Katherine DeMille(1911-1995)

Orphaned at age 9, after her father died in WWI and her mother died of tuberculosis. She was adopted by director Cecil B. DeMille and his wife, Constance Adams. Her birth name was Katherine Lester.

It is only natural that I should have turned to pictures. Raised in a family that revolves around the picture business, and where, when reading newspapers, each member invariably jumps on the most dramatic incidents and reads them aloud, well, what else could I do?