- Kathryn Crawford
Kathryn Crawford, also spelled Katherine Crawford, (
October 5 ,1908 -December 7 ,1980 ) was an Americanfilm actress of the 1920s and 1930s.Born Katherine Moran in
Wellsboro, Pennsylvania , Crawford moved toHollywood, California to pursue an acting career in the late 1920s, starring in her first film in 1929, when she starred oppositeHoot Gibson in "King of the Rodeo". She would star in seven films that year, and in 1930 she starred in another six films, including "Safety in Numbers" alongsideCarole Lombard and up and coming actress and "WAMPAS Baby Star"Josephine Dunn .However, by 1931 her career had cooled. She would star in only one film that year, and only three over 1932 and 1933, only one of which would be a starring lead role. She married Ralph M. Parson, with whom she would remain married until his death in 1974. She would have one more acting part, in 1941, when she was credited under the name "Katherine Crawford" in "City of Missing Girls", and which starred
H.B. Warner andJohn Archer . She retired from acting after that film, and moved toPasadena, California , where she resided until her death in 1980, ofcancer .References
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0186856/ Kathryn Crawford filmography]
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