Kathlyn Williams

Biography

Kathlyn Williams was born Kathleen Mabel Williams on May 31, 1879 in Butte, Montana, to a boarding house proprietor and Mary C. Boe of Welsh and Norwegian descent. She began her career with Selig Polyscope Company in Chicago and made her first film in 1908, later starring in the serial "The Adventures of Kathlyn" and playing roles in films such as "Our Dancing Daughters." She died of a heart attack in Hollywood, California in 1960.