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Katherine grew up in wealth and privilege and was a product of High Society.
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Katherine Harris Barrymore
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She was the first wife of the actor John Barrymore. She had an affair with James Montgomery Flagg, the famous painter, and a friend of hers. Katherine appeared in two of her husband"s now lost silent films, Nearly a King (1916) & The Lost Bridegroom (1916).
In 1918, Katherine starred as Lily Baronet in the silent film version of Edith Wharton"s 1905 novel The House of Mirth, directed by Albert Capellani.
When she died in 1927, John Barrymore was at her bedside. She died in New York City.
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March 2, 1927 (aged 36) -
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United States