Katherine Warren (born Katharine C. Warren;"United States Census, 1910", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLRD-8JQ : Sun Mar 10 23:21:19 UTC 2024), Entry for Frank B Warren and Lucia L Warren, 1910."United States Census, 1920", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZQJ-P2G : Sat Mar 09 08:51:47 UTC 2024), Entry for Kate C Landen and John E Landen, 1920. July 12, 1905 – July 17, 1965) was an American film and television actress. She is best known for her roles in the 1949 film All the King's Men, the 1951 film The Prowler, and the 1954 film The Caine Mutiny.

Career Born in Monroe, Michigan,Associated Press (November 21, 1950). "Katharine Warren's Career Has Been Teaching, Stage, Movies". The Daily Iberian. p. 4. Retrieved November 6, 2024. and raised in Lake Forest, Illinois,Shaw, Len G. (February 3, 1943). "Still a Trouper: Katherine Cornell to Tour 'Three Sisters'; Plays Extremes; With Hampden". Detroit Free Press. p. 16. Retrieved November 6, 2024. Warren was the daughter of Frank B. Warren and Lucia M. Landon."Various Branches of the Fine Arts Claim Attention of Women in Society". Detroit Free Press. p. 10. Retrieved November 6, 2024."Stole March on Friends". Detroit Free Press. October 27, 1904. p. 3. Retrieved November 6, 2024. She attended Dana Hall Boarding School and Pine Manor Junior College. After making her 1927 stage debut at the Repertory Theatre of Boston, Warren continued her studies with the Stuart Walker Repertory Company in Cincinnati.

Prior to her career in films and TV, she was a stage actress on and off Broadway, in summer stock, and many theatrical venues throughout the US. Her signature role was as Roxanne in Cyrano de Bergerac opposite Walter Hampden in the title role. She married Vernon (aka Clark) Tharp Chesney in 1938. The couple had a son, David, in 1947. In 1948, due to her husband's illness, the family moved from New York City to Los Angeles where she began her movie and TV career. Clark Chesney died on January 4, 1951, at the City of Hope in Duarte, California.

She appeared under her maiden name (Katharine Warren, which she spelled as shown here) in over 30 films and dozens of television programs including the TV series Alfred Hitchcock Presents (three episodes, 1956–1957) and Bonanza (1961) and the films Jailhouse Rock (1957), The Glenn Miller Story (1954), All the King's Men (1949), and as the mother of Ensign Willie Keith in the big-budget war drama The Caine Mutiny (1954).

She also coached aspiring young talent for Universal City Studios (then Universal International) in the early to mid-60s, and taught drama to young people at Brown Gables Conservatory in Brentwood, California.

Her final television performances came on the western series Laramie between 1960 and 1963.

Personal life and death From December 1938 until his death in 1951, Warren was married to fellow actor Vernon Clark Chesney."Vernon C. Chesney". Shamokin News Dispatch. January 5, 1951. p. 2. Retrieved November 6, 2024."Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Marriage Indexes, 1885-1951", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVSJ-2QQ : Sat Feb 24 04:58:40 UTC 2024), Entry for Katharine Warren and Chesney, 1938. They had one child, a son.Karr, Jack (August 26, 1947). "Movie-Go-Round". The Toronto Star. p. 8. Retrieved November 6, 2024.

On July 17, 1965, Warren died at age 60 in Los Angeles."California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP4N-DBH : 26 November 2014), Katharin W Chesney, 17 Jul 1965; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1949 Mary Ryan, Detective Mrs. Sawyer 1949 All the King's Men Mrs. Burden 1949 Tell It to the Judge Kitty Lawton 1949 The Story of Molly X Norma Calvert 1949 And Baby Makes Three Miss Ellis – Nurse Uncredited1950 Three Secrets Mrs. Connors 1950 Harriet Craig Dr. Lambert Uncredited1950 Mystery Submarine Mrs. Weber 1951 Three Guys Named Mike Mrs. Scott Bellemy Uncredited1951 The Prowler Grace Crocker 1951 Dear Brat Mrs. Clark Uncredited1951 Lorna Doone Sarah Ridd Uncredited1951 Night Into Morning Mrs. Margaret Andersen 1951 Force of Arms Maj. Waldron 1951 The Tall Target Mrs. Gibbons Uncredited1951 The People Against O'Hara Mrs. William Sheffield 1951 The Lady Pays Off Dean Bessie Howell 1952 Scandal Sheet Mrs. Allison Uncredited1952 This Woman Is Dangerous Mrs. Millican 1952 Talk About a Stranger Mrs. Dorothy Mahler Uncredited1952 Paula Mary Uncredited1952 Washington Story Mrs. Birch 1952 Son of Ali Baba Princess Karma Uncredited1952 Flat Top Dorothy's Mother Uncredited1952 The Steel Trap Mrs. Kellogg 1952 Battles of Chief Pontiac Chia 1952 The Star Mrs. Ruth Morrison Uncredited1953 The Man Behind the Gun Phoebe Sheldon 1954 The Glenn Miller Story Mrs. Burger 1954 The Caine Mutiny Mrs. Keith 1954 The Country Girl Theatregoer Uncredited1954 The Violent Men Mrs. Vail Uncredited1954 The Bamboo Prison Mother Rand Voice, Uncredited1956 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Freda Wallingford Season 1 Episode 23 ("Back for Christmas")1956 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Mother Edwards Season 1 Episode 34 ("The Hidden Thing")1956 Inside Detroit Ethel Linden 1956 Fury at Gunsight Pass Mrs. Boggs 1957 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Policewoman Season 3 Episode 5 ("Silent Witness")1957 Drango Mrs. Scott 1957 Jailhouse Rock Mrs. Van Alden Uncredited1957 Zero Hour! Mrs. Purdy Uncredited1960 I'll Give My Life Dora Bradford

Broadway Three Times the Hour (1931) as Mrs. Lawrence M. Blake Wednesday's Child (1934) as Kathryn Phillips Blind Alley (1935) as Doris Shelby Cyrano de Bergerac (1936) as Roxane

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