Katherine Dawn

{{Infobox person | name = Katherine Dawn | birth_name = Katherine Virginia Madden | birth_date = July 25, 1896 | birth_place = Chelan County, Washington, US | death_date = July 13, 1984 (aged 87) | death_place = Santa Monica, California, US | other_names = Susan Denis | occupation = Actress, screenwriter, editor | spouse = Norman Dawn }}

'''Katherine Dawn''' (1896-1984) (born '''Katherine Virginia Madden''', and sometimes credited as '''Susan Denis''') was an American actress, screenwriter, and editor active during the 1920s through the 1940s. She was married to director Norman Dawn, whom she met when she was working as a scenarist at Universal Pictures.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/350389756/?terms=%22katherine+dawn%22+film|title=24 Feb 1928, 3 - Rapid City Journal at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-03-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/380292432/?terms=%22norman+dawn%22+%22katherine+madden%22|title=3 Feb 1921, 32 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-03-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/85515932/?terms=%22norman+dawn%22+%22katherine+madden%22|title=20 Feb 1921, Page 55 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-03-11}}</ref>

== Selected filmography == As actress:

* ''Showgirl's Luck'' (1931) * ''Black Hills'' (1929) * ''Black Cargoes of the South Seas'' (1929)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/528336598/?terms=%22norman+dawn%22+%22susan+denis%22|title=8 Jul 1929, 2 - The Independent-Record at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-03-11}}</ref> * ''For the Term of His Natural Life'' (1927) * ''Typhoon Love'' (1926) * ''Justice of the Far North'' (1925)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/213318863/?terms=%22katherine+dawn%22+%22norman+dawn%22|title=10 Oct 1925, Page 7 - The Town Talk at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com|language=en|access-date=2019-03-11}}</ref> * ''Lure of the Yukon'' (1924)

As screenwriter:

* ''Orphans of the North'' (1940) * ''Taku'' (1937)

As editor:

* ''For the Term of His Natural Life'' (1927)

== References == {{reflist}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0206016}}

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