Kitty Gordon

Biography

From Wikipedia Her first professional stage appearance was at the Princes Theatre in Bristol in 1901 in the touring production of San Toy. She appeared in The Duchess of Dantzic in 1903 and the operetta Véronique in 1904. In 1909, she moved to New York, where she became a regular on the New York stage. She made her first film appearance in 1916 in As in a Looking Glass. During the next three years she made twenty-one films. On 19 October 1911, she starred in the debut of composer Victor Herbert's musical The Enchantress at the New York Theatre. She continued her stage work from 1919 onwards. She also made television appearances. On 25 June 1920, during a Vaudeville performance in Chicago with her husband, Jack Wilson, and her daughter, Vera Beresford, Gordon's stage gun discharged a live round and shot Joseph A. Hack, an offstage acrobat. She died in a nursing home in New York in 1974.

Known For

As in a Looking Glass

as Lila Despard

Forget-Me-Not

as Stefanie Paoli

The Volunteer

as Self - Cameo Appearance

National Red Cross Pageant

as Bruges - Flemish episode

Vera, the Medium

as Vera

Stolen Orders

as Felicia Gaveston

The Wasp

as Grace Culver

Playthings of Passion

as Helen Rowland

Adele

as Adele Bleneau

The Crucial Test

as Thanya