Katherine Corri Harris

Katherine Corri Harris, also known as Katherine Harris Barrymore (October 1, 1890 - May 2, 1927)^[1] was a silent film actress who appeared only in three films. Katherine grew up in wealth and privilege and was a product of High Society. She was the first wife of the actor John Barrymore. They were married from 1910-1917.^[2] She had an affair with James Montgomery Flagg, the famous painter, and a friend of hers. The affair took place during the waning years of her marriage to Barrymore though it wasn't the cause for their split.

Katherine appeared in two of her husband's now lost silent films, Nearly a King (1916) & The Lost Bridegroom (1916). In 1918, Katherine starred as Lily Bart in the silent film version of Edith Wharton's 1905 novel The House of Mirth, directed by Albert Capellani.^[3]

When she died in 1927, John Barrymore was at her bedside.^[4]

She died in New York City.

References

Notes

1. (*see "Damned in Paradise" below)
2. Divorces "Jack" Barrymore. The New York Times, December 5, 1917
3. Marshall, Scott. "Edith Wharton on Film and Television: A History and Filmography." Edith Wharton Review (1996): 15-25. Washington State University. 15 Jan. 2009
4. Damned in Paradise: The Life of John Barrymore, page 122, by John Kobler c. 1977

Bibliography

• Hoffman, Carol Stein. The Barrymores: Hollywood's First Family. Lexington, Ky: University Press of Kentucky, 2001. pgs: 48,51,55.

External links

• Katherine Corri Harris at the Internet Movie Database
• Katherine Corri Harris at the Internet Broadway Database
• Katherine Corri Harris at Find a Grave
• Katherine Harris putting indoors in 1915
• Katherine Corri Harris practicing her golf swing in 1915
• New York Times article from 1913 with portrait of Katherine Corri Harris. (This is in PDf)
• Katherine and Jack circa 1915