Actress. She was a beautiful blonde actress who appeared in "vampish" film roles during the vamp craze of the silent film era mainly for film studios including Metro, Pathe, and Thanhouser. She was best known for playing the character roles of single women, nurses, wives, sweethearts, girls, party guests, and people of distinction with titles such as mademoiselle, madam, and lady, usually in drama films. She will be best remembered for playing the role of 'Olivia Primrose' in the romance film drama, "The Vicar Of Wakefield" (1917). The film which was directed by Ernest C. Warde, which was written for the screen by Emmett Mixx, and which also starred Frederick Warde, Boyd Marshall, Gladys Leslie, Robert Vaughn, Carey L. Hastings, and Nellie Parker Spaulding, tells the story of Dr. Primrose, the Vicar of Wakefield, who enjoys life with his wife and five children. His two daughters, Olivia and Sophia, are courted by two apparent gentlemen, Mr. Burchell and Squire Thornhill, who is Dr. Primrose's landlord. But when Mr. Burchell is supposed to have seduced and abandoned Olivia, the Primrose family finds its fortunes dwindling in every sense. It is learned that Burchell is innocent of the seduction, and the real villain is unmasked, but not before Primrose and his family come very near disaster. She was born one of two children as Kathryn Ethalinda Colson to William A. Colson and his wife actress Catharine E. "Kate" Adams Colson (1864-1944), in St. Louis, Missouri, on May 25, 1893. She was educated locally in her native St. Louis, Missouri, and then moved to New York City, New York, where she received vocal training. She then appeared as a dancer on the musical stage in vaudeville comedy briefly before pursuing a film career. She made her actual film debut playing the role of 'Lois Maxwell' in the film drama, "The Shooting Of Dan McGrew (1915). The film which was directed by Herbert Blaché, which was written for the screen by Marvin Dana, Aaron Hoffman, and Robert W. Service, and which also starred Edmund Breese, William A. Morse, Jack Murray, Evelyn Brent, Bill Cooper, Austin C. Kyle, Wallace Stopp, and Ordean Stark, tells the story of the opening scene is of the interior of the Malamute saloon. Dangerous Dan McGrew and the lady known as Lou are seen seated at a table in one corner. A dog-sleigh stops outside, and its owner, a tired-looking, bedraggled miner, stumbles through the door. After treating the house, he sits down at the piano and begins to play. Into the soulful, stirring music he pours his pent-up feelings of hatred, sorrow, love, and regret. Years before, Jim Maxwell's best friend Dan McGrew had deceived his wife into believing him unfaithful. Their elopement completely unnerved him for a time. But finally, he resolved to forget about it, until he next met Dan McGrew. Years afterward, while prospecting, he met his daughter, now grown to womanhood and married. Her husband had been arrested for a murder committed by Dangerous Dan McGrew, and Jim Maxwell assisted in effecting his escape. Just previous to the miner's entrance, Nell's husband had been captured in the saloon by the sheriff. As Maxwell finishes playing, he turns about, faces Dangerous Dan McGrew, and tells him, in uncomplimentary language, what he thinks of a man of his type. The lights go out, two guns blaze in the dark, and both men fall. Maxwell recovers and is reunited with his wife Lou. Dangerous Dan McGrew dies.--May 22, 1915. Besides, playing the role of 'Lois Maxwell' in the film drama, "The Shooting Of Dan McGrew (1915), and playing the role of 'Olivia Primrose' in the romance film drama, "The Vicar Of Wakefield" (1917), her many other film credits include, "After Dark" (1915), "The Pursuing Shadow" (1915), "Helene Of The North" (1915), "The Long Arm Of The Secret Service" (1915), "In Baby's Garden" (1915), "Her Confession" (1915), "An Innocent Traitor" (1915), "Bubbles In The Glass" (1916), "The Phantom Witness" (1916), "The Spirit Of The Game" (1916), "A Bird Of Prey" (1916), "The Romance Of The Hollow Tree" (1916), "For Uncle Sam's Navy" (1916), "Other People's Money" (1916), "The Shine Girl" (1916), "Divorce And The Daughter" (1916), "Pots-And-Pans Peggy" (1917), "The Woman And The Beast" (1917), "The Valentine Girl" (1917), "Hinton's Double" (1917), "The Streets Of Illusion" (1917), "The Customary Two Weeks" (1917), "Baby Mine" (1917), "Raffles, The Amateur Cracksman" (1917, She played the role of 'Gwendolyn, the Amateur Cracksman' opposite the legendary actor John Barrymore in the film), "True Blue" (1918), "Riders Of The Purple Sage" (1918), "Restless Souls" (1919), "A Gentleman Of Quality" (1919), "The Silver Girl" (1919), "Whom The Gods Would Destroy" (1919), "A Rogue's Romance" (1919), "Cowardice Court" (1919), "A Little Brother Of The Rich" (1919), "The Brute Breaker" (1919), "The Forbidden Woman" (1920), "Unchartered Channels" (1920), "The Best Of Luck" (1920), "Big Happiness" (1920), "813" (1920), "The Silver Car" (1921), "The Man From Downing Street" (1922), "Borrowed Husbands" (1924), and "Pampered Youth" (1925). She retired from acting shortly thereafter and worked as an assembler at the Lockheed Corporation making aircraft. She then came out of retirement for one final role. Her last film role was playing an uncredited role in the classic western film, "The Squaw Man" (1931). The film which was directed by Cecil B. DeMille, which was written for the screen by Edwin Milton Royle, Lucien Hubbard, Lenore J. Coffee, and which also starred Warner Baxter, Lupe Velez, Eleanor Boardman, J. Farrell MacDonald, Harry Northrup, Lilian Bond, Frank Rice, Chris-Pin Martin, and Luke Cosgrave, tells the story of Jim Wyngate, an English aristocrat, who comes to the American West under a cloud of suspicion for embezzlement actually committed by his cousin Lord Henry. In Wyoming, Jim Wyngate runs afoul of cattle rustler Cash Hawkins by rescuing the Indian girl Naturich from Cash Hawkins. Jim Wyngate marries Naturich but then learns that his cousin Lord Henry has been killed and has cleared his name before dying. As Jim Wyngate has long loved Lady Diana, Lord Henry's wife, he is perplexed at his situation. But fate takes a hand and resolves matters as Jim Wyngate could not have predicted. She retired once again for good following her appearance in the classic western film, "The Squaw Man" (1931). During her acting career, she also used the names Catherine Adams and Katherine Adams. She passed away from an intestinal hemorrhage at the Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital in Hollywood, California, on February 17, 1959, at the age of 65. Following her death, her funeral service was held at Cunningham & O'Connor Mortuary in Los Angeles, California, and she was buried in Calvary Cemetery in East Los Angeles, California. She was married to Arthur William Witter in November 1920, but the two divorced due to his drinking in 1928, and to businessman Jacques Magnin from March 18, 1931, until his death. She should not be confused with the actress Kathryn Adams (1920-2016), who appeared in such films as, "Fifth Avenue Girl" (1939), "Saboteur" (1942), and "Blonde For A Day (1946), and who was married to actor Hugh Beaumont (1909-1982), who is best remembered for playing the role of 'Ward Cleaver' on the classic television series, "Leave It To Beaver" from 1957 to 1963.