Katherine Squire
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Katherine Squire was an American actress who appeared on Broadway and in regional theater, movies and television, from the 1920s through the 1980s.
's Thieves' Carnival at the Tyrone Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in David Storey
's In Celebration at the Arena Stage in Washington, D. C., and in 1979 in Hillbilly Women at the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven, CT. In the early 1980s, she acted in Hedda Gabler
(starring Susannah York
) at the Roundabout Theater, and in Memory of Whiteness at the American Place Theater, both in New York.
, CBS Television Workshop
, Playhouse 90
, Goodyear Television Playhouse
, The United States Steel Hour
, Studio One, The Alcoa Hour
, and Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
.
She did multiple episodes each for Alfred Hitchcock Presents
, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, and The Twilight Zone
, and had continuing roles on the soap operas Valiant Lady
, The Doctor
s, and Search For Tomorrow
.
She never worked on comedies (the one exception being the Storm Over Shangri-La episode of The Tom Ewell Show
), but often did Westerns (Tales of Wells Fargo
, The Texan
, and The Virginian
, among others) and crime dramas (Peter Gunn
, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
, Perry Mason
, and Adam-12
, among others). She played Doctor Kildare's mother. She quite often paired with her husband in the role of an elderly couple.
Her last television appearance was in 1975 in the Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV-movie Eric, as Mrs. Harris.
Among her other appearances:
, also an actor, with whom she often worked on stage, in film, and on television — he died in 1972. She died on March 29, 1995 in Lake Hill, N.Y., at the age of 92, and was survived by three stepdaughters.
Early life
She was born March 9, 1903 in Defiance, Ohio, USA. She graduated from Ohio Wesleyan and began her acting career at the Cleveland Play House. She studied at the American Laboratory Theater.Broadway career
The Broadway productions in which she appeared were:- Much Ado About NothingMuch Ado About NothingMuch Ado About Nothing is a comedy written by William Shakespeare about two pairs of lovers, Benedick and Beatrice, and Claudio and Hero....
, playing Watch, November 18, 1927 - December 1927 - The Black Tower, playing Mona, January 11, 1932 - March 1932
- Goodbye Again, playing Julia Wilson, December 28, 1932 - July 1933
- Hipper's Holiday, playing Helen Tyson, October 18, 1934 thru ?
- Three Men on a Horse, playing Audrey Trowbridge (as a replacement), January 30, 1935 - January 9, 1937
- Lady of Letters, playing Winifred Shaw, March 28, 1935 - April 1935
- Life's Too Short, playing Hannah Priest, September 20-?, 1935
- Many Mansions, playing Mrs. Roberts, October 27, 1937 - March 1938
- Liberty Jones, playing Nurse Cotton, February 5–22, 1941
- The Family, playing Anna Petrovna Chernov, March 30, 1943 - April 3, 1943
- Chicken Every Sunday, playing Mrs. Lynch, April 5, 1944 - January 6, 1945
- The Traveling Lady, playing Sitter Mavis, October 27, 1954 - November 20, 1954
- Six Characters in Search of an AuthorSix Characters in Search of an AuthorSix Characters in Search of an Author is a play by the Italian writer Luigi Pirandello.The play is a satirical tragicomedy. It was first performed in 1921 at the Teatro Valle in Rome, to a very mixed reception, with shouts from the audience of "Manicomio!" .Subsequently the play enjoyed a much...
, playing The Mother, December 11, 1955 - February 5, 1956 - The Sin of Pat Muldoon, playing Brigid Muldoon, March 13–16, 1957
- The Shadow of a Gunman , playing Mrs. Grigson, November 20, 1958 - January 3, 1959
Regional Theater Career
She appeared in Jean AnouilhJean Anouilh
Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh was a French dramatist whose career spanned five decades. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, Anouilh is best known for his 1943 play Antigone, an adaptation of Sophocles' Classical drama, that was seen as an attack on Marshal Pétain's...
's Thieves' Carnival at the Tyrone Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in David Storey
David Storey
David Rhames Storey is an English playwright, screenwriter, award-winning novelist and a former professional rugby league player....
's In Celebration at the Arena Stage in Washington, D. C., and in 1979 in Hillbilly Women at the Long Wharf Theater in New Haven, CT. In the early 1980s, she acted in Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler
Hedda Gabler is a play first published in 1890 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The play premiered in 1891 in Germany to negative reviews, but has subsequently gained recognition as a classic of realism, nineteenth century theatre, and world drama...
(starring Susannah York
Susannah York
Susannah York was a British film, stage and television actress. She was awarded a BAFTA as Best Supporting Actress for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? and was nominated for an Oscar and Golden Globe for the same film. She won best actress for Images at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival...
) at the Roundabout Theater, and in Memory of Whiteness at the American Place Theater, both in New York.
Film career
She appeared in films both well-known and obscure:- The Story on Page One (1959) playing Mrs. Hattie Brown
- Studs Lonigan (1960) playing Mrs. Lonigan
- Song Without End (1960) playing Anna Liszt
- Days of Wine and RosesDays of Wine and Roses (film)Days of Wine and Roses is a film directed by Blake Edwards with a screenplay by JP Miller adapted from his own 1958 Playhouse 90 teleplay of the same name....
(1962) (uncredited) playing Mrs. Nolan - Ride in the Whirlwind (1965) playing Catherine
- This Savage Land (1969) (TV) playing Grandma Pride
- Two-Lane BlacktopTwo-Lane BlacktopTwo-Lane Blacktop is a 1971 road movie directed by Monte Hellman, starring singer-songwriter James Taylor, Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson, Warren Oates, and Laurie Bird. Esquire magazine declared the film its movie of the year for 1971, and even published the entire screenplay in its April, 1971...
(1971) playing Old Woman - Blade (1973) playing Aunt Cynthia
- Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973) playing Chickie Feather
- When Harry Met Sally (1989) playing Documentary Couple
Television career
Katherine Squire acted in television from 1951 through 1975. She performed roles in many of the dramas of the Golden Age of Television: Robert Montgomery PresentsRobert Montgomery Presents
Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, and the title was altered to feature the sponsor, usually Lucky Strike cigarettes, for example,...
, CBS Television Workshop
CBS Television Workshop
CBS Television Workshop was a 1952 television series famous for an early appearance of Audrey Hepburn and James Dean.On 13 January 1952, in the very first episode, a dramatized 30 minute version of Don Quixote starring Boris Karloff and directed by Sidney Lumet, Grace Kelly made an appearance as...
, Playhouse 90
Playhouse 90
Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. It originated from CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California...
, Goodyear Television Playhouse
Goodyear Television Playhouse
The Goodyear Television Playhouse produced live television dramas from 1951 to 1957 during the "Golden Age of Television".Sponsored by Goodyear, the hour-long anthology series was telecast Sundays at 9pm on NBC...
, The United States Steel Hour
The United States Steel Hour
The United States Steel Hour is an anthology series which brought hour-long dramas to television from 1953 to 1963. The television series and the radio program that preceded it were both sponsored by the United States Steel Corporation....
, Studio One, The Alcoa Hour
The Alcoa Hour
The Alcoa Hour is a live anthology television series sponsored by Alcoa and telecast in the United States from 1955 to 1957. The series was seen Sundays on NBC at 9pm.-Overview:...
, and Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu Productions. The show ran on CBS television between 1958 and 1960...
.
She did multiple episodes each for Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock. The series featured dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. By the premiere of the show on October 2, 1955, Hitchcock had been directing films for over three decades...
, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, and The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)
The Twilight Zone is an American anthology television series created by Rod Serling, which ran for five seasons on CBS from 1959 to 1964. The series consisted of unrelated episodes depicting paranormal, futuristic, dystopian, or simply disturbing events; each show typically featured a surprising...
, and had continuing roles on the soap operas Valiant Lady
Valiant Lady
Valiant Lady is an American soap opera which ran daily on CBS radio and television from October 12, 1953 through August 1957 at 12:00 PM . The show's title was taken from a 1930s radio soap opera about a young woman struggling through life but is otherwise very different...
, The Doctor
The Doctor (1952 TV series)
The Doctor is a half-hour medical anthology series that aired Sunday evenings on the NBC television network from 1952-1953. Hosted by Warner Anderson, the program revolved around emotional problems stemming from medical cases rather than the medical case itself. The show is notable for having Rod...
s, and Search For Tomorrow
Search for Tomorrow
Search for Tomorrow is an American soap opera which premiered on September 3, 1951 on CBS. The show was moved from CBS to NBC on March 29, 1982. It continued on NBC until the final episode aired on December 26, 1986, a run of thirty-five years. At the time of its final broadcast it was the...
.
She never worked on comedies (the one exception being the Storm Over Shangri-La episode of The Tom Ewell Show
The Tom Ewell Show
The Tom Ewell Show was a television situation comedy broadcast in the United States in the 1960-61 television season.-Summary:The Tom Ewell Show was created by Madelyn Martin and Bob Carroll, Jr. , and produced by Tom Ewell's own production company...
), but often did Westerns (Tales of Wells Fargo
Tales of Wells Fargo
Tales of Wells Fargo is an American Western television series that ran from March 18, 1957 to June 2, 1962 on NBC. Produced by Revue Productions, the series aired in a half-hour format until its final season when it expanded to an hour.-Synopsis:...
, The Texan
The Texan (TV series)
The Texan is a Western television series starring popular B movie star Rory Calhoun. It aired on the CBS television network from 1958-1960.-Production notes:...
, and The Virginian
The Virginian (TV series)
The Virginian is an American Western television series starring James Drury and Doug McClure, which aired on NBC from 1962 to 1971 for a total of 249 episodes. Filmed in color, The Virginian became television's first 90-minute western series...
, among others) and crime dramas (Peter Gunn
Peter Gunn
Peter Gunn is an American private eye television series which aired on the NBC and later ABC television networks from 1958 to 1961. The show's creator was Blake Edwards...
, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer is the title used for two syndicated television series that followed the adventures of fictional private detective Mike Hammer...
, Perry Mason
Perry Mason (TV series)
Perry Mason is an American legal drama produced by Paisano Productions that ran from September 1957 to May 1966 on CBS. The title character, portrayed by Raymond Burr, is a fictional Los Angeles defense attorney who originally appeared in detective fiction by Erle Stanley Gardner...
, and Adam-12
Adam-12
Adam-12 was a television police drama which followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12. Created by Jack Webb who is known for creating Dragnet, the series captured a...
, among others). She played Doctor Kildare's mother. She quite often paired with her husband in the role of an elderly couple.
Her last television appearance was in 1975 in the Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The second longest-running television program in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2011...
TV-movie Eric, as Mrs. Harris.
Among her other appearances:
- Mister Peepers
- Episode #1.12 (1952) playing Mrs. Crump
- Shirley Temple's StorybookShirley Temple's StorybookShirley Temple's Storybook is an American children's anthology series hosted and narrated by Shirley Temple. The series features adaptations of fairy tales and other family-oriented stories performed by well-known actors, although one episode, an adaptation of The House of the Seven Gables, was...
- The Little Lame Prince (1958) playing Flora
- Markham
- The Marble Face (1959)
- Alfred Hitchcock PresentsAlfred Hitchcock PresentsAlfred Hitchcock Presents is an American television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock. The series featured dramas, thrillers, and mysteries. By the premiere of the show on October 2, 1955, Hitchcock had been directing films for over three decades...
(2 episodes)- Pen Pal (1960) playing Miss Lowen
- Man from the South (1960) playing Carlos' Wife
- Perry MasonPerry Mason (TV series)Perry Mason is an American legal drama produced by Paisano Productions that ran from September 1957 to May 1966 on CBS. The title character, portrayed by Raymond Burr, is a fictional Los Angeles defense attorney who originally appeared in detective fiction by Erle Stanley Gardner...
(3 episodes)- The Case of the Credulous Quarry (1960) playing Clara Thorpe
- The Case of the Nervous Neighbor (1964) playing Vera Hargrave
- The Case of the Wrongful Writ (1965) playing Esther Norden
- Dr. KildareDr. KildareDr. James Kildare is a fictional character, the primary character in a series of American theatrical films in the late 1930s and early 1940s, an early 1950s radio series, a 1960s television series of the same name and a comic book based on the TV show, and a short-lived 1970s television series...
- The Lonely Ones (1961) playing Mrs. Kildare
- CheckmateCheckmate (TV series)Checkmate is an American detective television series starring Anthony George, Sebastian Cabot, and Doug McClure. The show aired on CBS Television from 1960 to 1962 for a total of 70 episodes and was produced by Jack Benny's production company, "JaMco Productions" in co-operation with Revue...
- Through a Dark Glass (1961) playing Mrs. Vorlund
- Letter to Loretta
- The Preliminaries (1961) playing Mrs. Douglas
- The Barbara Stanwyck ShowThe Barbara Stanwyck ShowThe Barbara Stanwyck Show is an American anthology drama television series which ran on NBC from September 1960 to September 1961. Barbara Stanwyck served as hostess, and starred in all but four of the half-hour productions. The four she did not star in were actually pilot episodes of potential...
- Dear Charlie (1961) playing Elvie
- The Twilight ZoneThe Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)The Twilight Zone is an American anthology television series created by Rod Serling, which ran for five seasons on CBS from 1959 to 1964. The series consisted of unrelated episodes depicting paranormal, futuristic, dystopian, or simply disturbing events; each show typically featured a surprising...
(2 episodes)- One More Pallbearer (1962) playing Mrs. Langsford
- In His Image (1963) playing The Old Woman
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (3 episodes)
- Terror at Northfield (1963) playing Mrs. La Font
- The Star Juror (1963) playing Mrs. Fenton
- Wally the Beard (1965) playing Mrs. Adams
- Profiles in CourageProfiles in Courage (TV series)Profiles in Courage was a historical anthology series that appeared on NBC from November 8, 1964 to May 9, 1965 . The series was based on the recently assassinated President John F...
- Mary S. McDowell (1964) playing Mrs. Simpson
- Peyton PlacePeyton Place (TV series)Peyton Place is an American prime-time soap opera which aired on ABC in half-hour episodes from September 15, 1964 to June 2, 1969.Based upon the 1956 novel of the same name by Grace Metalious, the series was preceded by a 1957 film adaptation. A total of 514 episodes were broadcast, in...
- Episode #3.16 (1966) playing Mrs. Burroughs
- The Road WestThe Road WestThe Road West is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from September 12, 1966 to May 1, 1967 for twenty-nine episodes with rebroadcasts continuing until August 28. The hour-long series, sponsored by Kraft Foods, aired in the 9 p.m...
- "This Savage Land: Part 1 (1966) playing Grandma
- This Savage Land: Part 2 (1966) playing Grandma
- Apple's WayApple's WayApple's Way is a television dramedy which aired on CBS from 1974-1975. It was created by Earl Hamner, Jr..-Premise:The Apples, a family from Los Angeles, seek refuge from the hectic pace of city living and relocate to the father's hometown of Appleton, Iowa, which was founded by the father's...
- The Teacher (1974) playing Mrs. Perry
Personal life
She was born March 9, 1903 in Defiance, Ohio, USA. In 1940, she married George MitchellGeorge Mitchell (actor)
George Mitchell was an American actor working from 1935 through 1971 in film and television, and on Broadway.-Early life:George Mitchell was born February 21, 1905, in Larchmont, New York...
, also an actor, with whom she often worked on stage, in film, and on television — he died in 1972. She died on March 29, 1995 in Lake Hill, N.Y., at the age of 92, and was survived by three stepdaughters.