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

Biography

The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cassidy, Catherine Calvert was born and raised in

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.Hines, Dixie; Hanaford, Harry Prescott, eds. (1914). "Calvert, Catherine (Catherine Calvert Cassidy)".
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'. New York: H. P. Hanaford, p. 60. She made her stage debut in the play ''Brown of Harvard'' in September 1908, in

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. On Broadway, she portrayed Laura Moore in ''The Deep Purple'' (1911), 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 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

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. Calvert married Armstrong in New Haven in 1913. 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

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, 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 ''The Uphill Path'' is a 1918 silent film drama directed by James Kirkwood, Sr., James Kirkwood and starring Catherine Calvert. It was filmed at the old Biograph Studios. Working title for this film was : The Girl with a Past. The creator of the ...

'' (1918) * ''A Romance of the Underworld'' (1918) * ''Out of the Night'' (1918) * ''Marriage'' (1918) * '' Marriage For Convenience'' (1919) * ''

Fires of Faith ''Fires of Faith'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Edward José and written by Beulah Marie Dix and Charles E. Whittaker. The film stars Catherine Calvert, Eugene O'Brien, Rubye De Remer, Helen Dunbar, Theodore Roberts, Char ...

'' (1919) * ''

The Career of Katherine Bush ''The Career of Katherine Bush'' is a lost 1919 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Roy William Neill directed and Catherine Calvert starred. The film is based on a 1916 Elinor Glyn no ...

'' (1919) * '' Dead Men Tell No Tales'' (1920) * '' The Heart of Maryland'' (1921) * ''

You Find It Everywhere ''You Find It Everywhere'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Horan and starring Catherine Calvert, Herbert Rawlinson and Macey Harlam.Connelly p.439 It is based on the 1919 novel ''The Gibson Upright'' by Booth Tarkingto ...

'' (1921) * '' Moral Fibre'' (1921) * ''

The Green Caravan ''The Green Caravan'' is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Edwin J. Collins and starring Catherine Calvert, Gregory Scott and Valia.Low p.377 Cast * Catherine Calvert as Gypsy * Gregory Scott as Hugo Drummond * Valia as Lillian ...

'' (1922) *'' That Woman'' (1922) * ''

The Indian Love Lyrics ''The Indian Love Lyrics'' is a 1923 British silent film, silent romantic drama film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Catherine Calvert, Owen Nares and Malvina Longfellow.Low p.387 It is based on the poem ''The Garden of Kama'' by Laurence ...

'' (1923) * '' Out to Win'' (1923)

References

External links

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