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Kathlyn Williams‌

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Birthday

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Kathlyn Williams

Butte, Montana, USA

Kathlyn Williams

Butte, Montana, USA

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1879-05-30

Popularity

star2.4

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 advent of talkies saw her make only five sound films, the last in 1935. Kathlyn evolved from a comedian and serial player in silents to portraying character roles in the early 1930s. Williams was married three times. Although many biographies erroneously cite her first husband as being Victor Kainer, he was in fact named Otto H. "Harry" Kainer (1876–1952), who ran an import and export business on Wall Street in New York City. They were wed on October 2, 1903, and their son, Victor Hugo, was born in 1905. They supposedly divorced over Kainer's disapproval of his wife having an acting career, and Williams subsequently obtained a divorce from Kainer in 1909 in Nevada. On March 4, 1913, she married Frank R. Allen, also an actor, but the marriage was a failure from the start and lasted a little over a year. On June 30, 1914, she filed for divorce in Los Angeles and listed desertion as the reason as the failure of their marriage. She later married Paramount Pictures executive Charles Eyton on June 2, 1916, in Riverside, California. The Eytons eventually divorced in 1931. On December 29, 1949, Williams was involved in a deadly automobile accident, which claimed the life of her friend, Mrs. Mary E. Rose, while they were returning home from a social engagement in Las Vegas. As a result of the accident, Williams lost her right leg. On April 8, 1950, Williams sued the estate of Rose for $136,615, citing negligence and claiming that the automobile had inefficient brakes. In June 1951, Williams accepted the offer of $6,500 dollars from the Rose estate. Kathlyn Williams died of a heart attack in Hollywood, California in 1960. For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Kathlyn Williams has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7038 Hollywood Blvd. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Movie Credits

A Single Man

A Single Man‌
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calendar 1929

Morals

Morals‌
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calendar 1921

We Can't Have Everything

We Can't Have Everything‌
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calendar 1918

The Cost of Hatred

The Cost of Hatred‌
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calendar 1917

Three Bags of Silver

Three Bags of Silver‌
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calendar 1914

The Flight of the Crow

The Flight of the Crow‌
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calendar 1913

Dad's Girls

Dad's Girls‌
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calendar 1911

The Wheels of Justice

The Wheels of Justice‌
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calendar 1911

In Old California When the Gringos Came

In Old California When the Gringos Came‌
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calendar 1911

The Man from the East

The Man from the East‌
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calendar 1911

Our Dancing Daughters

Our Dancing Daughters‌
star6.4
calendar 1928

Thou Shalt Not Covet

Thou Shalt Not Covet‌
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calendar 1916

Honeymoon Flats

Honeymoon Flats‌
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calendar 1928

The Best People

The Best People‌
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calendar 1925

The Unwelcome Throne

The Unwelcome Throne‌
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calendar 1913

The Two Ordeals

The Two Ordeals‌
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calendar 1914

The House of His Master

The House of His Master‌
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calendar 1912

The Royal Slave

The Royal Slave‌
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calendar 1914

A Colonel in Chains

A Colonel in Chains‌
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calendar 1914

The Garden of Brides

The Garden of Brides‌
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calendar 1914

The Cruel Crown

The Cruel Crown‌
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calendar 1914

The Spellbound Multitude

The Spellbound Multitude‌
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calendar 1914

The Warrior Maid

The Warrior Maid‌
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calendar 1914

The Forged Parchment

The Forged Parchment‌
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calendar 1914

The King's Will

The King's Will‌
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calendar 1914

Into the Primitive

Into the Primitive‌
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calendar 1916

The Thing We Love

The Thing We Love‌
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calendar 1918

The Adventures of Kathlyn

The Adventures of Kathlyn‌
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calendar 1916

Clarence

Clarence‌
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calendar 1922

The Single Standard

The Single Standard‌
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calendar 1929

Redeeming Love

Redeeming Love‌
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calendar 1916

Locked Doors

Locked Doors‌
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calendar 1925

The Whispering Chorus

The Whispering Chorus‌
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calendar 1918

The U.P. Trail

The U.P. Trail‌
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calendar 1920

Unholy Love

Unholy Love‌
star3.0
calendar 1932

Daddy Long Legs

Daddy Long Legs‌
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calendar 1931

Conrad in Quest of His Youth

Conrad in Quest of His Youth‌
star5.7
calendar 1920

Trimmed in Scarlet

Trimmed in Scarlet‌
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calendar 1923

The Adventures of Kathlyn

The Adventures of Kathlyn‌
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calendar 1913

Road to Paradise

Road to Paradise‌
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calendar 1930

Blood Money

Blood Money‌
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calendar 1933

The World's Applause

The World's Applause‌
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calendar 1923

Big Timber

Big Timber‌
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calendar 1917

Souls for Sale

Souls for Sale‌
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calendar 1923

A Private Scandal

A Private Scandal‌
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calendar 1921

Wanderer of the Wasteland

Wanderer of the Wasteland‌
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calendar 1924

Broadway Gold

Broadway Gold‌
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calendar 1923

Rendezvous at Midnight

Rendezvous at Midnight‌
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calendar 1935

Forbidden Fruit

Forbidden Fruit‌
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calendar 1921

The Witch of the Everglades

The Witch of the Everglades‌
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calendar 1911

Back to the Primitive

Back to the Primitive‌
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calendar 1911

The Spanish Dancer

The Spanish Dancer‌
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calendar 1923

The Rose of Old St. Augustine

The Rose of Old St. Augustine‌
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calendar 1911

The Two Orphans

The Two Orphans‌
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calendar 1911

The Girl at the Cupola

The Girl at the Cupola‌
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calendar 1912

Captain Kate

Captain Kate‌
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calendar 1911

Lost in the Jungle

Lost in the Jungle‌
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calendar 1911

Thor, Lord of the Jungles

Thor, Lord of the Jungles‌
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calendar 1913

The Spoilers

The Spoilers‌
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calendar 1914

Hush

Hush‌
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calendar 1921

The Wanderer

The Wanderer‌
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calendar 1925

The Enemy Sex

The Enemy Sex‌
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calendar 1924

Her Kingdom of Dreams

Her Kingdom of Dreams‌
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calendar 1919

Life on the Border

Life on the Border‌
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calendar 1911

1861

1861‌
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calendar 1911

Sally in Our Alley

Sally in Our Alley‌
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calendar 1927

Morals

Morals‌
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calendar 1921

Thou Shalt Not

Thou Shalt Not‌
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calendar 1910

Just a Wife

Just a Wife‌
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calendar 1920

Chip of the Flying U

Chip of the Flying U‌
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calendar 1914

Sweet Alyssum

Sweet Alyssum‌
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calendar 1915

We Americans

We Americans‌
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calendar 1928

A Man's Home

A Man's Home‌
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calendar 1921

The Leopard's Foundling

The Leopard's Foundling‌
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calendar 1914

The Valiants of Virginia

The Valiants of Virginia‌
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calendar 1916

Wedding Rings

Wedding Rings‌
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calendar 1929

The Carpet from Bagdad

The Carpet from Bagdad‌
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calendar 1915

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