1-273-381 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Katherine DeMille, Canadian born American actress, 1934-1935. Born Katherine Lester, she was adopted by the Hollywood film director Cecil B DeMille and his wife after her father was killed in World War I and her mother died from tuberculosis. Tragedy struck her life again when her 3 year old son drowned in WC Fields' swimming pool. She appeared in about 30 films in the 1930s and 1940s. Taken from Meet the Film Stars, by Seton Margrave. (London, 1934-1935).