Catherine Dale Owen

Catherine Dale Owen
Born	July 28, 1900(1900-07-28) Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	September 7, 1965(1965-09-07) (aged 65) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Spouse	Milton F. Davis, Jr Homer P. Metzger

Catherine Dale Owen (July 28, 1900 - September 7, 1965) was an American stage and film actress.

Contents 1 Stage career 2 In films 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 External links 6 See also 7 Notes 8 References

Stage career

Born to a prominent^[1] family in Louisville, Kentucky, Owen graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City. First discovered by Laura MacGillivray, the wife of Actors Equity president Frank Gillmore, Owen appeared on Broadway in the 1920s through early 1930s in productions including The Mountain Man, The Whole Town's Talking, Trelawny of the Wells, The Love City and The Play's the Thing.

In 1925, Owen was acclaimed as one of the ten most beautiful women in the world.^[2][3]

In films

In films, Owen appeared as Princess Orsolini opposite John Gilbert's Captain Kovacs in His Glorious Night. It was to Owen that Gilbert spoke the lines, "Oh beauteous maiden, my arms are waiting to enfold you. I love you. I love you. I love you." The scene, which proved disastrous for Gilbert's career, was later parodied in the 1952 film Singin' in the Rain. In 1930, Owen starred in Lawrence Tibbet's film debut, The Rogue Song and also with Edmund Lowe in Born Reckless.

Personal life

In 1934, Owen married Milton F. Davis, Jr., son of Brigadier General Milton F. Davis. The marriage ended in divorce 1937 and Owen married Homer P. Metzger that same year. With Metzger, Owen had one son, Robert Owen Metzger. Owen died of a stroke in New York City at the age of 62.

Owen's likeness was drawn in caricature by Alex Gard for Sardi's, the New York City theater district restaurant. The picture is now part of the collection of the New York Public Library.^[4]

Filmography

• The Forbidden Woman (1927)
• His Glorious Night (1929)
• Such Men Are Dangerous (1930)
• Strictly Unconventional (1930)
• The Rogue Song (1930)
• Born Reckless (1930)
• Today (1930)
• Behind Office Doors (1931)
• Defenders of the Law (1931)

External links

• Catherine Dale Owen at the Internet Broadway Database
• Catherine Dale Owen at the Internet Movie Database
• Photographs of Catherine Dale Owen
• University of Louisville Photographic Archives: Catherine Dale Owen
• University of Louisville Photographic Archives: Catherine Dale Owen,1930
• University of Louisville Photographic Archives: Catherine Dale Owen with fur collar

See also

• List of caricatures at Sardi's restaurant

Notes

References

• Bradley, Edwin M. The First Hollywood Musicals: A Critical Filmography of 171 Features, 1927 Through 1932. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co, 1996.
• Lennig, Arthur. The Immortal Count: The Life and Films of Bela Lugosi. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 2003.
• "Catherine D. Owen Plans her Bridal", The New York Times, December 12, 1934
• "To Sue Milton Davis, Jr. Catherine Dale Owen in Nevada for Divorce Action Soon", The New York Times, February 11, 1937
• Wayne, Jane Ellen. The Golden Girls of MGM: Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Lana Turner, Judy Garland, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly, and Others. New York: Carroll & Graf, 2003.
• Wayne, Jane Ellen. The Leading Men of MGM. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2005.

Persondata
Name	Owen, Catherine Dale
Alternative names
Short description	Actress
Date of birth	July 28, 1900
Place of birth	Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Date of death	September 7, 1965
Place of death	New York City, New York, U.S.