Katherine DeMille

Katherine DeMille

Infobox Actor
name = Katherine DeMille
birthname = Katherine Lester
birthdate = birth date|1911|6|29
birthplace = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
deathdate = death date and age|1995|4|27|1911|6|29
deathplace = Tucson, Arizona
spouse = Anthony Quinn (1937-1965)
yearsactive = 1930 - 1956
occupation = actress

Katherine DeMille (June 29 1911 – April 27 1995) was a Canadian-born American film actress.

She was born Katherine Lester in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She was orphaned as a child by the death of her father in World War I combat and loss of her mother to tuberculosis in 1920. She was then adopted by film director Cecil B. DeMille and his wife Constance.

She first appeared as an uncredited "Zeppelin Reveler" in "Madame Satan" (1930) and made thirty film appearances until she retired from films in 1956.

Personal life

DeMille married actor Anthony Quinn on October 3 1937. they had five children : Christopher (born 1939), Christina (born December 1 1941), Catalina (born November 21 1942), Duncan (born August 4 1945), and Valentina (born December 26 1952) [http://www.anthonyquinn.com/h09/Quinn_Chronology.pdf] . Their first child, Christopher, was found drowned in the swimming pool of W.C. Fields at age two.

DeMille accepted the 1953 Academy Award for 'Best Actor' on behalf of her husband, who was not present at the ceremony. They divorced in 1965, following his affair with costume designer Jolanda Addolori.

Katherine DeMille died from Alzheimer's disease in Tucson, Arizona in 1995 at the age of 83.

Filmography

* Madame Satan (1930)
* Son of India (1931)
* Girls About Town (1931)
* All the King's Horses (1934)
* Viva Villa! (1934)
* The Trumpet Blows (1934)
* Belle of the Nineties (1934)
* The Black Room (1935)
* The Crusades (1935)
* Drift Fence (1936)
* Sky Parade (1936)
* Romeo and Juliet (1936)
* Ramona (1936)
* Banjo on My Knee (1936)
* Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)
* The Californian (1937)
* Love Under Fire (1937)
* Under Suspicion (1937)
* Blockade (1938)
* Trapped in the Sky (1939)
* In Old Caliente (1939)
* Isle of Destiny (1940)
* Ellery Queen, Master Detective (1940)
* Dark Streets of Cairo (1940)
* Aloma of the South Seas (1941)
* Black Gold (1947)
* Unconquered (1947)
* The Judge (1949)
* Man from Del Rio (1956)

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0218490/ The Internet Movie Database]


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