AKA Katharine Edwina Gibbs

Born: 13-Jan-1905
Birthplace: Oklahoma City, OK
Died: 26-Aug-1968
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: Cancer - unspecified
Remains: Cremated, (ashes scattered)

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Bisexual [1]
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Trouble in Paradise

Father: Joseph Sprague Gibbs
Mother: Katharine Clinton Franks
Husband: James Dwight Francis (m. Dec-1922, div. 1925)
Husband: William Gaston (div.)
Boyfriend: Alan Ryan Jr.
Husband: John Meehan (writer)
Husband: Kenneth MacKenna (actor, m. Jan-1931, div. 1934)
Boyfriend: Maurice Chevalier
Boyfriend: Delmar Daves
Husband: Eric Barnekow (m. 1939, div.)
Slept with: Fritz Lang
Slept with: Otto Preminger
Boyfriend: Hap Graham
Boyfriend: Dennis Allen
Boyfriend: Herbert Marshall

    High School: Cathedral School of Saint Mary (1920)

    Hollywood Walk of Fame 6766 Hollywood Blvd
    Abortion
    Miscarriage
    Suicide Attempt (1934), speculative
    Caught Fire (Jan-1948)
    Mastectomy (1966)
    Risk Factors: Smoking, Breast Cancer

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Always in My Heart (14-Mar-1942)
    The Feminine Touch (Oct-1941)
    Charley's Aunt (1-Aug-1941)
    It's a Date (19-Mar-1940)
    In Name Only (4-Aug-1939)
    King of the Underworld (7-Jan-1939)
    Comet Over Broadway (3-Dec-1938)
    My Bill (7-Jul-1938)
    Confession (19-Aug-1937)
    Stolen Holiday (6-Feb-1937)
    I Found Stella Parish (4-Nov-1935)
    Dr. Monica (21-Jun-1934)
    Wonder Bar (28-Feb-1934)
    Mandalay (10-Feb-1934)
    I Loved a Woman (22-Sep-1933)
    Mary Stevens, M.D. (22-Jul-1933)
    Storm at Daybreak (14-Jul-1933)
    The Keyhole (25-Mar-1933)
    Trouble in Paradise (21-Oct-1932)
    One Way Passage (Sep-1932)
    Jewel Robbery (23-Jul-1932)
    Man Wanted (23-Apr-1932)
    Guilty Hands (22-Aug-1931)
    Passion Flower (6-Dec-1930)
    Let's Go Native (16-Aug-1930)
    Paramount on Parade (22-Apr-1930)
    Behind the Make-Up (11-Jan-1930)
    Dangerous Curves (13-Jul-1929)
    The Cocoanuts (3-May-1929)

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