Kate Bruce

Kate Bruce
Bruce in 1921 Photoplay
Born
Kate Bruce Bryant

(1860-02-17)February 17, 1860
Columbus, Indiana, U.S.
DiedApril 2, 1946(1946-04-02) (aged 86)
Bronx, New York City, U.S.
Resting placeGate of Heaven Cemetery
OccupationActress
Years active1903–1931

Kate Bruce Bryant[1][2] (February 17, 1860 – April 2, 1946) was an American actress of the silent era,[3] famed for her screen portrayals of mothers.[4] She appeared in more than 280 films between 1908 and 1931.

Early life and career

Born and raised in Columbus, Indiana,[5][2] Bruce was the youngest of three children of Newton and Matilda Bryant.[5][6] In 1885, she left Boone, Iowa, in a wagon with a group of traveling actors at a time when stages were illuminated by oil lights.[7] On Broadway, Bruce performed in The Starbucks (1903).[8] The following year she toured in Our New Man with Harry Beresford.[9][2]

Death

Bruce died at the age of 86 in the Bronx, New York on April 2, 1946.[6] She was buried at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York.[1] Later that month, Hedda Hopper reported that Bruce's entire estate had been left to her longtime friends and sometime co-stars Lillian and Dorothy Gish.[10][11]

Partial filmography

Bruce (left) with Ynez Seabury in The Sunbeam (1912)

References

  1. ^ a b Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-7864-7992-4.
  2. ^ a b c "Additional Personals". The Republic. December 15, 1904. p. 5. Retrieved August 12, 2024. See also:
  3. ^ "Kate Bruce". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on December 31, 2017. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
  4. ^ Slide, Anthony (2002). A Biographical and Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film Actors and Actresses. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky. p. 55. ISBN 9780813122496.
  5. ^ a b "United States Census, 1870", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXX8-PVZ : Tue Jul 16 13:39:28 UTC 2024), Entry for Newton S Bryant and Matilda S Bryant, 1870. See also
  6. ^ a b "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WL6-42P : 13 May 2022), Kate Bruce Bryant, 1946.
  7. ^ "A Place Where Old Age Is an Asset". The Times. Illinois, Streator. February 26, 1925. p. 6. Retrieved September 6, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Kate Bruce". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on September 7, 2019. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
  9. ^ "At the Theatres". The Buffalo Courier. June 26, 1904. p. 37. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  10. ^ Hopper, Hedda (April 13, 1946). "Looking at Hollywood". Los Angeles Times. p. A5. ProQuest 165642863. Kate Bruce, the famous Biograph actress who died recently at the age of 84 [sic], left her entire estate to Dorothy and Lillian Gish. The three worked together in 'Orphans of the Storm.'
  11. ^ Affron, Charles (2001). Lillian Gish: Her Legend, Her Life. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. p. 136. ISBN 0-520-23434-0.
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