Katherine Griffith
Katherine Griffith | |
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.jpg) Katherine Griffith, from a 1916 publication | |
| Born | September 30, 1876 San Francisco, California |
| Died | October 17, 1921 (aged 45) Los Angeles, California |
| Other names | Catherine Kiernan Griffith |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Children | 3, including Gordon Griffith |
Katherine Kiernan Griffith (September 30, 1876[1] – October 17, 1921), also seen as Catherine Kiernan,[2] was an American character actress on stage and in silent films.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Catherine Kiernan was born in San Francisco, the daughter of Irish immigrants Peter Kiernan and Catherine Kiernan.[1]
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Career
[edit | edit source]Griffith had a career in vaudeville and the musical theatre before moving into film work.[3] Described as a "large, commanding woman",[4] she appeared in dozens of silent films, including Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1913), The Gray Nun of Belgium (1915), The Greater Power (1916),[5] Murdered by Mistake (1916),[6] A Little Princess (1917) with Mary Pickford,[7] In Judgment Of (1918),[8] A Yankee Princess (1919) with Bessie Love,[9] The Woman Thou Gavest Me (1919),[10] The Spite Bride (1919) with Olive Thomas,[11] The Woman Next Door (1919), Pollyanna (1920), again with Mary Pickford,[12] Huckleberry Finn (1920), with her son Gordon Griffith as Tom Sawyer, Mid-Channel (1920), and They Shall Pay (1921).
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Kiernan married fellow actor Harry Sutherland Griffith in 1897.[2] They had three children, Gordon, Graham, and Gertrude;[13] her son Gordon became a child actor.[4] Katherine Griffith died suddenly from a stroke in 1921, aged 45 years, at her home in Los Angeles.[14][15]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Katherine Kiernan Griffith's birthdate varies in sources; September 30, 1876 is the date on her gravestone in Colma, California, via Ancestry, IMDB, and Find a Grave.
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External links
[edit | edit source]- The Little Princess (1917), at Internet Archive
- Pollyanna (1920), at Internet Archive
- Huckleberry Finn (1920), at Internet Archive
- Katherine Griffith at IMDb
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