Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 13, 1891
Died
Jun 04, 1956
Place of Birth
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Credits
33 titles
Katherine MacDonald
Biography
Katherine Agnew MacDonald (December 14, 1891 – June 4, 1956) was an American stage and film actress, film producer, and model. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was the older sister of actresses Miriam MacDonald and Mary MacLaren. Starting her career as a popular model in New York City in the 1910s, MacDonald moved to Los Angeles in 1917. She became one of the first women to produce films in Hollywood, and produced nine features for her company, Katherine MacDonald Pictures, from 1919 to 1921. MacDonald was among the top ranks of actresses financially in 1920, earning about $50,000 per picture from a contract with First National. She achieved the peak of her popularity between 1920 and 1923. From 1922 to 1925 she appeared in films produced by B. P. Schulberg. Her first significant role was her lead role in Shark Monroe (1918) opposite William S. Hart. She was featured in a number of silent films, including The Squaw Man (1918), Mr. Fix-It (1918), Passion's Playground (1920) and The Infidel (1922). Her films typically were romantic dramas. MacDonald made only two pictures after 1923, one each in 1925 and 1926. (Wikipedia)
Known For
Filmography
Old Loves and New
Elinor Carew / Lady Geraldine
The Unnamed Woman
Flora Brookes
Chastity
Norma O'Neill
The Scarlet Lily
Dora Mason
Refuge
Nadia
Money, Money, Money
Priscilla Hobbs
The Woman Conquers
Ninon Le Compte
White Shoulders
Virginia Pitman
Heroes and Husbands
Susanne Danbury
Domestic Relations
Barbara Benton
The Infidel
Lola Daintry
The Woman's Side
Mary Gray
The Beautiful Liar
Helen Haynes / Elsie Parmelee
Her Social Value
Marion Hoyte
My Lady's Latchkey
Annesley Grayle
Curtain
Nancy Bradshaw
Notorious Miss Lisle
Gaenor Lisle
Passion's Playground
Mary Grant
The Turning Point
Diana Tennant
The Beauty Market
Amelie Thorndike
The Thunderbolt
Ruth Pomeroy
High Pockets
Joy Blythe
The Woman Thou Gavest Me
Mary MacNeill
Speedy Meade
Mary Dillman
The Squaw Man
Diana, Henry's Wife
Battling Jane
Poliet's daughter
Riddle Gawne
Kathleen Harkness
Shark Monroe
Marjorie Hilton
His Own Home Town
Carol Landis
Mr. Fix-It
Georgiana Burroughs
Headin' South
The Girl
The Spirit of '17
Flora Edwards
The Lonely Road
Betty Austin