Kate Bruce Explained

Kate Bruce
Birth Name:Kate Bruce Bryant
Birth Date:February 17, 1860
Birth Place:Columbus, Indiana, U.S.
Death Place:Bronx, New York City, U.S.
Resting Place:Gate of Heaven Cemetery
Years Active:1903–1931
Occupation:Actress

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.[10] 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.[11] [12]

Partial filmography

Notes and References

  1. Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 96. .
  2. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-republic/153132498/ "Additional Personals"
  3. Web site: Kate Bruce . https://web.archive.org/web/20171231212052/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f3b25ae . dead . December 31, 2017 . December 31, 2017 . British Film Institute.
  4. Slide, Anthony (2002). A Biographical and Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film Actors and Actresses. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky. p. 55. .
  5. "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
    • "United States Census, 1880",, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHM8-TFD : Wed Jul 24 19:36:48 UTC 2024), Entry for Newton ... Bryant and Katie Bryant, 1880.
    • "United States Census, 1860",, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4FC-F3V : Mon Jul 08 05:54:26 UTC 2024), Entry for Margaret O'Brien and Frank O'Brien, 1860.
  6. "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. News: A Place Where Old Age Is an Asset . September 6, 2019 . The Times . February 26, 1925 . Illinois, Streator . 6. Newspapers.com.
  8. Web site: Kate Bruce . Internet Broadway Database . The Broadway League . September 7, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190907003606/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/kate-bruce-33432 . September 7, 2019.
  9. https://www.newspapers.com/article/buffalo-courier/153143100/ "At the Theatres"
  10. "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.
  11. News: Looking at Hollywood. Hopper, Hedda. April 13, 1946. Los Angeles Times. A5. 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.'. .
  12. Affron, Charles (2001). Lillian Gish: Her Legend, Her Life. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. p. 136. .

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