From Wikipedia
Born Katherine Moran in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, Crawford had a somewhat tumultuous childhood. Her parents divorced when she was four years old; she and her sister stayed with her mother. In 1917, her mother was hospitalized after an accident. While her mother was in the hospital an aunt took Kathryn and her sister, Margaret (1907-1975) away from their mother’s house to live with their father.
Soon after Crawford’s mother fell ill, her father moved the family to Los Angeles, California. She didn’t get along with her stepmother, and at the age of 15, Crawford eloped with her sister’s boyfriend to get out of the house. After a year and a half of marriage, the two separated. Her mother, who later remarried and was working as a hotelmaid, searched 12 years for her daughters and found them after she saw Kathryn in a movie magazine in 1929.
Crawford starred in her first film in 1929, when she appeared opposite Hoot Gibson in King of the Rodeo. She would star in seven films that year, and in 1930 she appeared in another six films, including Safety in Numbers (1930) alongside Carole Lombard and up and coming actress and “WAMPAS Baby Star” Josephine Dunn.
Her only starring role on Broadway was in the Cole Porter musical The New Yorkers in which she was the original singer of “Love for Sale”. However, by 1931 her career had cooled. She would star in only one film that year, and only three between 1932 and 1933, only one of which would be a starring lead role.
Crawford’s final acting part came in 1941, when she was credited under the name “Katherine Crawford” in City of Missing Girls, and which starred H. B. Warner and John Archer. She retired from acting after that film, and moved to Pasadena, California.
Crawford turned to interior decorating, which she pursued for 40 years. She designed the interiors for the homes and apartments of famous people like Baron Hilton, Douglas MacArthur and President Herbert Hoover. She was the consulting designer for Mary Pickford’s Pickfair estate for 20 years.
A member of the founding friends of Harvey Mudd College, Claremont,she also was a member of the founders of the Los Angeles Music Center and the Blue Ribbon 400. She was a member of the Society for Preservation of Variety Arts,the Los Angeles County Museum and the Society of American Interior Designers.
Crawford died of cancer at the Las Encinas Hospital in Pasadena, California, on December 10, 1980. She was 72 years old.
Kathryn Crawford Biography / Wiki
| Name | Kathryn Crawford |
| Also Know | Katherine Crawford |
| Gender | Female |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | |
| Date of Birth | October 05, 1908 |
| Age(as in 2023 Feb) | 72 |
| Deathday | 1980-12-07 |
Kathryn Crawford Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Emma | Sue | 1932-01-02 | When Fred Smith’s wife dies in childbirth, Emma Thatcher, who has been nanny to the couple’s three children, cares also for the family’s new addition…. |
| Flying High | Eileen Smith | 1931-11-14 | An inventor and his lanky girlfriend set an altitude record in his winged contraption…. |
| Safety in Numbers | Jacqueline | 1930-05-30 | Before handing over a large inheritance, a guardian hires three chorus girls to educate his charge about the “underside” of big-city life…. |
| City of Missing Girls | Helen Whitney | 1941-03-27 | A female reporter goes undercover to investigate the series of mysterious disappearances of young women, who were all linked to a local drama school…. |
| New Morals for Old | Zoe Atkinson | 1932-06-04 | Proper parents who treat their adult children as teenagers have a son who wants to go to Paris to study art, and a daughter in love with a married man… |
| Señor Americano | Carmelita DeAccosta | 1929-11-10 | A U.S. soldier goes after bandits in California, although it is still owned by Mexico…. |
| Mountain Justice | Coral Harland | 1930-05-04 | In the Kentucky mountains, Ken McTavish comes to Kettle Creek looking for the killer of his father. When he learns that it was Abner Harland, he fakes… |
| Skyway | Lila Beaumont | 1933-08-29 | A cocky young pilot, at the urging of his girlfriend, takes a nice, “safe” job at the bank where her father is president…. |
| King of Jazz | Fourth Reporter (‘Ladies of the Press’) | 1930-04-20 | Made during the early years of the movie musical, this exuberant revue was one of the most extravagant, eclectic, and technically ambitious Hollywood … |
| Fashion News | Self (1929) | 1928-11-06 | Hollywood actresses including Jeanette Loff and Raquel Torres modeling Spring fashions in color…. |
| Red Hot Rhythm | Mary | 1929-11-23 | A 1929 film by Leo McCarey…. |
| The Climax | Adella Golfanti | 1930-01-04 | Young Italian girl wants to become a great opera singer…. |
| King of the Rodeo | Dulcie Harlan | 1929-01-06 | A Montana cowboy battles lowlifes while preparing for a competition in Chicago…. |
| Hide-Out | Dorothy Evans | 1930-03-30 | A bootlegger on the run from the law hides out on a college campus. He disguises himself as a student and soon becomes the school’s star athlete and t… |
| Modern Love | Patricia Brown | 1929-07-21 | In order to keep her job, a young dress designer must keep her recent marriage a secret from her boss. An important client arrives from Paris and her … |
| The Concentratin’ Kid | Betty Lou Vaughn | 1930-10-26 | A cowboy who loves a radio singer he’s never met makes a bet that he can meet and win her…. |
Kathryn Crawford Production Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| The New Big Ball with Neil Hamburger | Production Assistant | 2010-03-10 | A TV pilot starring Neil Hamburger…. |
Credit: TMDB
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