Katherine Warren
Born(1905-07-12)July 12, 1905
Bay City, Michigan, U.S.
DiedJuly 17, 1965(1965-07-17) (aged 60)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1930–1963
Spouse
Clark Chesney
(m. 1938; died 1951)
Children1

Katherine Warren (July 12, 1905 – July 17, 1965) was an American film and television actress. She is best known for her roles in the 1949 film All the King's Men, the 1951 film The Prowler, and the 1954 film The Caine Mutiny.

Career

Prior to her career in films and TV, she was a stage actress on and off Broadway, in Summer Stock, and many theatrical venues throughout the US. Her signature role was as Roxanne in Cyrano de Bergerac opposite Walter Hampden in the title role. She married Vernon (aka Clark) Tharp Chesney in 1938. The couple had a son, David, in 1947. In 1948, due to her husband's illness, the family moved from New York City to Los Angeles where she began her movie and TV career. Clark Chesney died on January 4, 1951, at the City of Hope in Duarte, California.

She appeared under her maiden name (Katharine Warren, which she spelled as shown here) in over 30 films and dozens of television programs including the TV series Alfred Hitchcock Presents (three episodes, 1956–1957) and Bonanza (1961) and the films Jailhouse Rock (1957), The Glenn Miller Story (1954), All the King's Men (1949), and as the mother of Ensign Willie Keith in the big-budget war drama The Caine Mutiny (1954).

She also coached aspiring young talent for Universal City Studios (then Universal International) in the early to mid-60s, and taught drama to young people at Brown Gables Conservatory in Brentwood, California.

Her final television performances came on the western series Laramie between 1960 and 1963.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1949Mary Ryan, DetectiveMrs. Sawyer
1949All the King's MenMrs. Burden
1949Tell It to the JudgeKitty Lawton
1949The Story of Molly XNorma Calvert
1949And Baby Makes ThreeMiss Ellis - NurseUncredited
1950Three SecretsMrs. Connors
1950Harriet CraigDr. LambertUncredited
1950Mystery SubmarineMrs. Weber
1951Three Guys Named MikeMrs. Scott BellemyUncredited
1951The ProwlerGrace Crocker
1951Dear BratMrs. ClarkUncredited
1951Lorna DooneSarah RiddUncredited
1951Night Into MorningMrs. Margaret Andersen
1951Force of ArmsMaj. Waldron
1951The Tall TargetMrs. GibbonsUncredited
1951The People Against O'HaraMrs. William Sheffield
1951The Lady Pays OffDean Bessie Howell
1952Scandal SheetMrs. AllisonUncredited
1952This Woman Is DangerousMrs. Millican
1952Talk About a StrangerMrs. Dorothy MahlerUncredited
1952PaulaMaryUncredited
1952Washington StoryMrs. Birch
1952Son of Ali BabaPrincess KarmaUncredited
1952Flat TopDorothy's MotherUncredited
1952The Steel TrapMrs. Kellogg
1952Battles of Chief PontiacChia
1952The StarMrs. Ruth MorrisonUncredited
1953The Man Behind the GunPhoebe Sheldon[1]
1954The Glenn Miller StoryMrs. Burger
1954The Caine MutinyMrs. Keith
1954The Country GirlTheatregoerUncredited
1954The Violent MenMrs. VailUncredited
1954The Bamboo PrisonMother RandVoice, Uncredited
1956Alfred Hitchcock PresentsFreda WallingfordSeason 1 Episode 23 ("Back for Christmas")
1956Alfred Hitchcock PresentsMother EdwardsSeason 1 Episode 34 ("The Hidden Thing")
1956Inside DetroitEthel Linden
1956Fury at Gunsight PassMrs. Boggs
1957Alfred Hitchcock PresentsPolicewomanSeason 3 Episode 5 ("Silent Witness")
1957DrangoMrs. Scott
1957Jailhouse RockMrs. Van AldenUncredited
1957Zero Hour!Mrs. PurdyUncredited
1960I'll Give My LifeDora Bradford

Broadway

  • Three Times the Hour (1931) as Mrs. Lawrence M. Blake
  • Wednesday's Child (1934) as Kathryn Phillips
  • Blind Alley (1935) as Doris Shelby
  • Cyrano de Bergerac (1936) as Roxane

References

  1. "The Man Behind the Gun (1953) - IMDb". IMDb.


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