Kate Price (actress)
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| Kate Price | |
|---|---|
| Born | Katherine Duffy February 13, 1872 County Cork, Ireland  Ireland |
| Died | January 4, 1943 Woodland Hills, California  United States |
| Years active | 1890 to 1937 |
Kate Price (February 13, 1872 – January 4, 1943) was an Irish-born American actress. She appeared in 296 motion pictures between 1910 and 1937.
She was born Katherine Duffy in County Cork, Ireland. Her brother was actor Jack Duffy. She began her stage and vaudeville career with her husband, Joseph Price Ludwig, in 1890.
Price's motion picture career began with the old Vitagraph Studios in New York City, in 1902. She acted with such movie stars as Flora Finch, Douglas Fairbanks, John Bunny, and Mary Pickford.
In 1917, Price went to Hollywood. She is perhaps best-remembered for playing the role of Mrs. Kelly in the comedy series, The Cohens and the Kellys, made by Universal Pictures between 1926 and 1932. She had parts in The Sea Tiger (1927), The Godless Girl (1929), and Reaching for the Moon (1930).
Her final MGM feature was the 1934 Have A Heart. After making Easy Living and Live, Love and Learn (both released in 1937), she retired.
Kate Price died at age 70 at the Motion Picture Country Home, Woodland Hills.[1] Funeral services were held at St. Theresa's Church with interment in Calvary Cemetery.[2][3]
[edit] Selected filmography
- Her Crowning Glory (1911)
- All for a Girl (1912)
- Bringing Up Father (1915)
- The Waiters' Ball (1916)
- A Maid to Order (1916)
- Twin Flats (1916)
- A Warm Reception (1916)
- Pipe Dreams (1916)
- Mother's Child (1916)
- Prize Winners (1916)
- The Guilty Ones (1916)
- He Winked and Won (1916)
- Fat and Fickle (1916)
- The Boycotted Baby (1917)
- Good Night, Nurse! (1918)
- My Wife's Relations (1922)
- The Wife of the Centaur (1924)
- The Perfect Clown (1925)
[edit] References
- ^ California State Death Index, Name: Katherine Duffy Ludwig, Birth Date: 02-13-1872, Mother's Maiden: Steele, Father's Last: Duffy, Sex: Female, Death Place: Los Angeles Co. (19), Death Date: 01-04-1943, Age: 70 yrs.
- ^ Los Angeles Times, Jan. 5, 1943, "Kate Price of Cohens and Kellys Fame, Dies at 70," p. 6
- ^ New York Times, Jan. 6, 1943, "Kate Price," p. 25
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| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Price, Kate |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 13, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cork, Ireland Ireland |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 4, 1943 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Woodland Hills, Los Angeles United States |
