Katharine Cornell(1893-1974)

Actress
Additional Crew

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Katharine Cornell was born on 16 February 1893 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for Producers' Showcase (1954), Le cabaret des étoiles (1943) and Finie la comédie (1940). She was married to Guthrie McClintic. She died on 9 June 1974 in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, USA.

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Known for

Producers' Showcase (1954)

Producers' Showcase

7.1

TV Series

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

William Terry and Cheryl Walker in Le cabaret des étoiles (1943)

Le cabaret des étoiles

6.2

Katherine Cornell

1943

James Stewart, Louise Beavers, Allyn Joslyn, Charles Ruggles, Rosalind Russell, and Genevieve Tobin in Finie la comédie (1940)

Finie la comédie

6.2

Additional Crew(stage play)

1940

There Shall Be No Night

6.2

TV Movie

Miranda Valkay

1957

Credits

Actress

There Shall Be No Night
6.2
TV Movie
- Miranda Valkay
- 1957
Producers' Showcase
7.1
TV Series
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- 1956
Le cabaret des étoiles
6.2
- Katherine Cornell
- 1943

Additional Crew

Finie la comédie
6.2
- producer: stage play
- 1940

Personal details

Born
- February 16, 1893
- Berlin, Germany
Died
- June 9, 1974
- Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, USA(pneumonia)
Spouse
- Guthrie McClinticSeptember 8, 1921 - October 29, 1961 (his death)
Other works
Active on Broadway in the following productions:
Publicity listings
- 5 Print Biographies
- 5 Articles

Did you know

Trivia
In the film L'homme qui vint dîner (1941), a film noted for dropping the names of famous persons of the day, Cornell's name is dropped more than that of any other celebrity.

Quotes
I drifted into acting. My grandfather had a house in Buffalo in which there was a stage and his friends met every two weeks or so to put on plays. So it was natural for me to put on plays too when I went to boarding school. I put on everything in the drama - I was indiscriminate. I put on Yeats and Shaw and Lady Gregory.

Nicknames
- "The First Lady of the American Theater"
- Kit
- The First Lady of the Theater

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