Kathryn Givney

Givney was born Catharine Givney in Rhinelander, Wisconsin in 1896.^[2][3]

In 1928, Givney was a member of the S. E. Cochran Repertory Company.^[4] In 1930, she appeared in Stepping Sisters at the Hollywood Playhouse.^[5]

She appeared in the films Follow Thru, Isn't It Romantic?, My Friend Irma, Side Street, Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town, Operation Pacific, Valentino, A Place in the Sun, Lightning Strikes Twice, Double Crossbones, Little Egypt, Too Young to Kiss, The Kid from Left Field, Let's Do It Again, Three Coins in the Fountain, Daddy Long Legs, Count Three and Pray, Lady Godiva of Coventry, Guys and Dolls, Congo Crossing, The Wayward Bus, A Certain Smile, The Man in the Net, From the Terrace, That Touch of Mink, Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and Once You Kiss a Stranger.^[6]

On Broadway, Givney appeared in This, Too, Shall Pass (1946), Good Night, Ladies (1945), Wallflower (1944), Tomorrow the World (1943), The Flowers of Virtue (1942), Little Dark Horse (1941), The Happiest Days (1939), One Thing After Another (1937), Fulton of Oak Falls (1937), If This Be Treason (1935), Lost Horizons (1934), Absent Father (1932), Peter Flies High (1931), The Behavior of Mrs. Crane (1928), Nightstick (1927), We All Do (1927), and Ballyhoo (1927).^[7] On television, Givney appeared on Season 1 Episode 18 of Hazel "Hazel's Secret Wish" which aired February 1, 1962. She also appeared in three Perry Mason episodes 1957-1966 as Amelia Haskins, Matilda Bendon, and Wilma Gregson.