Katherine DeMille

Actress

Female

Born Jun 29, 1911

Hometown Vancouver, Britis...

Died Apr 27, 1995

Death Place Tucson, Arizona

Other Names Lester, Katherine

Katherine DeMille was a Canadian-born American film actress. She was born Katherine Lester in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She was orphaned as a child by the death of her father, an officer in the Canadian Army who died in World War I combat and… Read More

Romance

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Anthony Quinn
Married 1937 - 1965
Cary Grant
Fling
Clark Gable
Dated

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Anthony Quinn Dies At 86; Played Earthy Tough Guys
NYTimes - Jun 04, 2001

Anthony Quinn, whose six-decade acting career established the enduring image of a joyful primitive with a fierce passion for life, died yesterday at a Boston hospital. He was 86 and lived in Bristol, R.I., near Providence. The cause was respiratory failure, said a hospital spokeswoman. Although he appeared in perhaps 130 movies, Mr. Quinn was
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Spotlight; Keeping The Faith
NYTimes - Jul 26, 1998

The opening of THE CRUSADES (1935), a Cecil B. DeMille spectacular, is a terrific scene of two mighty armies slamming together. This is one DeMille lolla-palooza that really moves. There's no waiting around for the next commandment - from that fade-in to the climax, a barbarian walled city is unders siege by the Christmas. And tucked away within
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At Home With; Anthony Quinn The Number It Takes To Tango
NYTimes - Jul 06, 1995

ANTHONY QUINN turned 80 recently. What has he learned? "Not to smoke, not to drink and not to get involved with women like you," he says. Excuse me? "An American woman," he says. "I have to be married to a European woman. I avoid women like you because you challenge me and I don't like to be challenged. I was taught by my father that the only way
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Katherine De Mille Quinn, Actress, 83
NYTimes - May 06, 1995

Katherine DeMille Quinn, an actress who was the daughter of the film director Cecil B. DeMille and the former wife of the actor Anthony Quinn, died on April 27 of Alzheimer's disease. She was 83. Among the films she appeared in during her 15-year career were "Call of the Wild," "Unconquered" and "The Gamblers." She was born in Canada in 1911, and
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1911 Birth Born on June 29, 1911.

TWENTIES

1937 26 Years Old DeMille married actor Anthony Quinn on October 3, 1937. they had five children: Christopher (born 1939), Christina (born December 1, 1941), Catalina (born November 21, 1942), Duncan (born August 4, 1945), and Valentina (born December 26, 1952). … Read More

FORTIES

1953 42 Years Old DeMille accepted the 1953 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor on behalf of her husband, who was not present at the ceremony. They divorced in 1965, following his affair with costume designer Jolanda Addolori.

LATE ADULTHOOD

1995 84 Years Old Katherine DeMille died from Alzheimer's disease in Tucson, Arizona in 1995, aged 83.

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