Kathlyn Williams

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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.

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  • wc Gender: Female
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1879-05-30
  • event Death Date 1960-09-23
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 2.2
  • info Birth Place Butte, Montana, USA
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A Single Man

1929-01-12

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Morals

1921-10-31

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We Can't Have Everything

1918-07-07

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The Cost of Hatred

1917-04-09

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Three Bags of Silver

1914-03-09

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The Flight of the Crow

1913-08-11

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Dad's Girls

1911-09-12

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The Wheels of Justice

1911-09-14

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In Old California When the Gringos Came

1911-05-04

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The Man from the East

1911-03-16

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Our Dancing Daughters

1928-09-01

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Thou Shalt Not Covet

1916-02-07

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Honeymoon Flats

1928-04-01

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The Best People

1925-11-09

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The Unwelcome Throne

1913-12-29

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The Two Ordeals

1914-01-12

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The House of His Master

1912-09-09

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A Colonel in Chains

1914-02-23

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The Garden of Brides

1914-03-23

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The Royal Slave

1914-02-09

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The Cruel Crown

1914-04-06

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The Spellbound Multitude

1914-04-20

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The Warrior Maid

1914-05-14

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The King's Will

1914-06-01

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The Forged Parchment

1914-05-18

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Into the Primitive

1916-05-29

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The Thing We Love

1918-02-11

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The Adventures of Kathlyn

1916-01-14

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Clarence

1922-10-15

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The Single Standard

1929-07-27

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Redeeming Love

1916-12-28

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Locked Doors

1925-01-05

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The Whispering Chorus

1918-03-28

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The U.P. Trail

1920-11-01

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Unholy Love

1932-06-08

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Daddy Long Legs

1931-06-05

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Conrad in Quest of His Youth

1920-11-06

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Trimmed in Scarlet

1923-04-09

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The Adventures of Kathlyn

1913-12-29

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Road to Paradise

1930-07-20

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Blood Money

1933-11-17

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The World's Applause

1923-01-29

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Big Timber

1917-07-04

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Souls for Sale

1923-04-22

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A Private Scandal

1921-06-11

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Wanderer of the Wasteland

1924-08-09

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Broadway Gold

1923-01-01

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Rendezvous at Midnight

1935-02-11

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Forbidden Fruit

1921-01-03

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The Witch of the Everglades

1911-04-26

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Back to the Primitive

1911-05-10

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The Spanish Dancer

1923-10-06

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The Rose of Old St. Augustine

1911-05-31

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The Girl at the Cupola

1912-08-07

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The Two Orphans

1911-09-24

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Captain Kate

1911-07-12

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Lost in the Jungle

1911-10-25

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Thor, Lord of the Jungles

1913-11-01

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The Spoilers

1914-04-10

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Hush

1921-03-05

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The Wanderer

1925-08-19

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The Enemy Sex

1924-08-25

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Her Kingdom of Dreams

1919-09-21

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Life on the Border

1911-08-22

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1861

1911-03-30

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Sally in Our Alley

1927-09-02

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Morals

1921-10-31

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Thou Shalt Not

1910-03-03

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Just a Wife

1920-02-23

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Chip of the Flying U

1914-08-29

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Sweet Alyssum

1915-11-15

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We Americans

1928-05-06

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A Man's Home

1921-12-18

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The Leopard's Foundling

1914-06-29

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The Valiants of Virginia

1916-06-26

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Wedding Rings

1929-12-29

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The Carpet from Bagdad

1915-05-03

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