Kitty Gordon

Biography

From Wikipedia Her first professional stage appearance was at the Princes Theatre in Bristol in 1901 in the touring production of San Toy. She appeared in The Duchess of Dantzic in 1903 and the operetta Véronique in 1904. In 1909, she moved to New York, where she became a regular on the New York stage. She made her first film appearance in 1916 in As in a Looking Glass. During the next three years she made twenty-one films. On 19 October 1911, she starred in the debut of composer Victor Herbert's musical The Enchantress at the New York Theatre. She continued her stage work from 1919 onwards. She also made television appearances. On 25 June 1920, during a Vaudeville performance in Chicago with her husband, Jack Wilson, and her daughter, Vera Beresford, Gordon's stage gun discharged a live round and shot Joseph A. Hack, an offstage acrobat. She died in a nursing home in New York in 1974.

Movies & TV Shows

1. National Red Cross Pageant (1917) — Bruges - Flemish episode
2. As in a Looking Glass (1916) — Lila Despard
3. The Wasp (1918) — Grace Culver
4. Playthings of Passion (1919) — Helen Rowland
5. Her Hour (1917) — Rita Castle
6. Beloved Adventuress (1917) — Juliette La Monde
7. Her Maternal Right (1916) — Nina Seabury
8. Mandarin's Gold (1919) — Betty Cardon
9. Forget-Me-Not (1917) — Stefanie Paoli
10. The Volunteer (1917) — Self - Cameo Appearance
11. Vera, the Medium (1917) — Vera
12. Stolen Orders (1918) — Felicia Gaveston
13. Adele (1919) — Adele Bleneau
14. The Crucial Test (1916) — Thanya
15. Tinsel (1918) — Princess Sylvia Carzoni
16. The Purple Lily (1918) — Marie Burguet