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Katherine DeMille

1911 - 1995

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Katherine Lester DeMille (born Katherine Paula Lester; June 29, 1911 – April 27, 1995) was a Canadian-born American actress who played 25 credited film roles from the mid-1930s to the late 1940s. The adopted daughter of director Cecil B. DeMille, she was considered Hollywood royalty and was noted for her dark beauty. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Katherine DeMille has received more than 717,491 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Katherine DeMille is the 3,821st most popular actor (up from 4,397th in 2019), the 294th most popular biography from Canada (up from 353rd in 2019) and the 84th most popular Canadian Actor.

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  • 720k

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  • 49.52

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Katherine DeMille ranks 3,821 out of 13,578. Before her are Reiner Schöne, Jeremy Northam, Sandra Bernhard, Lupita Ferrer, Madeleine Carroll, and Elizabeth Mitchell. After her are Çağatay Ulusoy, David White, Harry Carey, Paul Hörbiger, Sabrina Carpenter, and Wil Wheaton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Katherine DeMille ranks 212. Before her are Antonio Sastre, Mary Blair, Bel Kaufman, Masayuki Mori, Luise Rinser, and Robert Marchand. After her are Jesse Carver, Big Joe Turner, Annibale Frossi, Jean Shiley, Roger Lapébie, and Michel Pablo. Among people deceased in 1995, Katherine DeMille ranks 193. Before her are Francesco Camusso, Shura Cherkassky, J. William Fulbright, Karl Gruber, Ted Drake, and Gérard de Vaucouleurs. After her are Hermínio de Brito, V. J. Sukselainen, Laurindo Almeida, Rick Aviles, Mary Wickes, and Maksim Tank.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Katherine DeMille ranks 294 out of 1,622. Before her are Bill Brack (1935), John Diefenbaker (1895), Natasha Henstridge (1974), George Hodgson (1893), Sunny Leone (1981), and Terry Jacks (1944). After her are Robert Borden (1854), Robin Sharma (1965), Mordecai Richler (1931), Michael Ignatieff (1947), Shyla Stylez (1982), and Alexander Knox (1907).

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Among ACTORS In Canada

Among actors born in Canada, Katherine DeMille ranks 84. Before her are Alan Thicke (1947), Anna Paquin (1982), Lothaire Bluteau (1957), Deborah Kara Unger (1966), Yannick Bisson (1969), and Natasha Henstridge (1974). After her are Alexander Knox (1907), John Ireland (1914), Kim Coates (1958), Kristin Kreuk (1982), Stephen McHattie (1946), and Kate Nelligan (1950).

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Television and Movie Roles

Charlie Chan at the Olympics
Yvonne Roland
Get ready for a Gold Medal murder mystery! This "tense, thrilling mystery" ('California Congress of Parents and Teachers') pits Charlie Chan against international spies who are using the Berlin Olympic games as the perfect cover...for cold-blooded murder!
May 21o 19376.7 / 10
The Black Room
Mashka
In a 16th-century European town, the ruling family has been given a prophecy that, should there ever be twin boys born, the younger will murder the older; so is dismayed when twins are born to the popular baron. The older grows to be a selfish, slovenly man, who inherits the castle at his father's death and becomes ruler over the formerly happy villagers. He enjoys his power until he learns his younger brother is returning from abroad and, afraid of the prophecy, he determines to murder his sibling, hide his body in the "black room" - an old torture chamber sealed away behind the fireplace - and then impersonate him, right down to his withered arm. In this way he hopes to not only avoid the prophecy, but also escape consequences of his other criminal deeds and obtain marriage to a local girl of the nobility...
Jul 15o 19356.4 / 10
Call of the Wild
Marie
Jack Thornton has trouble winning enough at cards for the stake he needs to get to the Alaska gold fields. His luck changes when he pays $250 for Buck, a sled dog that is part wolf to keep him from being shot by an arrogant Englishman also headed for the Yukon. En route to the Yukon with Shorty Houlihan -- who spent time in jail for opening someone else's letter with a map of where gold is to be found -- Jack rescues a woman whose husband was the addressee of that letter. Buck helps Jack win a $1,000 bet to get the supplies he needs. And when Jack and Claire Blake pet Buck one night, fingers touch.
Aug 9o 19356.2 / 10