
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Katharine Gratten Aldridge (July 9, 1917 – January 12, 1995) was an American actress and model, best known for playing feisty and imperiled heroines in black-and-white serials during the 1940s. A notable role was as Nyoka Gordon in Perils of Nyoka. Aldridge was born on July 9, 1917 in Tallahassee, Florida. Her father was a surveyor and her mother was an artist and writer. After attending her first year of high school in Westminster, Maryland, she enrolled in St. Mary's Female Seminary (now St. Mary's College of Maryland) in St. Mary's City, Maryland. While at St. Mary's, she acted in plays, played basketball, and was a member of the Delta Phi Epsilon sorority. Following her high school graduation in 1934, Aldridge found work with the John Powers modeling agency in New York. She appeared on the covers of magazines such as Life, Ladies' Home Journal…
movieThe Phantom of 42nd Street
1945 · Claudia Moore
movieThe Man Who Walked Alone
1945 · Wilhelmina Hammond
movieHaunted Harbor
1944 · Patricia Harding
movieDu Barry Was a Lady
1943 · Mrs. McGowan (uncredited)
movieDaredevils of the West
1943 · June Foster
movieSomething to Shout About
1943 · Show Girl
moviePerils of Nyoka
1942 · Nyoka Gordon
movieLouisiana Purchase
1941 · Louisiana Belle
movieYou're in the Army Now
1941 · Navy Blues Sextette Member
movieNavy Blues
1941 · Navy Blues Sextet Member (as Katharine Aldridge)
movieDead Men Tell
1941 · (as Katharine Aldridge) Laura Parks aka Laura Thursday
movieGolden Hoofs
1941 · Cornelia Hunt
movieDown Argentine Way
1940 · Helen Carson
movieYesterday's Heroes
1940 · Janice Mason
movieThe Girl from Avenue A
1940 · Lucy
movieSailor's Lady
1940 · Georgine (as Katharine Aldridge)
movieGirl in 313
1940 · Sarah Sorrell (as Katherine Aldridge)
movieShooting High
1940 · Evelyn Trent
movieFree, Blonde and 21
1940 · Adelaide Sinclair (as Katherine Aldridge)
movieHere I Am a Stranger
1939 · Lillian Bennett
movieHotel for Women
1939 · Melinda Craig
movieRosalie
1937 · Lady in Waiting (uncredited)
movieWalter Wanger's Vogues of 1938
1937 · Katherine - a Model