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Katharine Alexander is a Actor American born on 20 september 1898 at Fort Smith (USA)
Katharine Alexander (September 22, 1898 – January 10, 1981) was an American actress. 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 artiste 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 and actress Grace George. They had a daughter, Barbara Brady.
Au cinéma, elle apparaît dans quarante-trois films américains, de 1930 (un court métrage) à 1949 (John loves Mary, avec Patricia Neal — son premier film — et Ronald Reagan). Entre autres, elle est M Townsend dans Le Voile des illusions (1934, avec Greta Garbo et Herbert Marshall), M Lloyd Rogers dans Une certaine femme (1937, avec Bette Davis et Henry Fonda), Madame de Lys dans Quasimodo (1939, avec Charles Laughton et Maureen O'Hara), ou encore Miss Olstead dans Dance, Girl, Dance (1940, avec Maureen O'Hara et Louis Hayward).
À la télévision, elle contribue seulement à un épisode (diffusé en 1951) d'une série consacrée au théâtre.
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Katharine Alexander
Nationality USA
Birth 20 september 1898 at Fort Smith (USA)
Death 10 january 1981 (at 82 years) at Tryon (USA)
Birth 20 september 1898 at Fort Smith (USA)
Death 10 january 1981 (at 82 years) at Tryon (USA)
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 artiste 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 and actress Grace George. They had a daughter, Barbara Brady.
Biography
Au théâtre, Katharine Alexander joue à Broadway (New York) entre 1917 et 1948, dans vingt-trois pièces et une comédie musicale (en 1919). Hors Broadway, mentionnons sa participation à la création britannique, à Londres en juillet 1949, de la pièce d'Arthur Miller Mort d'un commis voyageur (qui venait d'être créée à Broadway en février de la même année), aux côtés de Paul Muni.Au cinéma, elle apparaît dans quarante-trois films américains, de 1930 (un court métrage) à 1949 (John loves Mary, avec Patricia Neal — son premier film — et Ronald Reagan). Entre autres, elle est M Townsend dans Le Voile des illusions (1934, avec Greta Garbo et Herbert Marshall), M Lloyd Rogers dans Une certaine femme (1937, avec Bette Davis et Henry Fonda), Madame de Lys dans Quasimodo (1939, avec Charles Laughton et Maureen O'Hara), ou encore Miss Olstead dans Dance, Girl, Dance (1940, avec Maureen O'Hara et Louis Hayward).
À la télévision, elle contribue seulement à un épisode (diffusé en 1951) d'une série consacrée au théâtre.
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John Loves Mary (1949)
, 1h36Directed by David Butler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Jack Carson, Ronald Reagan, Wayne Morris, Patricia Neal, Edward Arnold, Virginia Field
Roles Phyllis McKinley
Rating61%
John Lawrence (Ronald Reagan) is a returning GI. Mary McKinley (Patricia Neal in her film debut) is the girl he left behind. But their reunion will have to wait: John has returned with cockney war bride Lilly Herbish (Virginia Field) in tow. It seems that John married Lilly as a favor to get her into the U.S., intending to divorce her so that she can wed her true love, John's old pal Fred Taylor (Jack Carson).
For the Love of Mary (1948)
, 1h30Directed by Frederick de Cordova
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Deanna Durbin, Edmond O'Brien, Don Taylor, Jeffrey Lynn, Ray Collins, Hugo Haas
Roles Miss Harkness
Rating65%
Mary Peppertree (Deanna Durbin) starts a new job as a telephone operator at the White House, where her father Timothy has been working as a guard for many years. A former Supreme Court telephone operator, Mary takes her first call from David Paxton (Don Taylor), a fishing expert who insists on speaking to the President about a political issue involving a small Pacific island. After hanging up on him twice, Mary spends the rest of her day fielding calls from various Supreme Court justices who attempt to reconcile her with her former fiancé, Phillip Manning (Jeffrey Lynn), a Justice Department attorney.
Kiss and Tell (1945)
, 1h30Directed by Richard Wallace, Earl Bellamy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Shirley Temple, Jerome Courtland, Walter Abel, Katharine Alexander, Robert Benchley, Porter Hall
Roles Janet Archer
Rating64%
To boost sales and attract customers at the local bazaar, fifteen-year-old Corliss Archer and seventeen-year-old Mildred Pringle decide to start selling kisses.
The Human Comedy (1943)
, 1h58Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Political films
Actors Mickey Rooney, Frank Morgan, James Craig, Marsha Hunt, Fay Bainter, Ray Collins
Roles Mrs. Steed
Rating69%
The Vanishing Virginian (1942)
, 1h35Directed by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Frank Morgan, Kathryn Grayson, Spring Byington, Rita Quigley, Elizabeth Patterson, Juanita Quigley
Roles Marcia Marshall
Rating67%
Based on the true story of turn-of-the-century Robert Yancey, lawyer and ever-popular politician in Virginia. The film starts with the statement, "This is the story of a vanishing era when simple men so loved their country, their families and their friends that America became a better place in which to live. Such a man was Cap'n Bob Yancey."
Now, Voyager (1942)
, 1h57Directed by Irving Rapper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic drama, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Gladys Cooper, Bonita Granville, Mary Wickes
Roles Miss Trask
Rating78%
Drab Charlotte Vale (Bette Davis) is an unattractive, overweight, repressed spinster whose life is brutally dominated by her dictatorial mother (Gladys Cooper), an aristocratic Boston dowager whose verbal and emotional abuse of her daughter has contributed to the woman's complete lack of self-confidence. It is revealed that Mrs. Vale had already brought up three sons, and Charlotte was an unwanted child born to her late in life. Fearing Charlotte is on the verge of a nervous breakdown, her sister-in-law Lisa (Ilka Chase) introduces her to psychiatrist Dr. Jaquith (Claude Rains), who recommends she spend time in his sanatarium.
On the Sunny Side (1942)
, 1h9Directed by Harold D. Schuster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Roddy McDowall, Jane Darwell, Stanley Clements, Katharine Alexander, Donald Douglas, Ann E. Todd
Roles Mrs. Mary Andrews
Rating62%
Hugh Aylesworth (Roddy McDowall), is a well-bred English youth who is evacuated to America during the London Blitz. Hugh moves into the home of Mr. and Mrs. Andrews (Don Douglas and Katherine Alexander). The couple's own son Don (Freddie Mercer), feels neglected and considers Hugh a royal pain in the posterior.
Angels with Broken Wings (1941)
, 1h12Directed by Bernard Vorhaus
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Actors Jane Frazee, Binnie Barnes, Gilbert Roland, Katharine Alexander, Mary Lee, Billy Gilbert
Roles Charlotte Lord
Rating69%
Sis Hopkins (1941)
Directed by Joseph Santley
Genres Comedy
Actors Elvia Allman, Bob Crosby, Carol Adams, Susan Hayward, Katharine Alexander, Jerry Colonna
Roles Clara Hopkins
Rating60%
Play Girl (1941)
, 1h15Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Actors Kay Francis, James Ellison, Nigel Bruce, Margaret Hamilton, Katharine Alexander, Kane Richmond
Roles Mrs. Dice
Rating62%
Grace Herbert (Kay Francis) is a 30-something woman who has made her living from seducing wealthy men and suing them for breach of promise. At the end of her finances, she and her maid, Josie (Margaret Hamilton) head to Miami where Grace hopes to find another rich man. When that plan falls through, she stumbles upon Ellen Daley (Mildred Coles), a young lady who is looking for a job as a secretary. Instead, Grace decide to make the girl her protege and teach her how to make money leading older wealthier men on for money.
Small Town Deb (1941)
, 1h12Directed by Harold D. Schuster
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Jane Withers, Jane Darwell, Cecil Kellaway, Katharine Alexander
Roles Mrs. Randall
Rating63%
Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
, 1h30Directed by Dorothy Arzner, Robert Wise, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films
Actors Maureen O'Hara, Louis Hayward, Lucille Ball, Virginia Field, Ralph Bellamy, Maria Ouspenskaïa
Roles Miss Olmstead
Rating67%
Good friends Judy and Bubbles are both dancers. Bubbles uses her good looks and being a sex siren to get jobs, and becomes successful in burlesque, while Judy is an elegant ballerina who struggles to make a living as a dancer. A rivalry develops when they both fall in love with a divorced playboy.
Anne of Windy Poplars (1940)
, 1h26Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Anne Shirley, James Ellison, Patric Knowles, Henry Travers, Slim Summerville, Elizabeth Patterson
Roles Ernestine Pringle
Rating63%
Anne Shirley takes up a teaching position in a town where she finds herself unaccountably in conflict with the founding family and its sour matriarch.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
, 1h57Directed by William Dieterle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about children, Films about religion
Actors Charles Laughton, Maureen O'Hara, Cedric Hardwicke, Thomas Mitchell, Edmond O'Brien, Harry Davenport
Roles Madame de Lys
Rating77%
The film opens in 1482 with King Louis XI and his close advisor, Frollo, the King's Chief Justice of Paris, in a printing shop. Frollo is determined to do everything in his power to rid Paris of anything he sees as evil, including the printing press and gypsies, who at the time are persecuted and prohibited from entering Paris. That day is Paris' annual celebration, the Festival of Fools. Esmeralda, a young gypsy girl, is seen dancing in front of an audience of people, including the King and Frollo. Quasimodo, the hunchback and bell ringer of Notre Dame Cathedral, is crowned the Pope of Fools until Frollo catches up to him and takes him back to the church.
Broadway Serenade (1939)
, 1h54Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Jeanette MacDonald, Lew Ayres, Ian Hunter, Frank Morgan, Wally Vernon, Rita Johnson
Roles Harriet Ingalls
Rating57%
À New York, la chanteuse Mary Hale (Jeanette MacDonald) et son mari le pianiste-compositeur Jimmy Seymour (Lew Ayres) vivotent dans des boîtes de nuit, lorsque Mary est remarquée par Larry Bryant (Ian Hunter), producteur à Broadway. Il lui obtient une audition auprès de Cornelius Collier Jr. (Frank Morgan) qui se prépare à monter son prochain spectacle. Séduit à son tour par la voix de la jeune femme, il l'engage...