
Kathlyn Williams
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.
- Known ForActing
- Born30 May 1879 (age 146)
- Place of BirthButte, Montana, USA
Kathlyn Williams

- Known ForActing
- Born30 May 1879 (age 146)
- Place of BirthButte, Montana, USA

Rendezvous at Midnight
1935

Blood Money
1933

Unholy Love
1932

Daddy Long Legs
1931

Road to Paradise
1930

A Single Man
1929

The Single Standard
1929

Wedding Rings
1929
Her Husband's Women
1929

Our Dancing Daughters
1928

Honeymoon Flats
1928

We Americans
1928

Sally in Our Alley
1927

The Best People
1925
Locked Doors
1925

The Wanderer
1925

Wanderer of the Wasteland
1924

The Enemy Sex
1924

When a Girl Loves
1924

Trimmed in Scarlet
1923

The World's Applause
1923

Souls for Sale
1923

Broadway Gold
1923

The Spanish Dancer
1923

Clarence
1922

Morals
1921

A Private Scandal
1921

Forbidden Fruit
1921

Hush
1921

A Man's Home
1921

The U.P. Trail
1920

Conrad in Quest of His Youth
1920

Just a Wife
1920

The Tree of Knowledge
1920

The Prince Chap
1920

Her Kingdom of Dreams
1919

The Better Wife
1919

We Can't Have Everything
1918

The Thing We Love
1918

The Whispering Chorus
1918

The Cost of Hatred
1917

Big Timber
1917

Thou Shalt Not Covet
1916

Into the Primitive
1916

The Adventures of Kathlyn
1916

Redeeming Love
1916

The Valiants of Virginia
1916
Sweet Alyssum
1915
The Carpet from Bagdad
1915

The Leopard's Foundling
1914

Three Bags of Silver
1914

The Two Ordeals
1914
The Royal Slave
1914

A Colonel in Chains
1914
The Garden of Brides
1914

The Cruel Crown
1914

The Spellbound Multitude
1914

The Warrior Maid
1914

The Forged Parchment
1914

The King's Will
1914

The Spoilers
1914

Chip of the Flying U
1914

The Flight of the Crow
1913

The Unwelcome Throne
1913

The Adventures of Kathlyn
1913

Thor, Lord of the Jungles
1913

The House of His Master
1912

The Girl at the Cupola
1912

The Wheels of Justice
1911

Dad's Girls
1911

In Old California When the Gringos Came
1911

The Man from the East
1911

The Witch of the Everglades
1911

Back to the Primitive
1911

The Rose of Old St. Augustine
1911

The Two Orphans
1911

Captain Kate
1911

Lost in the Jungle
1911

Life on the Border
1911
1861
1911
Thou Shalt Not
1910
