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Katherine MacDonald
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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 1…
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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)
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Old Loves and New
as Elinor Carew / Lady Geraldine
The Unnamed Woman
as Flora Brookes
Chastity
as Norma O'Neill
The Scarlet Lily
as Dora Mason
Refuge
as Nadia
Money, Money, Money
as Priscilla Hobbs
The Woman Conquers
as Ninon Le Compte
White Shoulders
as Virginia Pitman
Heroes and Husbands
as Susanne Danbury
Domestic Relations
as Barbara Benton
The Infidel
as Lola Daintry
The Woman's Side
as Mary Gray
The Beautiful Liar
as Helen Haynes / Elsie Parmelee
Her Social Value
as Marion Hoyte
My Lady's Latchkey
as Annesley Grayle
Curtain
as Nancy Bradshaw
Notorious Miss Lisle
as Gaenor Lisle
Passion's Playground
as Mary Grant
The Turning Point
as Diana Tennant
The Beauty Market
as Amelie Thorndike
The Thunderbolt
as Ruth Pomeroy
High Pockets
as Joy Blythe
The Woman Thou Gavest Me
as Mary MacNeill
Speedy Meade
as Mary Dillman
The Squaw Man
as Diana, Henry's Wife
Battling Jane
as Poliet's daughter
Riddle Gawne
as Kathleen Harkness
Shark Monroe
as Marjorie Hilton
No Poster
His Own Home Town
as Carol Landis
Mr. Fix-It
as Georgiana Burroughs
Headin' South
as The Girl
The Spirit of '17
as Flora Edwards
The Lonely Road
as Betty Austin