Katherine Corri Harris (October 12, 1890 – May 2, 1927) was an American actress and socialite. She appeared in several stage plays and three silent films, and was the first wife of actor

John Barrymore John Barrymore (born John Sidney Blyth; February 14 or 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942) was an American actor on stage, screen and radio. A member of the Drew and Barrymore theatrical families, he initially tried to avoid the stage, and briefly att ...

. The daughter of Sidney and Katharine Maude (née Brady) Harris, she grew up in wealth and privilege and was a product of

High Society High society, sometimes simply society, is the behavior and lifestyle of people with the highest levels of wealth and social status. It includes their related affiliations, social events and practices. Upscale social clubs were open to men based ...

. She was married to John Barrymore from 1910 to 1917. After their divorce, she remarried, in 1923, to Alfred Dallas Bache Pratt, a broker; the date on which that union ended is unclear. She married, thirdly, in 1925, to Leon Orlowski (secretary of the Polish Legation); the year that union ended is unknown. As Katherine Harris Barrymore, she appeared in two of Barrymore's now lost silent films: '' Nearly a King'' (1916) and ''

The Lost Bridegroom ''The Lost Bridegroom'' a 1916 American silent comedy film produced by Adolph Zukor starring John Barrymore. Appearing alongside Barrymore in this film is his first wife Katherine Corri Harris. It was based on the short story titled "The Man Who W ...

'' (1916). In 1918, she starred as Lily Bart in the silent film version of Edith Wharton's 1905 novel, ''

The House of Mirth ''The House of Mirth'' is a 1905 novel by American author Edith Wharton. It tells the story of Lily Bart, a well-born but impoverished woman belonging to New York City's high society around the end of the 19th century. Wharton creates a portrait ...

'', directed by

Albert Capellani Albert Capellani (23 August 1874 – 26 September 1931) was a French film director and screenwriter of the silent era. He directed films between 1905 and 1922. One of his brothers was the actor-sculptor Paul Capellani, and another, film dir ...

.Marshall, Scott. "Edith Wharton on Film and Television: A History and Filmography"
''Edith Wharton Review'' (1996): pp. 15-25. Washington State University, January 15, 2009. When she died from

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in 1927 in

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, aged 36, Barrymore was at her bedside. She was interred in

Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum The Christian doctrine of the Trinity (, from 'threefold') is the central dogma concerning the nature of God in most Christian churches, which defines one God existing in three coequal, coeternal, consubstantial divine persons: God the F ...

, New York, New York.John Kobler. ''Damned in Paradise: The Life of John Barrymore'', pg. 122, Atheneum; 1st edition (1977), /

References

;Notes ;Bibliography *Hoffman, Carol Stein. ''The Barrymores: Hollywood's First Family.'' Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2001, pp. 48–55; /

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