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Catherine Calvert

1890 – 1971

American actress

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Lived 1890 – 1971 (aged 80). Catherine Calvert was an American actor and stage actor.

Catherine Calvert (born Catherine Cassidy; April 20, 1890 – January 18, 1971) was an American actress.

Biography The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cassidy,

She made her stage debut in the play Brown of Harvard in September 1908, in Albany, New York. May Joyce in The Escape (1913), and Dona Sol in Blood and Sand (1921).

After many years' experience onstage in productions including The Deep Purple (a play by Wilson Mizner and her future husband, Paul Armstrong), in 1910, she entered films via Keeney Pictures Corporation in A Romance of the Underworld (1918; based on a play in which she had appeared onstage).

Other films in which she appeared include Marriage, Out of the Night, Career of Katherine Bush, Marriage for Convenience, and Fires of Faith. Around 1920, she was a star of Vitagraph Studios. They remained wed until his death in 1915. She later married Canadian grain exporter George A. Carruthers, who died in 1952.

In 1971, Calvert died in Uniondale, New York, at age 80.

Filmography

Partners (1916) (*short) House of Cards (1917) The Peddler (1917)) Think It Over (1917) Behind the Mask (1917) Outcast (1917) The Uphill Path (1918) A Romance of the Underworld (1918) Out of the Night (1918) Marriage (1918) Marriage For Convenience (1919) Fires of Faith (1919) The Career of Katherine Bush (1919) Dead Men Tell No Tales (1920) The Heart of Maryland (1921) You Find It Everywhere (1921) Moral Fibre (1921) The Green Caravan (1922) That Woman (1922) The Indian Love Lyrics (1923) Out to Win (1923)

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Who was Catherine Calvert?

American actress (1890-1971)

When was Catherine Calvert born?

Catherine Calvert was born on 20 April 1890 in Baltimore.

When did Catherine Calvert die?

Catherine Calvert died on 18 January 1971 in Uniondale.

What was Catherine Calvert's occupation?

Catherine Calvert was an actor and stage actor.

What nationality was Catherine Calvert?

Catherine Calvert was American.

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· Wikipedia: Catherine Calvert

· Wikidata: Q3663577

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