Katherine MacDonald

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Katherine MacDonald

Acting December 13, 1891

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Katherine Agnew MacDonald (December 14, 1891 – June 4, 1956) was an American stage and film actress, film producer, and model. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was the…

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Refuge

Refuge

9.0 1923 Movie
Headin' South

Headin' South

1918 Movie
Shark Monroe

Shark Monroe

6.0 1918 Movie
Old Loves and New

Old Loves and New

4.0 1926 Movie
Domestic Relations

Domestic Relations

10.0 1922 Movie
Speedy Meade

Speedy Meade

10.0 1919 Movie
Battling Jane

Battling Jane

1918 Movie
Mr. Fix-It

Mr. Fix-It

6.0 1918 Movie
White Shoulders

White Shoulders

7.0 1922 Movie
Curtain

Curtain

7.0 1920 Movie
High Pockets

High Pockets

9.0 1919 Movie
Chastity

Chastity

9.0 1923 Movie

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Katherine Agnew MacDonald (December 14, 1891 – June 4, 1956) was an American stage and film actress, film producer, and model. She was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was the older sister of actresses Miriam MacDonald and Mary MacLaren. Starting her career as a popular model in New York City in the 1910s, MacDonald moved to Los Angeles in 1917. She became one of the first women to produce films in Hollywood, and produced nine features for her company, Katherine MacDonald Pictures, from 1919 to 1921. MacDonald was among the top ranks of actresses financially in 1920, earning about $50,000 per picture from a contract with First National. She achieved the peak of her popularity between 1920 and 1923. From 1922 to 1925 she appeared in films produced by B. P. Schulberg. Her first significant role was her lead role in Shark Monroe (1918) opposite William S. Hart. She was featured in a number of silent films, including The Squaw Man (1918), Mr. Fix-It (1918), Passion's Playground (1920) and The Infidel (1922). Her films typically were romantic dramas. MacDonald made only two pictures after 1923, one each in 1925 and 1926. (Wikipedia)

Filmography

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  1. 1926
    Old Loves and New

    Movie Elinor Carew / Lady Geraldine

  2. 1925
    The Unnamed Woman

    Movie Flora Brookes

  3. 1923
    Chastity

    Movie Norma O'Neill

  4. 1923
    The Scarlet Lily

    Movie Dora Mason

  5. 1923
    Refuge

    Movie Nadia

  6. 1923
    Money, Money, Money

    Movie Priscilla Hobbs

  7. 1922
    The Woman Conquers

    Movie Ninon Le Compte

  8. 1922
    White Shoulders

    Movie Virginia Pitman

  9. 1922
    Heroes and Husbands

    Movie Susanne Danbury

  10. 1922
    Domestic Relations

    Movie Barbara Benton

  11. 1922
    The Infidel

    Movie Lola Daintry

  12. 1922
    The Woman's Side

    Movie Mary Gray

  13. 1921
    The Beautiful Liar

    Movie Helen Haynes / Elsie Parmelee

  14. 1921
    Her Social Value

    Movie Marion Hoyte

  15. 1921
    My Lady's Latchkey

    Movie Annesley Grayle

  16. 1920
    Curtain

    Movie Nancy Bradshaw

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  1. 1920
    Notorious Miss Lisle

    Movie Gaenor Lisle

  2. 1920
    Passion's Playground

    Movie Mary Grant

  3. 1920
    The Turning Point

    Movie Diana Tennant

  4. 1919
    The Beauty Market

    Movie Amelie Thorndike

  5. 1919
    The Thunderbolt

    Movie Ruth Pomeroy

  6. 1919
    High Pockets

    Movie Joy Blythe

  7. 1919
    The Woman Thou Gavest Me

    Movie Mary MacNeill

  8. 1919
    Speedy Meade

    Movie Mary Dillman

  9. 1918
    The Squaw Man

    Movie Diana, Henry's Wife

  10. 1918
    Battling Jane

    Movie Poliet's daughter

  11. 1918
    Riddle Gawne

    Movie Kathleen Harkness

  12. 1918
    Shark Monroe

    Movie Marjorie Hilton

  13. 1918
    His Own Home Town

    Movie Carol Landis

  14. 1918
    Mr. Fix-It

    Movie Georgiana Burroughs

  15. 1918
    Headin' South

    Movie The Girl

  16. 1918
    The Spirit of '17

    Movie Flora Edwards

  17. —
    The Lonely Road

    Movie Betty Austin