Katherine DeMille
Biography
Katherine DeMille was an American actress who built a screen career of roughly 25 credited films from the mid-1930s into the late 1940s. Born in Vancouver in 1911 and adopted by director Cecil B. DeMille, she began onstage in 1930 as an understudy in Rebound and took extra work under the name Kay Marsh. Her first credited film role came in Viva Villa! (1934), and after The Trumpet Blows she signed with Paramount Pictures. She was loaned to Columbia for The Black Room (1935) and to Fox for Call of the Wild (1935), then played Princess Alice of France in Cecil B. DeMille's The Crusades (1935), a part that drew praise. Later credits included Isle of Destiny (1940), Black Gold, and Unconquered (1947), and her final credited role was in The Judge (1949). She died in 1995.
83years old at death
- Born Vancouver
- Died Tucson
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Also credited as Katherine Lester DeMille
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 13 years1934 to 1947
Every film, newest first
- 1947UnconqueredIMDb rating 6.9
- 1940Isle Of DestinyIMDb rating 4.9
- 1935Call of the WildIMDb rating 6.8
- 1935The Black RoomIMDb rating 6.9
- 1934Viva Villa!IMDb rating 6.3
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About the name
DeMille used the stage name Kay Marsh when she worked as an extra, wanting to build an acting career on her own rather than rely on the DeMille name.
First role
In 1930, DeMille built stage experience in San Francisco by serving as the understudy for the feminine heavy in the play Rebound.
Big break
After her role as Lupe, a maid, in the Paramount movie The Trumpet Blows, Katherine DeMille was given a contract with Paramount Pictures.
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Worked with
Katherine DeMille shares two films with Boris Karloff, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Gary Cooper's page
Clark Gable's page
Marc Lawrence's page
Wallace Ford's page
All films by Cecil B. DeMille
All films by William A. Wellman
Roy William NeillDirector, 1 film, 1935
All films by Roy William Neill
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