Katherine Grant

Katherine Grant

actress

Katherine Grant was born on May 01, 1904 in USA. Katherine Grant's big-screen debut came with The Cobbler directed by Tom McNamara in 1923. Katherine Grant is known for What Price Goofy? directed by Leo McCarey, Charley Chase stars as James Jamison and Katherine Grant as Jamison's Jealous Wife. The upcoming new movie Katherine Grant plays is What's the World Coming To which will be released on Jan 17, 1926.

Katherine Grant was born on May 1, 1904 in Los Angeles, California. Her parents divorced and her father passed away in 1921. At the age of eighteen she won the Miss Los Angeles beauty contest and competed in the Miss America pageant. Katherine worked as a professional dancer and to make extra money she posed nude for an art study project. She made her film debut in the comedy short Saturday Morning and was offered a contract with Hal Roach. In 1923 she appeared in more than a dozen films including A Man About Town and Frozen Hearts. As her career took off the photographer who had taken her nude photos started to extort her. Katherine reported the man to the police and the scandalous photos did not hurt career. By 1925 she had become one of Hal Roach's favorite comedy vamps and he signed her to a new five year contract. Katherine worked with Oliver Hardy in Wild Papa and with Charley Chase in The Uneasy Three.She and Charley also performed in a vaudeville act together.

  • Birthday

    May 01, 1904
  • Place of Birth

    Los Angeles, California, USA

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