Kate Bruce
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Born | Kate Bruce Bryant (1860-02-17)February 17, 1860 Columbus, Indiana, U.S. |
Died | April 2, 1946(1946-04-02) (aged 86) Bronx, New York City, U.S. |
Resting place | Gate of Heaven Cemetery |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1903–1931 |
Kate Bruce Bryant[1][2] (February 17, 1860 – April 2, 1946) was an American actress of the silent era,[3] famed for her screen portrayals of mothers.[4] She appeared in more than 280 films between 1908 and 1931.
Early life and career
Born and raised in Columbus, Indiana,[5][2] Bruce was the youngest of three children of Newton and Matilda Bryant.[5][6] In 1885, she left Boone, Iowa, in a wagon with a group of traveling actors at a time when stages were illuminated by oil lights.[7] On Broadway, Bruce performed in The Starbucks (1903).[8] The following year she toured in Our New Man with Harry Beresford.[9][2]
Death
Bruce died at the age of 86 in the Bronx, New York on April 2, 1946.[10] She was buried at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York.[1] Later that month, Hedda Hopper reported that Bruce's entire estate had been left to her longtime friends and sometime co-stars Lillian and Dorothy Gish.[11][12]
Partial filmography
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- The Greaser's Gauntlet (1908)
- Betrayed by a Handprint (1908)
- Behind the Scenes (1908)
- An Awful Moment (1908)
- One Touch of Nature (1909)
- The Golden Louis (1909)
- At the Altar (1909)
- The Girls and Daddy (1909)
- The Country Doctor (1909)
- The Hessian Renegades (1909)
- The Red Man's View (1909)
- A Trap for Santa (1909)
- In Little Italy (1909)
- To Save Her Soul (1909)
- Choosing a Husband (1909)
- The Rocky Road (1910)
- All on Account of the Milk (1910)
- The Woman from Mellon's (1910)
- The Two Brothers (1910)
- A Romance of the Western Hills (1910)
- Ramona (1910)
- The Unchanging Sea (1910)
- What the Daisy Said (1910)
- The Lucky Toothache (1910)
- The Fugitive (1910)
- The Modern Prodigal (1910)
- His Trust (1911)
- His Trust Fulfilled (1911)
- The Spanish Gypsy (1911)
- How She Triumphed (1911)
- Fighting Blood (1911)
- A Country Cupid (1911)
- The Long Road (1911)
- Swords and Hearts (1911)
- Her Awakening (1911)
- The Battle (1911)
- The Voice of the Child (1911)
- The Eternal Mother (1912)
- The Transformation of Mike (1912)
- A String of Pearls (1912)
- The Punishment (1912)
- Won by a Fish (1912)
- One Is Business, the Other Crime (1912)
- The Spirit Awakened (1912)
- A Feud in the Kentucky Hills (1912)
- The One She Loved (1912)
- The Painted Lady (1912)
- Heredity (1912)
- The Informer (1912)
- Just Like a Woman (1912)
- The New York Hat (1912)
- My Hero (1912)
- A Cry for Help (1912)
- The Telephone Girl and the Lady (1913)
- A Girl's Stratagem (1913)
- The Unwelcome Guest (1913)
- The Sheriff's Baby (1913)
- A Frightful Blunder (1913)
- A Misunderstood Boy (1913)
- The Wanderer (1913)
- The Stolen Loaf (1913)
- The House of Darkness (1913)
- Olaf—An Atom (1913)
- Just Gold (1913)
- The Mothering Heart (1913)
- The Enemy's Baby (1913)
- The Perfidy of Mary (1913)
- The Strong Man's Burden (1913)
- The Stopped Clock (1913)
- The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (1913)
- The Tender Hearted Boy (1913)
- The Little Tease (1913)
- The Yaqui Cur (1913)
- A Nest Unfeathered (1914)
- Judith of Bethulia (1914)
- The Rebellion of Kitty Belle (1914)
- His Desperate Deed (1915)
- Intolerance (1916)
- Gretchen the Greenhorn (1916)
- The House Built Upon Sand (1916)
- Souls Triumphant (1917)
- Madame Bo-Peep (1917)
- Betsy's Burglar (1917)
- A Woman's Awakening (1917)
- Time Locks and Diamonds (1917)
- The Stainless Barrier (1917)
- Hearts of the World (1918)
- Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal (1918)
- The Greatest Thing in Life (1918)
- A Romance of Happy Valley (1919)
- Scarlet Days (1919)
- True Heart Susie (1919)
- Way Down East (1920)
- Flying Pat (1920)
- The City of Silent Men (1921)
- His Darker Self (1924)
- A Bowery Cinderella (1927)
- Ragtime (1927)
- The Struggle (1931)
References
- ^ a b Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-7864-7992-4.
- ^ a b c "Additional Personals". The Republic. December 15, 1904. p. 5. Retrieved August 12, 2024. See also:
- "American Theatre Today: Special Attraction New Year's, Matinee and Evening". The Republic. January 1, 1920. p. 6.
- "American: Tomorrow and Thursday, A Paramount Super Special". The Republic. February 28, 1922. p. 6.
- ^ "Kate Bruce". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on December 31, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
- ^ Slide, Anthony (2002). A Biographical and Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film Actors and Actresses. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky. p. 55. ISBN 9780813122496.
- ^ a b "United States Census, 1870", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXX8-PVZ : Tue Jul 16 13:39:28 UTC 2024), Entry for Newton S Bryant and Matilda S Bryant, 1870. See also
- "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHM8-TFD : Wed Jul 24 19:36:48 UTC 2024), Entry for Newton ... Bryant and Katie Bryant, 1880.
- "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4FC-F3V : Mon Jul 08 05:54:26 UTC 2024), Entry for Margaret O'Brien and Frank O'Brien, 1860.
- ^ "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WL6-42P : 13 May 2022), Kate Bruce Bryant, 1946.
- ^ "A Place Where Old Age Is an Asset". The Times. Illinois, Streator. February 26, 1925. p. 6. Retrieved September 6, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Kate Bruce". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on September 7, 2019. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
- ^ "At the Theatres". The Buffalo Courier. June 26, 1904. p. 37. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
- ^ "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WL6-42P : 13 May 2022), Kate Bruce Bryant, 1946.
- ^ Hopper, Hedda (April 13, 1946). "Looking at Hollywood". Los Angeles Times. p. A5. ProQuest 165642863.
Kate Bruce, the famous Biograph actress who died recently at the age of 84 [sic], left her entire estate to Dorothy and Lillian Gish. The three worked together in 'Orphans of the Storm.'
- ^ Affron, Charles (2001). Lillian Gish: Her Legend, Her Life. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. p. 136. ISBN 0-520-23434-0.
External links
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- Kate Bruce at IMDb
- Kate Bruce at the Internet Broadway Database