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Katharine Alexander (September 22, 1898 – January 10, 1981) was an American actress of stage and screen. She appeared in 44 films between 1930 and 1951.
She was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas and died in Tryon, North Carolina. She was one eighth Cherokee Indian. She planned to be a concert artist, and it was while she was giving a violin recital that she was seen by Samuel Goldwyn who gave her a chance on stage from where she rose to be one of Broadway's leading ladies. She was married to William A. Brady Jr, (1900-1935), the son of William A. Brady a theatre actor, producer and sports promotor and actress Grace George. They had a daughter, Barbara Brady.
She starred alongside Paul Muni as his wife Linda Loman in London's Phoenix Theatre production of Death of a Salesman, which opened on July 28, 1949, directed by Elia Kazan.
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1949
as Phyllis McKinley
1948
as Miss Harkness
1945
as Janet Archer
1943
as Mrs. Steed
1942
as Miss Trask
1942
as Mrs. Mary Andrews
1942
as Marcia Marshall
1941
as Mrs. Randall
1941
as Charlotte Lord
1941
as Clara Hopkins
1941
as Mrs. Dice
1940
as Miss Olmstead
1940
as Ernestine Pringle
1939
as Madame de Lys
1939
as Abigail Pardway
1939
as Laura
1939
as Harriet Ingalls
1939
as Miss Billow
1938
as Mrs. Rogers (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
as Mrs. Agatha Adams
1937
as Claire Lodge
1937
as Cast of Stage Play
1937
as Mme Lloyd Rogers
1937
as Helen Lavering
1937
as Alma Burnside
1936
as Hilda Pierce
1936
as Louisa
1936
as Anna Sutter
1935
as Martha Lorrimore
1935
as Gertrude Barclay
1935
as Mrs. Elizabeth Parker
1935
as Valentine French Marland
1935
as Evelyn Dow
1935
as Queen Anne
1935
as Julia Patterson
1935
as Mrs. Rose Arbuthnot
1934
as Mrs. Townsend
1934
as Arabel Barrett
1934
as Pauline
1934
as Alda
1933
as Mrs. Winifred Lamont
1930
1930
as Ellen
1930