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Katherine Mac Donald
  • Birth Name:
    Katherine Agnew MacDonald
  • Nickname:
    The American Beauty
  • Date of Birth:
    December 14, 1881
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Sagittarius
  • Place of Birth:
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Place of Death:
    Santa Barbara, California, USA
  • Date of Death:
    June 4, 1956
  • Height:
    5' 8"
  • Weight:
    130 lb
  • Sex:
    Female
  • Hair Color:
    Blonde
  • Eye Color:
    Blue
  • Nationality:
    American
  • Religion:
    Christianity

Family

Katherine Mac Donald
  • Sister:
    Mary MacLaren
  • Spouse:
    Christian H. Holmes - Divorced, Charles S. Johnston - Divorced

Career

Katherine Mac Donald

Trivia

Katherine Mac Donald
  • After leaving the movie industry MacDonald ran a successful cosmetics business in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
  • Her films typically were romantic dramas. MacDonald only made two pictures after 1923; one each in 1925 and 1926.
  • She became one of the first women to produce films in Hollywood.
  • She was among the top ranks of actresses financially in 1920, earning about $50,000 per picture from her contract with First National.
  • She achieved the peak of her popularity between 1920 and 1923 during the silent film era.
  • Starting her career as a popular model in New York City in the 1910s, MacDonald moved to Los Angeles in 1917.
  • Was an American actress and film producer.

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