Biography
Usually playing dignified women of high social standing, brunette Katherine Alexander could occasionally prove a rather catty acquaintance. A noted Broadway actress and the daughter-in-law of legendary impresario William Brady (she married his namesake son, William Brady Jr.), Alexander is perhaps best remembered for playing Queen Anne to
George Arliss'
Cardinal Richelieu (1935) and the neglected wife in
Sutter's Gold (1936). In both films, however, she was overshadowed by the gregarious
Edward Arnold (playing Louis XIII and Sutter, respectively), as she would be by
John Barrymore in
The Great Man Votes (1939). In fact, Alexander was always more vibrant on the legitimate stage, where she was highly acclaimed for her Linda opposite
Paul Muni in the 1949 London revival of Death of a Salesman. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide