Kathryn Adams (actress, born 1893)

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Kathryn Adams
Hollywood, California
, U.S.
Other namesCatherine Adams
OccupationActress
SpouseJacques Magnin

Kathryn Adams (born Kathryn Ethalinda Colson; May 25, 1893 – February 17, 1959), sometimes credited as Catherine Adams or Katherine Adams,[1] was an American silent film actress.

Early years

Adams was born Kathryn Ethalinda Colson on May 25, 1893, the daughter of actress Kate Colson.[2] She was educated in St. Louis,[1] and had vocal training in New York.[3]

Career

Early in her career, Adams "played in numerous types of legitimate drama".[4] She entered films in 1915 after a brief and rather unsuccessful stint in musical comedy.

Adams worked for the Thanhouser Company in its early films[1] and had the lead roles in that company's productions The Bird of Prey and The Phantom Witness.[3] After a number of successful leading roles, she drifted into supporting roles in the 1920s, and, except for a brief appearance in the 1931 version of The Squaw Man, Adams disappeared from films after 1925.[citation needed] She retired from the film industry in 1931[2] and worked as an assembler at Lockheed Corporation making aircraft.[2]

Personal life and death

Adams married Arthur Witter in 1920; in 1928, the two divorced due to Witter's drinking.[5] She later married Jacques Magnin, a businessman from Los Angeles.[6]

On February 17, 1959, Adams died in

Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles next to her mother.[2]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ a b c "Adams, Kathryn (1893–1959)". Encyclopedia.com. Archived from the original on March 2, 2017. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  2. ^ . Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Thanhouser Stars on Pathe Program". Motography. August 26, 1916. p. 491. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  4. ^ "(photo caption)". Picture-Play Magazine. VI (2). April 1917. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  5. ^ "Broken Gin Pledge Get Her Divorce". The Los Angeles Times. May 22, 1928. p. 2. Retrieved March 11, 2022 – via Ancestry.com.
  6. ^
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External links

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