Kathryn Hereford

Kathryn Hereford
BornDecember 2, 1910
Virginia, USA
DiedDecember 17, 1993 (aged 83)
Los Angeles, California, USA
Occupation(s)Film producer, actress, dancer
SpousePandro S. Berman

Kathryn Hereford (1910-1993) was an American film producer, dancer, and actress. She was married to Paramount producer Pandro S. Berman.[1][2]

Biography

After being discovered by Florenz Ziegfeld, Hereford began her career as a stage actress on Broadway, appearing in a number of musicals.[3] She then transitioned into a career on the big screen; her first known credit was on 1935's The Great Ziegfeld.[4]

She later transitioned into producing films under Paramount's Pandro S. Berman. According to Berman, he made Hereford a producer on 1957's Jailhouse Rock as she'd been an Elvis fan for quite some time, and she'd go on to work on 11 films afterward.[5] Most of her credits are as associate producer, but she was the lead producer on 1960s Key Witness.[6]

In 1960, she became Berman's second wife, and the pair remained married until her death in 1993.[7]

Selected filmography (as producer)

References

  1. ^ Nash, Alanna (2008-09-09). The Colonel: The Extraordinary Story of Colonel Tom Parker and Elvis Presley. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9781439136959.
  2. ^ Jackson, Kenneth T. (2000-12-29). The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives. Gale. ISBN 9780684806440.
  3. ^ "Hollywood Round-Up". The Franklin News-Herald. January 3, 1935. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  4. ^ "Ziegfeld's Youngest Actress to Appear in New Film". The Detroit Free Press. January 5, 1935. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  5. ^ Magill, Frank Northen (1987-10-15). Magill's Cinema Annual: 1987. Gale. ISBN 9780893564063.
  6. ^ Cameron, Kate (October 28, 1960). "J.D.s Terrify a Family in Key Witness". The New York Daily News. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  7. ^ Pace, Eric (July 15, 1996). "Classic Film Producer Pandro S. Berman Dies". The Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  8. ^ Neibaur, James L. (2014-04-04). The Elvis Movies. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781442230743.


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