Katherine Grant

Katherine Grant (May 1, 1904 – April 2, 1937) was an American actress. Early life and career Born in Los Angeles, California on May 1, 1904, Grant was the second child of John Edward Grant and Anita May Whiteman. Her father was born in Hulme, Lancashire, England, in 1877, and his family emigrated to the U.S. in the early 1880s. He met Pennsylvania-born Anita Whiteman, born in 1878, in Los Angeles, and they married on April 20, 1900. They had their first child, a son named Chester Lonzelle Grant on August 23, 1901. John Grant was a carpenter, and tried his hand at some other trades. His ever-changing employment caused instability in his family's life. He and Anita divorced in 1919, and he moved to San Francisco with 18-year-old son Chester. Grant continued living in Los Angeles with her mother (who remarried in 1920 to Frederick W. Kerr, a construction worker). John died September 14, 1921, age 43. His occupation at the time of his death was automobile salesman. Soon after turning 18 in 1922, encouraged by her mother, Grant entered and won the "Miss Los Angeles Beauty Contest". She was offered a contract by Hal Roach, and began her movie career, appearing in small roles in several Our Gang comedies.