Kathryn Crawford Biography

Beautiful brunette Kathryn Crawford appeared in the chorus of the Broadway musical Hit the Deck prior to making her screen debut opposite Glenn Tryon in Universal's The Kid's Clever (1929), a silent comedy about the inventor of a fuel free engine who falls in love with a car manufacturer's daughter. Crawford was perky enough as the lovesick debutante and downright exotic as Ken Maynard's leading lady in Señor Americano (1929), also from Universal. But she was wasted in the gigantic King of Jazz (1930) and rather upstaged by co-stars Carole Lombard and Virginia Bruce in the musical comedy Safety in Numbers (1930). Having left films in 1933, Kathryn Crawford should not be confused with the later television actress Katherine Crawford. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi