16 Published BooksKatharine Cornell
Katharine Cornell (February 16, 1893 – June 9, 1974) was a German-born American stage actress, writer, theater owner and producer.
She was born in Berlin to American parents and raised in Buffalo, New York.
Cornell was noted for spurning screen roles, unlike other actresses of her day. She appeared in only one Hollywood film, the World War II morale booster Stage Door Canteen, in which she played herself.
Cornell appeared in television adaptations of The Barretts of Wimpole Street and Robert E. Sherwood's There Shall Be No Night. She also narrated the documentary Helen Keller in Her Story, which won an Oscar.
