Katherine Drewry Emery (October 11, 1906 – February 7, 1980) was an American stage and film actress.

Early years

Emery was born in

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. She graduated from

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in 1928 and then went home to

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, to act in semi-professional plays and direct plays for children.

Career

Emery debuted professionally with the University Players in West Falmouth, Massachusetts, in 1932. Her movie roles include '' Eyes in the Night'' (1942), '' Isle of the Dead'' (1945), '' The Locket'' (1946), '' The Walls Came Tumbling Down'' (1946), ''

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'' (1947), '' Arch of Triumph'' (1948), ''

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'' (1949), ''

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'' (1949), '' Payment on Demand'' (1951), ''

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'' (1952), and ''

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'' (1952). Her final role was in '' The Maze'' (1953). She is also known for her stage roles, including creating the role of Karen Wright in the original 1934 Broadway production of '' The Children's Hour.'' Other Broadway productions include ''

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'', ''Proof Thro' the Night'', '' The Three Sisters'', ''Everywhere I Roam'', ''Roosty'',

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, ''Strangers at Home'', and ''

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Personal life

Emery was married to literature professor Paul Conant Eaton. She is the mother of television producer and film producer Rebecca Eaton and James E. C. Eaton. She died on February 7, 1980 at a medical center in

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from lung disease at aged 73.

Filmography

References

External links

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Katherine Emery
on

the Internet Broadway Database The Internet Broadway Database (IBDB) is an online database of Broadway theatre productions and their personnel. It was conceived and created by Karen Hauser in 1996 and is operated by the Research Department of The Broadway League, a trade assoc ...

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