Kathryn Adams

Kathryn Adams, sometimes credited as Catherine Adams or Katherine Adams, was an American actress. She began her career in 1911 working as a chorus girl in the Chicago production of Addison Burkhardt's hit musical Louisiana Lou which starred Sophie Tucker. She went to New York City to pursue training as a singer, and appeared in DeWolf Hopper's musical Hop o' My Thumb in the 1913-1914 season. She began her silent film career in 1915 working for Tom Terriss on The Pursuing Shadow, and that same year became a leading lady with first Metro Pictures and then the Thanhouser Company. She made numerous films with Thanhouser between 1915-1917, and worked with a variety of film companies thereafter. She became a supporting actress in the 1920s, and her silent film career ended in 1925. She made one sound film, making a minor uncredited appearance in the film The Squaw Man (1931).