Career
Born in New Ulm, Minnesota, she competed in 1939 in the national finals of the Jesse L. Lasky radio contest, "Gateway to Hollywood", then remained in California to begin a film career under the name of Kathryn Adams. One of her most notable roles was as "Mistress Brown", the young mother in Alfred Hitchcock"s Saboteur (1942).
She later earned a Master"s Degree in Educational Psychology and had a career as a psychologist.
Fred died on January 8, 2011. Kathryn wrote two novels: A Long Year of Silence and Wild Orphan.