Kitty Gordon
Biography
From Wikipedia
Her first professional stage appearance was at the Princes Theatre in Bristol in 1901 in the touring production of San Toy. She appeared in The Duchess of Dantzic in 1903 and the operetta Véronique in 1904. In 1909, she moved to New York, where she became a regular on the New York stage.
She made her first film appearance in 1916 in As in a Looking Glass. During the next three years she made twenty-one films. On 19 October 1911, she starred in the debut of composer Victor Herbert's musical The Enchantress at the New York Theatre. She continued her stage work from 1919 onwards.
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She also made television appearances.
On 25 June 1920, during a Vaudeville performance in Chicago with her husband, Jack Wilson, and her daughter, Vera Beresford, Gordon's stage gun discharged a live round and shot Joseph A. Hack, an offstage acrobat.
She died in a nursing home in New York in 1974.
Known for
National Red Cross PageantBruges - Flemish episode
As in a Looking GlassLila Despard
The WaspGrace Culver
Playthings of PassionHelen Rowland
Her HourRita Castle
Beloved AdventuressJuliette La Monde
Her Maternal RightNina Seabury
Mandarin's GoldBetty Cardon
Forget-Me-NotStefanie Paoli
Vera, the MediumVera
Stolen OrdersFelicia Gaveston
AdeleAdele Bleneau
Filmography
- 1919Playthings of PassionFilm: Helen Rowland
- 1919Mandarin's GoldFilm: Betty Cardon
- 1919AdeleFilm: Adele Bleneau
- 1918TinselFilm: Princess Sylvia Carzoni
- 1918Stolen OrdersFilm: Felicia Gaveston
- 1918The Purple LilyFilm: Marie Burguet
- 1918The WaspFilm: Grace Culver
- 1917National Red Cross PageantFilm: Bruges - Flemish episode
- 1917Her HourFilm: Rita Castle
- 1917Beloved AdventuressFilm: Juliette La Monde
- 1917Forget-Me-NotFilm: Stefanie Paoli
- 1917Vera, the MediumFilm: Vera
- 1916The Crucial TestFilm: Thanya
- 1916Her Maternal RightFilm: Nina Seabury
- 1916As in a Looking GlassFilm: Lila Despard
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