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Katherine Warren

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Katherine Warren
Born(1905-07-12)July 12, 1905
Bay City, Michigan, U.S.
DiedJuly 17, 1965(1965-07-17) (aged 60)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1930–1963
Spouse
Clark Chesney
(m. 1938; died 1951)
Children1

Katherine Warren (July 12, 1905 – July 17, 1965) was an American film and television actress. She is best known for her roles in the 1949 film All the King's Men, the 1951 film The Prowler, and the 1954 film The Caine Mutiny.

Career

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Prior to her career in films and TV, she was a stage actress on and off Broadway, in Summer Stock, and many theatrical venues throughout the US. Her signature role was as Roxanne in Cyrano de Bergerac opposite Walter Hampden in the title role. She married Vernon (aka Clark) Tharp Chesney in 1938. The couple had a son, David, in 1947. In 1948, due to her husband's illness, the family moved from New York City to Los Angeles where she began her movie and TV career. Clark Chesney died on January 4, 1951, at the City of Hope in Duarte, California.

She appeared under her maiden name (Katharine Warren, which she spelled as shown here) in over 30 films and dozens of television programs including the TV series Alfred Hitchcock Presents (three episodes, 1956–1957) and Bonanza (1961) and the films Jailhouse Rock (1957), The Glenn Miller Story (1954), All the King's Men (1949), and as the mother of Ensign Willie Keith in the big-budget war drama The Caine Mutiny (1954).

She also coached aspiring young talent for Universal City Studios (then Universal International) in the early to mid-60s, and taught drama to young people at Brown Gables Conservatory in Brentwood, California.

Her final television performances came on the western series Laramie between 1960 and 1963.

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1949 Mary Ryan, Detective Mrs. Sawyer
1949 All the King's Men Mrs. Burden
1949 Tell It to the Judge Kitty Lawton
1949 The Story of Molly X Norma Calvert
1949 And Baby Makes Three Miss Ellis - Nurse Uncredited
1950 Three Secrets Mrs. Connors
1950 Harriet Craig Dr. Lambert Uncredited
1950 Mystery Submarine Mrs. Weber
1951 Three Guys Named Mike Mrs. Scott Bellemy Uncredited
1951 The Prowler Grace Crocker
1951 Dear Brat Mrs. Clark Uncredited
1951 Lorna Doone Sarah Ridd Uncredited
1951 Night Into Morning Mrs. Margaret Andersen
1951 Force of Arms Maj. Waldron
1951 The Tall Target Mrs. Gibbons Uncredited
1951 The People Against O'Hara Mrs. William Sheffield
1951 The Lady Pays Off Dean Bessie Howell
1952 Scandal Sheet Mrs. Allison Uncredited
1952 This Woman Is Dangerous Mrs. Millican
1952 Talk About a Stranger Mrs. Dorothy Mahler Uncredited
1952 Paula Mary Uncredited
1952 Washington Story Mrs. Birch
1952 Son of Ali Baba Princess Karma Uncredited
1952 Flat Top Dorothy's Mother Uncredited
1952 The Steel Trap Mrs. Kellogg
1952 Battles of Chief Pontiac Chia
1952 The Star Mrs. Ruth Morrison Uncredited
1953 The Man Behind the Gun Phoebe Sheldon [1]
1954 The Glenn Miller Story Mrs. Burger
1954 The Caine Mutiny Mrs. Keith
1954 The Country Girl Theatregoer Uncredited
1954 The Violent Men Mrs. Vail Uncredited
1954 The Bamboo Prison Mother Rand Voice, Uncredited
1956 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Freda Wallingford Season 1 Episode 23 ("Back for Christmas")
1956 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Mother Edwards Season 1 Episode 34 ("The Hidden Thing")
1956 Inside Detroit Ethel Linden
1956 Fury at Gunsight Pass Mrs. Boggs
1957 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Policewoman Season 3 Episode 5 ("Silent Witness")
1957 Drango Mrs. Scott
1957 Jailhouse Rock Mrs. Van Alden Uncredited
1957 Zero Hour! Mrs. Purdy Uncredited
1960 I'll Give My Life Dora Bradford

Broadway

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  • Three Times the Hour (1931) as Mrs. Lawrence M. Blake
  • Wednesday's Child (1934) as Kathryn Phillips
  • Blind Alley (1935) as Doris Shelby
  • Cyrano de Bergerac (1936) as Roxane

References

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  1. ^ "The Man Behind the Gun (1953) - IMDb". IMDb.
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