Katherine DeMille

Katherine DeMille
1935
Born	Katherine Paula Lester June 29, 1911 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Died	April 27, 1995 (aged 83) Tucson, Arizona, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1930-56
Spouse(s)	Anthony Quinn (m. October 3, 1937 - 1965; divorced); 5 children

Katherine DeMille (June 29, 1911 – April 27, 1995) was a Canadian-born American film actress.

She was born Katherine Paula Lester in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She was orphaned as a child by the death of her father, an officer in the Canadian Army who died in World War I combat and the loss of her mother to tuberculosis in 1920. When she was nine years old, she was found in an orphanage and legally adopted by film director Cecil B. DeMille and his wife Constance. She first appeared as an uncredited "Zeppelin Reveler" in Madame Satan (1930), and made thirty film appearances until retiring in 1956.

Personal life

DeMille married actor Anthony Quinn on October 3, 1937. They had five children: Christopher (1939-1941), Christina (born December 1, 1941), Catalina (born November 21, 1942), Duncan (born August 4, 1945), and Valentina (born December 26, 1952).^[1] Their first child, Christopher, was found drowned in the lily pond of W.C. Fields at age two.^[2]

DeMille accepted the 1953 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor on behalf of her husband, who was not present at the ceremony. They divorced in 1965 due to his extramarital relationships.

Death

Katherine DeMille died of Alzheimer's disease in Tucson, Arizona in 1995, at age 83. The disposition of her remains is unknown.

Films

Year	Title	Role
1930	Madame Satan	Zeppelin Reveler (uncredited)
1931	Son of India	Amah - Karim's Servant (uncredited)
	Girls About Town	Girl (uncredited)
1934	Viva Villa!	Rosita Morales
	The Trumpet Blows	Lupe the Maid
	Belle of the Nineties	Molly Brant
1935	All the King's Horses	Fraulein Mimi
	The Black Room	Mashka
	The Call of the Wild	Marie
	The Crusades	Alice, Princess of France
1936	Drift Fence	Molly Dunn
	The Sky Parade	Geraldine Croft
	Romeo and Juliet	Rosaline (uncredited)
	Ramona	Margarita
	Banjo on My Knee	Leota Long
1937	Charlie Chan at the Olympics	Yvonne Roland
	The Californian	Chata
	Love Under Fire	Rosa
	Under Suspicion	Mary Brookhart
1938	Blockade	Cabaret Girl
1939	Trapped in the Sky	Carol Rayder
	In Old Caliente	Rita Vargas
1940	Isle of Destiny	Inda
	Ellery Queen, Master Detective	Valerie Norris
	Dark Streets of Cairo	Shari Abbadi
1941	Aloma of the South Seas	Kari
1947	Black Gold	Sarah Eagle
	Unconquered	Hannah
1949	The Judge	Lucille Strang
1956	Man from Del Rio	Woman (uncredited)

References

1. Quinn Chronology (PDF)
2. Robert Lewis Taylor (1967). W. C. Fields: His Follies and Fortunes. New York: New American Library. p. 235. ISBN 0-451-50653-7.

External links

• Katherine DeMille at the Internet Movie Database