
7/3
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival fo...
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1936
Moonlight Murder
4.833/6
An escaped lunatic, a mysterious swami, and various lovers all have designs on a famous opera singer.
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Moonlight Murder
1945
Kiss and Tell
6.333/6
Film adaptation of the Broadway hit, about the comic mayhem that erupts in a small town when a 15-year old high-schooler (Shirley Temple) is wrongly s...
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Kiss and Tell
1936
Sutter's Gold
7/1
Story of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.
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Sutter's Gold
1941
Angels with Broken Wings
5.25/4
Charlotte Lord, a widow in her early forties and owner of Manhattan's smartest modiste shop, is about to marry Guy Barton, a wealthy businessman. But...
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Angels with Broken Wings
1939
The Great Man Votes
6.357/7
In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book to bottle. He works, slightly, as a night-watchman,...
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The Great Man Votes
1948
For the Love of Mary
6.214/7
Young girl gets a job at the White House as a switchboard operator and gets mixed up in politics.
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For the Love of Mary
1936
The Devil Is a Sissy
7/12
A well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his not-so-well-bred peers at school.
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The Devil Is a Sissy
1935
Splendor
6.714/7
When Brighton Lorrimore returns home with his new bride, Phyllis, his family makes their disappointment in his choice obvious. Facing bankruptcy and t...
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Splendor
1935
Cardinal Richelieu
7.333/6
The cunning Cardinal Richelieu must save King Louis XIII from treachery within his inner circle.
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Cardinal Richelieu
1949
John Loves Mary
5/6
After four long years apart, there are so many things returning World War II soldier John Lawrence wants to tell his sweetheart, Mary McKinley. That h...
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John Loves Mary
1941
Play Girl
6.357/7
When a gold digger starts to get a little old to ply her trade, she teaches a younger woman all her tricks.
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Play Girl
1934
The Painted Veil
6.436/39
The wife of a doctor in China falls in love with a diplomat.
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The Painted Veil
1939
In Name Only
7.025/61
A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife.
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In Name Only
1935
Alias Mary Dow
7.167/3
A taxi-dancer agrees to pose as a girl who had been kidnapped as a child 18 years before.
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Alias Mary Dow
1941
Small Town Deb
6.5/2
Family bickering features young daughter favored by her father and older daughter favored by snobbish mother.
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Small Town Deb
1939
Three Sons
2.5/4
A shop owner tries to interest his heirs in the family business.
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Three Sons
1935
After Office Hours
6.5/14
A managing editor sends a socialite reporter to spy on her boyfriend, mixed up in murder.
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After Office Hours
1935
She Married Her Boss
7.5/2
A super-efficient secretary at a department store falls for and marries her boss, but finds out that taking care of him at home (and especially his sp...
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She Married Her Boss
1937
The Girl from Scotland Yard
6.5/2
A female agent tacks down the cause of mysterious explosions.
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The Girl from Scotland Yard
1938
Rascals
7/2
A Gypsy band takes lots of stuff but always in a good cause. Led by Jane Withers, they pick up a socialite who has amnesia. She works as a fortune tel...
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Rascals
1940
Dance, Girl, Dance
6.359/71
Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career...
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Dance, Girl, Dance
1938
Breakdowns of 1938
5.75/4
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.
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Breakdowns of 1938
1942
On the Sunny Side
7/2
Because of the war, a 12-year-old boy from England, Hugh, is sent to live with the Andrews family in Ohio. Don, the Andrews' 11-year-old son, eagerly...
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On the Sunny Side
1942
The Vanishing Virginian
8/2
The perineal District Attorney and conservative southern patriarch cherishes the old ways and does his best to adjust to change.
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The Vanishing Virginian
1937
As Good as Married
8/2
When a boss proposes marriage to his secretary, she discovers that the arrangement is solely for tax purposes.
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As Good as Married
1937
Stage Door
7.049/133
A spirited heiress wishing to break into theatre on her own merit arrives at a boardinghouse where aspiring young actresses and showgirls are brought...
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