Kathryn Adams

Kathryn Adams

American actress (1893-1959)

Kathryn Adams, sometimes credited as Catherine Adams or Katherine Adams, was an American actress. She began her career in 1911 working as a chorus girl in the Chicago production of Addison Burkhardt's hit musical Louisiana Lou which starred Sophie Tucker. She went to New York City to pursue training as a singer, and appeared in DeWolf Hopper's musical Hop o' My Thumb in the 1913-1914 season. She began her silent film career in 1915 working for Tom Terriss on The Pursuing Shadow, and that same year became a leading lady with first Metro Pictures and then the Thanhouser Company. She made numerous films with Thanhouser between 1915-1917, and worked with a variety of film companies thereafter. She became a supporting actress in the 1920s, and her silent film career ended in 1925. She made one sound film, making a minor uncredited appearance in the film The Squaw Man (1931).

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 7 films (1917–1946) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field.

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1946 Blonde for a day. Sam Newfield 2260 16mm B&W sound
1940 The Invisible woman A. Edward Sutherland 70 min B&W
1939 The Hunchback of Notre Dame Films inc. 114 mi 16mm B&W sound
1921 THE SILVER CAR. Vitagraph Co Of America 6 reels B&W
1920 BIG HAPPINESS. Robertson-Cole Co. 7 reels B&W
1919 A GENTLEMAN OF QUALITY. Vitagraph Co Of America 5 reels B&W
1917 Vicar of Wakefield Thanhouser Film Corp. ; scenarist, Emmett Mixx ; director, Ernest Warde. 30 16mm B&W silent