Katherine Locke

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Katherine Locke
Born (1910-06-24)June 24, 1910
Kalinkavichy, Belarus
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Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation Actress
Years active 1936-1958
Spouse(s) Norman Corwin (1947-1995) (her death) (2 children)

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Katherine Locke (June 24, 1910 – September 12, 1995) was a Broadway actress in the late 1930s. She was born in Kalinkavičy, in what is now Belarus, and raised in the U.S. Her father Mendel Locke was an amateur writer. She appeared in films in the 1940s and 1950s as a supporting actress. She began her film work in the late 1930s in bit parts, but she is remembered today as a stage actress. She was married to radio legend Norman Corwin.

In addition to appearing on a successful Broadway production of Hamlet playing Ophelia, her stage credits include starring with John Garfield in Having a Wonderful Time, Fifth Column with Lee J. Cobb, and Clash by Night with Tallulah Bankhead.

Filmography

Locke had a successful Broadway career before she ventured into movies. Among her best performances in both forms of acting were:

Straight from the Shoulder (1936) Wilson (1944) The Seventh Cross (1944) The Snake Pit (1948) The Sound of Fury (1950) People Will Talk (1951) Flesh and Fury (1952) The Unexpected (1952) A Certain Smile (1958)[1]

References

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