Katherine Griffith | |
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 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.
Catherine Kiernan was born in San Francisco, the daughter of Irish immigrants Peter Kiernan and Catherine Kiernan. [1]
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).
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]
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