Katherine Grey (actress)

Katherine Grey (born Katherine Best; 1873–1950) was a Broadway actress in New York City.

Born Katherine Best[1] in San Francisco, California, Grey joined the Augustin Daly company[2] over the objections of her family.[3] Her first New York appearance was in The Golden Widow.[4] Grey's work outside the United States included two years in Australia.[5] By April 1914, Grey had been the leading lady for more male stars than any other actress then living.[3]

On August 10, 1891, Grey married actor Paul Arthur in New York.[6] After his death,[5] she married actor John B. Mason.[4] She died on March 21, 1950, in Orleans, Massachusetts.[2]

References
  1. Room, Adrian (2014). Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins, 5th ed. McFarland. p. 209. ISBN 978-0-7864-5763-2. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  2. "Miss Katherine Grey, Once Stage Star, Dies". Associated Press in the Baltimore Sun. March 22, 1950. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
  3. "Are Women of the Stage Happy?". The Theatre. XIX (159): 239–250. May 1914. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  4. Hines, Dixie; Hanaford, Harry Prescott (1914). "Katherine Grey". Who's Who in Music and Drama. NY: H.P. Hanaford. p. 144.
  5. "Katherine Grey, stage actress, 77". The New York Times. March 22, 1950. p. 26. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
  6. "The Stage in Summer". Los Angeles Evening Express. August 15, 1891. p. 3. Retrieved December 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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