Kathleen Kerrigan
actress, writer
- Born:
- 1868-04-11, New Albany, Indiana, USA
- Died:
- 1957-01-27, San Fernando, California, USA
- Professions:
- actress, writer
Biography
Born under the gaslight of New Albany, Indiana, on 11 April 1868, Kathleen Kerrigan grew up to trade small-town quiet for the flicker of nickelodeon screens. Between 1914 and 1919 she breathed life into three now-cult silents—Samson, Her Bitter Cup and The Uplifters—writing as well as acting, shaping stories with the same steady hand that later signed scripts. Off-set she claimed veteran leading man Clay Clement as her husband. Seventy-one winters after her first curtain, she closed her eyes for good on 27 January 1957 in San Fernando, California, leaving behind a legacy etched in nitrate and nerve.
