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Kathlyn Williams
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Kathlyn Williams
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1879-05-30,Butte, Montana, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
Kathlyn Williams was born Kathleen Mabel Williams on May 31, 1879 in Butte, Montana, and the only child born to Joseph Edwin "Frank" Williams, a boarding house proprietor, and Mary C. Boe (1846–1908) of Welsh and Norwegian descent. Many biographies state her birth year as 1888; however, she is listed on the 1880 United States Census as being a year old. Williams displayed an early interest in becoming an actress in her youth which lead her to become a member of a community thespian group. She also joined the Woman's Relief Corps that allowed her to showcase her vocal prowess at local recitals. Williams began her career with Selig Polyscope Company in Chicago, Illinois and made her first film in 1908 under the direction of Francis Boggs. By 1910, she was transferred to the company's Los Angeles film studio. Williams played "Cherry Malotte" in the first movie based upon Rex Beach's 1906 novel The Spoilers in 1914, a role portrayed in subsequent versions by Betty Compson (1930), Marlene Dietrich (1942), and Anne Baxter (1955). In 1916, she starred in the thirteen episode adventure film serial, The Adventures of Kathlyn. She was busy throughout the silent film era but age and the advent of talkies saw her make only five sound films, the last in 1935. Kathlyn evolved from a comedian and serial player in silents to portraying character roles in the early 1930s. Williams was married three times. Although many biographies erroneously cite her first husband as being Victor Kainer, he was in fact named Otto H. "Harry" Kainer (1876–1952), who ran an import and export business on Wall Street in New York City. They were wed on October 2, 1903, and their son, Victor Hugo, was born in 1905. They supposedly divorced over Kainer's disapproval of his wife having an acting career, and Williams subsequently obtained a divorce from Kainer in 1909 in Nevada. On March 4, 1913, she married Frank R. Allen, also an actor, but the marriage was a failure from the start and lasted a little over a year. On June 30, 1914, she filed for divorce in Los Angeles and listed desertion as the reason as the failure of their marriage. She later married Paramount Pictures executive Charles Eyton on June 2, 1916, in Riverside, California. The Eytons eventually divorced in 1931. On December 29, 1949, Williams was involved in a deadly automobile accident, which claimed the life of her friend, Mrs. Mary E. Rose, while they were returning home from a social engagement in Las Vegas. As a result of the accident, Williams lost her right leg. On April 8, 1950, Williams sued the estate of Rose for $136,615, citing negligence and claiming that the automobile had inefficient brakes. In June 1951, Williams accepted the offer of $6,500 dollars from the Rose estate. Kathlyn Williams died of a heart attack in Hollywood, California in 1960. For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Kathlyn Williams has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7038 Hollywood Blvd. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Filmography

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A Single Man
1929-01-12

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Morals
1921-10-31

We Can't Have Everything

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We Can't Have Everything
1918-07-07

The Cost of Hatred

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The Cost of Hatred
1917-04-09

Three Bags of Silver

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Three Bags of Silver
1914-03-09

The Flight of the Crow

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The Flight of the Crow
1913-08-11

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Dad's Girls
1911-09-12

The Wheels of Justice

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The Wheels of Justice
1911-09-14

In Old California When the Gringos Came

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In Old California When the Gringos Came
1911-05-04

The Man from the East

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The Man from the East
1911-03-16

Our Dancing Daughters

6.4

Our Dancing Daughters
1928-09-01

Thou Shalt Not Covet

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Thou Shalt Not Covet
1916-02-07

Honeymoon Flats

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Honeymoon Flats
1928-04-01

The Best People

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The Best People
1925-11-09

The Unwelcome Throne

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The Unwelcome Throne
1913-12-29

The Two Ordeals

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The Two Ordeals
1914-01-12

The House of His Master

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The House of His Master
1912-09-09

The Royal Slave

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The Royal Slave
1914-02-09

A Colonel in Chains

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A Colonel in Chains
1914-02-23

The Garden of Brides

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The Garden of Brides
1914-03-23

The Cruel Crown

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The Cruel Crown
1914-04-06

The Spellbound Multitude

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The Spellbound Multitude
1914-04-20

The Warrior Maid

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The Warrior Maid
1914-05-14

The Forged Parchment

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The Forged Parchment
1914-05-18

The King's Will

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The King's Will
1914-06-01

Into the Primitive

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Into the Primitive
1916-05-29

The Thing We Love

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The Thing We Love
1918-02-11

The Adventures of Kathlyn

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The Adventures of Kathlyn
1916-01-14

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Clarence
1922-10-15

The Single Standard

6.2

The Single Standard
1929-07-27

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Redeeming Love
1916-12-28

1

Locked Doors
1925-01-05

The Whispering Chorus

6.3

The Whispering Chorus
1918-03-28

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The U.P. Trail
1920-11-01

3

Unholy Love
1932-06-08

Daddy Long Legs

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Daddy Long Legs
1931-06-05

Conrad in Quest of His Youth

5.7

Conrad in Quest of His Youth
1920-11-06

Trimmed in Scarlet

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Trimmed in Scarlet
1923-04-09

The Adventures of Kathlyn

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The Adventures of Kathlyn
1913-12-29

Road to Paradise

6.1

Road to Paradise
1930-07-20

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Blood Money
1933-11-17

The World's Applause

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The World's Applause
1923-01-29

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Big Timber
1917-07-04

6.2

Souls for Sale
1923-04-22

A Private Scandal

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A Private Scandal
1921-06-11

Wanderer of the Wasteland

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Wanderer of the Wasteland
1924-08-09

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Broadway Gold
1923-01-01

Rendezvous at Midnight

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Rendezvous at Midnight
1935-02-11

Forbidden Fruit

6.1

Forbidden Fruit
1921-01-03

The Witch of the Everglades

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The Witch of the Everglades
1911-04-26

Back to the Primitive

4

Back to the Primitive
1911-05-10

The Spanish Dancer

4

The Spanish Dancer
1923-10-06

The Rose of Old St. Augustine

4

The Rose of Old St. Augustine
1911-05-31

The Two Orphans

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The Two Orphans
1911-09-24

The Girl at the Cupola

4

The Girl at the Cupola
1912-08-07

4

Captain Kate
1911-07-12

Lost in the Jungle

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Lost in the Jungle
1911-10-25

Thor, Lord of the Jungles

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Thor, Lord of the Jungles
1913-11-01

6.2

The Spoilers
1914-04-10

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Hush
1921-03-05

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The Wanderer
1925-08-19

9

The Enemy Sex
1924-08-25

Her Kingdom of Dreams

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Her Kingdom of Dreams
1919-09-21

Life on the Border

4

Life on the Border
1911-08-22

4

1861
1911-03-30

Sally in Our Alley

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Sally in Our Alley
1927-09-02

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Morals
1921-10-31

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Thou Shalt Not
1910-03-03

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Just a Wife
1920-02-23

Chip of the Flying U

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Chip of the Flying U
1914-08-29

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Sweet Alyssum
1915-11-15

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We Americans
1928-05-06

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A Man's Home
1921-12-18

The Leopard's Foundling

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The Leopard's Foundling
1914-06-29

The Valiants of Virginia

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The Valiants of Virginia
1916-06-26

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Wedding Rings
1929-12-29

The Carpet from Bagdad

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The Carpet from Bagdad
1915-05-03