Kathlyn Williams

Kathlyn Williams

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Butte, Montana, USA, 1879-05-30

Died: 1960-09-23

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1909	Lines of White on a Sullen Sea	Extra	32
2	1910	Thou Shalt Not		0
3	1911	The Man from the East	Elsie Dean	0
4	1911	1861		40
5	1911	The Witch of the Everglades	Dora - the Witch	40
6	1911	In Old California When the Gringos Came		0
7	1911	Back to the Primitive	Helen Wilton	40
8	1911	The Rose of Old St. Augustine	Dolores, the Rose of St. Augustine	40
9	1911	Captain Kate	Captain Kate	40
10	1911	Life on the Border	The Pioneer Wife	40
11	1911	Dad's Girls	Rose	0
12	1911	The Wheels of Justice	Alice Hazen	0
13	1911	The Two Orphans	Henriette	0
14	1911	Lost in the Jungle	Meta Kruga	50
15	1912	The Girl at the Cupola	Jessie Wilson	40
16	1912	The House of His Master	Mrs. Robert Steem	0
17	1913	The Flight of the Crow	Edwina Washburn	0
18	1913	Thor, Lord of the Jungles	Gene Brant	50
19	1913	The Unwelcome Throne	Kathlyn Hare	0
20	1913	The Adventures of Kathlyn	Kathlyn Hare	10
21	1914	The Two Ordeals	Kathlyn Hare	0
22	1914	The Royal Slave	Kathlyn Hare	0
23	1914	A Colonel in Chains	Kathlyn Hare	0
24	1914	Three Bags of Silver	Kathlyn Hare	0
25	1914	The Garden of Brides	Kathlyn Hare	0
26	1914	The Cruel Crown	Kathlyn Hare	0
27	1914	The Spoilers	Cherry Malotte	62
28	1914	The Spellbound Multitude	Kathlyn Hare	0
29	1914	The Warrior Maid	Kathlyn Hare	0
30	1914	The Forged Parchment	Kathlyn Hare	0
31	1914	The King's Will	Kathlyn Hare	0
32	1914	The Leopard's Foundling	Balu	0
33	1914	Chip of the Flying U	Della Whitmore - the 'Little Doctor'	0
34	1915	The Carpet from Bagdad	Fortune Chedsoye	0
35	1915	Sweet Alyssum	Daisy Brooks	0
36	1916	The Adventures of Kathlyn	Kathlyn Hare	30
37	1916	Thou Shalt Not Covet	My Neighbor's Wife	0
38	1916	Into the Primitive	Jennie Leslie	0
39	1916	The Valiants of Virginia	Shirley Dandridge	0
40	1916	Redeeming Love	Naomi Sterling	0
41	1917	The Cost of Hatred	Elsie Graves / Sarita Graves	10
42	1917	Big Timber	Stella Benton	0
43	1918	The Thing We Love	Margaret Kenwood	0
44	1918	The Whispering Chorus	Jane Tremble	63
45	1918	We Can't Have Everything	Charity Coe Cheever	0
46	1919	The Better Wife	Lady Beverly	10
47	1919	Her Kingdom of Dreams	Penelope Warren	0
48	1920	The Tree of Knowledge	Belle	10
49	1920	Just a Wife	Eleanor Lathrop	0
50	1920	The Prince Chap	Alice Travers	0
51	1920	The U.P. Trail	"Beauty" Stanton	0
52	1920	Conrad in Quest of His Youth	Mrs. Adaile	57
53	1921	Forbidden Fruit	Mrs. Mallory	63
54	1921	Hush	Isabel Dane	0
55	1921	A Private Scandal	Carol Lawton	0
56	1921	Morals	Judith Mainwaring	0
57	1921	Morals		0
58	1921	A Man's Home	Frances Osborn	0
59	1922	Clarence	Mrs. Wheeler	0
60	1923	Broadway Gold	Jean Valjean	0
61	1923	The World's Applause	Elsa Townsend	0
62	1923	Trimmed in Scarlet	Cordelia Ebbing / Madame de laFleur	0
63	1923	Souls for Sale	Self - Celebrity Actress in Commisary	62
64	1923	The Spanish Dancer	Queen Isabel of Bourbon	40
65	1924	When a Girl Loves	Helen - Michael's Wife	0
66	1924	Wanderer of the Wasteland	Magdalene Virey	0
67	1924	The Enemy Sex	Mrs. Massingale	90
68	1925	Locked Doors	Laura Carter	10
69	1925	The Wanderer	Huldah	10
70	1925	The Best People	Mrs. Lenox	0
71	1927	Sally in Our Alley	Mrs. Gordon Mansfield	0
72	1928	Honeymoon Flats	Mrs. Garland	0
73	1928	We Americans	Mrs. Bradleigh	0
74	1928	Our Dancing Daughters	Ann's Mother	65
75	1929	A Single Man	Mrs. Cottrell	0
76	1929	Her Husband's Women		0
77	1929	The Single Standard	Mrs. Glendenning	62
78	1929	Wedding Rings	Agatha	0
79	1930	Road to Paradise	Mrs. Wells	62
80	1931	Daddy Long Legs	Mrs. Paula Pendleton	40
81	1932	Unholy Love	Mrs. Bradford	30
82	1933	Blood Money	Nightclub Woman Wearing Monocle (uncredited)	70
83	1935	Rendezvous at Midnight	Mrs. Arthur Dewey	0

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Year

Title

Role

Vote Average

1909