Kathleen Lockhart (August 9, 1894 — February 18, 1978) was a British stage actress.

She was born Kathleen Arthur in England, and appeared in several Hollywood films and is well known for her marriage to the Canadian-born actor Gene Lockhart.

She is the mother of actress June Lockhart and grandmother of actress Anne Lockhart.

Kathleen and her husband occasionally starred opposite each other, such as Mr. and Mrs. Bob Cratchit in A Christmas Carol (1938). After her husband died in 1957, she retired from acting, and made no more film appearances, except for a small role in The Purple Gang (1960).

She died on February 18, 1978 in Los Angeles, California following a long (undisclosed) illness, aged 83.

She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6241 Hollywood Boulevard

Filmography

• The Purple Gang (1960)
• The Glenn Miller Story (1953)
• Walking My Baby Back Home (1953)
• Plymouth Adventure (1952)
• I'd Climb the Highest Mountain (1951)
• Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
• Mother Wore Tights (1947)
• Lady in the Lake (1947)
• Strange Woman (1946)
• Two Years Before the Mast (1946)
• Bewitched (1945)
• Roughly Speaking (1945)
• Blondie (1938)
• A Christmas Carol (1938)

External links

1894 births | 1978 deaths | English actors | Entertainers who died in their 80s | Hollywood Walk of Fame