Kathlyn Williams began her career onstage in her hometown of Butte, Montana, where she was sponsored by local copper magnate William A Clark to study acting in New York City.
18 Facts About Kathlyn Williams
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Kathlyn Williams later appeared in numerous films between 1910 and 1932 before retiring from acting.
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Kathlyn Williams displayed an early interest in becoming an actress during her youth in Butte, which led her to become a member of a community thespian group.
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Kathlyn Williams joined the Woman's Relief Corps that allowed her to showcase her vocal prowess at local recitals.
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Kathlyn Williams attended Montana Wesleyan University in Helena during the late 1890s and graduated in 1901, where she excelled in elocution and voice, and her performances were highly praised.
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Kathlyn Williams lost her father around 1894 when she was a teenager, and her mother remarried Fred Lavoie in 1895.
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Kathlyn Williams's family was of limited means; therefore, Kathlyn had to rely on the charity of others to pay her way through school; she was sponsored by Butte copper magnate and politician William A Clark, who paid for her to train at the Sargent School of Acting, better known as the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, in New York City.
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Kathlyn Williams began her career with Selig Polyscope Company in Chicago, Illinois and made her first film in 1908 under the direction of Francis Boggs.
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Kathlyn Williams played "Cherry Malotte" in the first movie based upon Rex Beach's 1906 novel The Spoilers in 1914.
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Kathlyn Williams was busy throughout the silent film era, but age and the advent of sound in movies saw her make only five sound films, the last in 1935.
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Kathlyn Williams evolved from a comedian and serial player in silents to portraying character roles in the early 1930s.
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Kathlyn Williams later married Paramount Pictures executive Charles Eyton on June 2,1916 in Riverside, California.
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Kathlyn Williams's son was previously enrolled at Harvard Military Academy before he became a student at Hollywood High School.
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On December 29,1949, Williams was involved in a deadly automobile accident, which claimed the life of her friend, Mrs Mary E Rose, while they were returning home from a social engagement in Las Vegas.
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In June 1951, Kathlyn Williams accepted the offer of $6,500 from the Rose estate.
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Kathlyn Williams died of a heart attack in Hollywood, California in 1960.
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Kathlyn Williams was found dead in her bedroom at her 1428 North Crescent Heights apartment where she had lived for nearly 30 years.
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Kathlyn Williams bequeathed most of her assets, which amounted to nearly $287,000, to charitable institutions such as The McKinley Industrial Home for Boys, the Motion Picture Relief Fund, and to an orthopedic and children's hospital.