Kathryn Perry

Kathryn Perry, born Katherine Perry on January 5, 1897, in New York, New York, was an American stage and film actress whose career spanned Broadway, silent film, and early sound pictures. She died on October 14, 1983. Before entering the entertainment industry, Perry worked as a model and received her education primarily in public schools, with a brief period at a private institution.

Perry's stage career ran from 1911 to 1933 and encompassed a range of musical productions and revues. She performed in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1911, and returned to the Follies in 1917, 1918, and 1919. She also appeared in the Midnight Frolic show in 1918. Among her other Broadway credits were the revue (From) Broadway to Paris, which ran from November 1912 to January 1913, The Passing Show of 1912, Robinson Crusoe, Jr. in 1916, The Century Girl, which ran from 1916 into 1917, and Miss 1917.

Perry made her film debut in Sooner or Later in 1920 and went on to appear in 37 films between that year and 1936. Early screen appearances included minor roles in The Chicken in the Case and Why Girls Leave Home, both released in 1921, in which she was billed as Mrs. Owen Moore. Her first starring role came in Fools and Riches in 1923, opposite Herbert Rawlinson. She subsequently appeared in several short films before leading Early to Wed in 1926 alongside Matt Moore and Albert Gran, and Blood Will Tell in 1927. By the 1930s, Perry was taking uncredited parts, including the role of Clara Bow's maid in Call Her Savage in 1932. Her final screen appearance was in 15 Maiden Lane in 1936.

On July 16, 1921, Perry married actor Owen Moore in Greenwich, Connecticut, becoming his second wife. The two appeared together in several films, including The Chicken in the Case, A Divorce of Convenience, Reported Missing, Love Is an Awful Thing, Husbands for Rent, and Side Street.