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Kathlyn Williams

Kathlyn Williams

Actor · Born 1879-05-30 · Butte, Montana, USA

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Biography

Kathlyn Williams was born Kathleen Mabel Williams on May 31, 1879 in Butte, Montana, and the only child born to Joseph Edwin "Frank" Williams, a boarding house proprietor, and Mary C. Boe (1846–1908) of Welsh and Norwegian descent. Many biographies state her birth year as 1888; however, she is listed on the 1880 United States Census as being a year old. Williams displayed an early interest in becoming an actress in her youth which lead her to become a member of a community thespian group. She also joined the Woman's Relief Corps that allowed her to showcase her vocal prowess at local recitals. Williams began her career with Selig Polyscope Company in Chicago, Illinois and made her first film in 1908 under the direction of Francis Boggs. By 1910, she was transferred to the company's Los Angeles film studio. Williams played "Cherry Malotte" in the first movie based upon Rex Beach's 1906 novel The Spoilers in 1914, a role portrayed in subsequent versions by Betty Compson (1930), Marlene Dietrich (1942), and Anne Baxter (1955). In 1916, she starred in the thirteen episode adventure film serial, The Adventures of Kathlyn. She was busy throughout the silent film era but age and the adve…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Our Dancing Daughters (1928) — Ann's Mother
  2. Souls for Sale (1923) — Self - Celebrity Actress in Commisary
  3. The Whispering Chorus (1918) — Jane Tremble
  4. Forbidden Fruit (1921) — Mrs. Mallory
  5. Road to Paradise (1930) — Mrs. Wells
  6. Blood Money (1933) — Nightclub Woman Wearing Monocle (uncredited)
  7. The Single Standard (1929) — Mrs. Glendenning
  8. Unholy Love (1932) — Mrs. Bradford
  9. Conrad in Quest of His Youth (1920) — Mrs. Adaile
  10. Daddy Long Legs (1931) — Mrs. Paula Pendleton
  11. Locked Doors (1925) — Laura Carter
  12. The Spanish Dancer (1923) — Queen Isabel of Bourbon
  13. The Spoilers (1914) — Cherry Malotte
  14. The Wanderer (1925) — Huldah
  15. Lines of White on a Sullen Sea (1909) — Extra
  16. The Tree of Knowledge (1920) — Belle
  17. The Cost of Hatred (1917) — Elsie Graves / Sarita Graves
  18. The Adventures of Kathlyn (1916) — Kathlyn Hare
  19. The Witch of the Everglades (1911) — Dora - the Witch
  20. The Rose of Old St. Augustine (1911) — Dolores, the Rose of St. Augustine
  21. The Girl at the Cupola (1912) — Jessie Wilson
  22. The Enemy Sex (1924) — Mrs. Massingale
  23. Life on the Border (1911) — The Pioneer Wife
  24. 1861 (1911)
  25. The Better Wife (1919) — Lady Beverly
  26. A Single Man (1929) — Mrs. Cottrell
  27. Morals (1921) — Judith Mainwaring
  28. The Man from the East (1911) — Elsie Dean
  29. Honeymoon Flats (1928) — Mrs. Garland
  30. The Best People (1925) — Mrs. Lenox
  31. The House of His Master (1912) — Mrs. Robert Steem
  32. Clarence (1922) — Mrs. Wheeler
  33. The U.P. Trail (1920) — "Beauty" Stanton
  34. Trimmed in Scarlet (1923) — Cordelia Ebbing / Madame de laFleur
  35. The Adventures of Kathlyn (1913) — Kathlyn Hare
  36. The World's Applause (1923) — Elsa Townsend
  37. A Private Scandal (1921) — Carol Lawton
  38. Wanderer of the Wasteland (1924) — Magdalene Virey
  39. Broadway Gold (1923) — Jean Valjean
  40. Rendezvous at Midnight (1935) — Mrs. Arthur Dewey

Directed

  1. The Leopard's Foundling (1914) — Director