- Katherine DeMille
Infobox Actor
name = Katherine DeMille
birthname = Katherine Lester
birthdate = birth date|1911|6|29
birthplace =Vancouver ,British Columbia ,Canada
deathdate = death date and age|1995|4|27|1911|6|29
deathplace =Tucson, Arizona
spouse =Anthony Quinn (1937-1965)
yearsactive = 1930 - 1956
occupation = actressKatherine DeMille (
June 29 1911 –April 27 1995 ) was a Canadian-born American film actress.She was born Katherine Lester in
Vancouver, British Columbia ,Canada . She was orphaned as a child by the death of her father inWorld War I combat and loss of her mother totuberculosis in 1920. She was then adopted by film directorCecil B. DeMille and his wife Constance.She first appeared as an uncredited "Zeppelin Reveler" in "
Madame Satan " (1930) and made thirty film appearances until she retired from films in 1956.Personal life
DeMille married actor
Anthony Quinn onOctober 3 1937 . they had five children : Christopher (born 1939), Christina (bornDecember 1 1941 ), Catalina (bornNovember 21 1942 ), Duncan (bornAugust 4 1945 ), and Valentina (bornDecember 26 1952 ) [http://www.anthonyquinn.com/h09/Quinn_Chronology.pdf] . Their first child, Christopher, was found drowned in the swimming pool ofW.C. Fields at age two.DeMille accepted the 1953
Academy Award for 'Best Actor' on behalf of her husband, who was not present at the ceremony. They divorced in 1965, following his affair with costume designer Jolanda Addolori.Katherine DeMille died from
Alzheimer's disease inTucson, Arizona in 1995 at the age of 83.Filmography
* Madame Satan (1930)
* Son of India (1931)
* Girls About Town (1931)
* All the King's Horses (1934)
* Viva Villa! (1934)
* The Trumpet Blows (1934)
* Belle of the Nineties (1934)
* The Black Room (1935)
* The Crusades (1935)
* Drift Fence (1936)
* Sky Parade (1936)
* Romeo and Juliet (1936)
* Ramona (1936)
* Banjo on My Knee (1936)
* Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)
* The Californian (1937)
* Love Under Fire (1937)
* Under Suspicion (1937)
* Blockade (1938)
* Trapped in the Sky (1939)
* In Old Caliente (1939)
* Isle of Destiny (1940)
* Ellery Queen, Master Detective (1940)
* Dark Streets of Cairo (1940)
* Aloma of the South Seas (1941)
* Black Gold (1947)
*Unconquered (1947)
* The Judge (1949)
* Man from Del Rio (1956)External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0218490/ The Internet Movie Database]
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