Kathlyn Williams

Personal Info

Birthday

May 30, 1879

Day of Death

1960-09-23

(81 years old)

Place of Birth

Butte, Montana, USA

Also Known As

Kathleen Mabel Williams

Kathlyn Williams

Biography

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.

Known For

The Single Standard

A Private Scandal

The Spanish Dancer

Forbidden Fruit

The Whispering Chorus

A Single Man

The Spoilers

Blood Money

Filmography

1935
Rendezvous at Midnight
as Mrs. Arthur Dewey
1933
Blood Money
as Nightclub Woman Wearing Monocle (uncredited)
1932
Unholy Love
as Mrs. Bradford
1931
Daddy Long Legs
as Mrs. Paula Pendleton
1930
Road to Paradise
as Mrs. Wells
1929
Wedding Rings
as Agatha
The Single Standard
as Mrs. Glendenning
A Single Man
as Mrs. Cottrell
1928
Our Dancing Daughters
as Ann's Mother
We Americans
as Mrs. Bradleigh
Honeymoon Flats
as Mrs. Garland
1927
Sally in Our Alley
as Mrs. Gordon Mansfield
1925
The Best People
as Mrs. Lenox
The Wanderer
as Huldah
Locked Doors
as Laura Carter
1924
The Enemy Sex
as Mrs. Massingale
Wanderer of the Wasteland
as Magdalene Virey
When a Girl Loves
as Helen - Michael's Wife
1923
The Spanish Dancer
as Queen Isabel of Bourbon
Souls for Sale
as Self - Celebrity Actress in Commisary
Trimmed in Scarlet
as Cordelia Ebbing / Madame de laFleur
The World's Applause
as Elsa Townsend
Broadway Gold
as Jean Valjean
1922
Clarence
as Mrs. Wheeler
1921
A Man's Home
as Frances Osborn
Morals
as Judith Mainwaring
A Private Scandal
as Carol Lawton
Hush
as Isabel Dane
Forbidden Fruit
as Mrs. Mallory
1920
Conrad in Quest of His Youth
as Mrs. Adaile
The U.P. Trail
as "Beauty" Stanton
The Prince Chap
as Alice Travers
Just a Wife
as Eleanor Lathrop
The Tree of Knowledge
as Belle
1919
Her Kingdom of Dreams
as Penelope Warren
The Better Wife
as Lady Beverly
1918
We Can't Have Everything
as Charity Coe Cheever
The Whispering Chorus
as Jane Tremble
The Thing We Love
as Margaret Kenwood
1917
Big Timber
as Stella Benton
The Cost of Hatred
as Elsie Graves / Sarita Graves
1916
Redeeming Love
as Naomi Sterling
The Valiants of Virginia
as Shirley Dandridge
Into the Primitive
as Jennie Leslie
Thou Shalt Not Covet
as My Neighbor's Wife
1915
Sweet Alyssum
as Daisy Brooks
The Carpet from Bagdad
as Fortune Chedsoye
1914
Chip of the Flying U
as Della Whitmore - the 'Little Doctor'
The Leopard's Foundling
as Balu
The King's Will
as Kathlyn Hare
The Forged Parchment
as Kathlyn Hare
The Warrior Maid
as Kathlyn Hare
The Spellbound Multitude
as Kathlyn Hare
The Spoilers
as Cherry Malotte
The Cruel Crown
as Kathlyn Hare
The Garden of Brides
as Kathlyn Hare
Three Bags of Silver
as Kathlyn Hare
A Colonel in Chains
as Kathlyn Hare
The Royal Slave
as Kathlyn Hare
The Two Ordeals
as Kathlyn Hare
1913
The Unwelcome Throne
as Kathlyn Hare
The Adventures of Kathlyn
as Kathlyn Hare
Thor, Lord of the Jungles
as Gene Brant
The Flight of the Crow
as Edwina Washburn
1912
The House of His Master
as Mrs. Robert Steem
The Girl at the Cupola
as Jessie Wilson
1911
Lost in the Jungle
as Meta Kruga
The Two Orphans
as Henriette
The Wheels of Justice
as Alice Hazen
Dad's Girls
as Rose
Life on the Border
as The Pioneer Wife
Captain Kate
as Captain Kate
The Rose of Old St. Augustine
as Dolores, the Rose of St. Augustine
Back to the Primitive
as Helen Wilton
The Witch of the Everglades
as Dora - the Witch
The Man from the East
as Elsie Dean
1909
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
as Extra