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- Birth nameKatherine Agnew MacDonald
- Nicknames
- The American Beauty
- The President's Favorite
- Katherine MacDonald was born on December 14, 1891 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for The Beauty Market (1919), Chastity (1923) and Refuge (1923). She was married to Christian Roy Holmes, Charles Schoen Johnson and Malcolm Atherton Strauss. She died on June 4, 1956 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.
- SpousesChristian Roy Holmes(April 25, 1928 - July 25, 1931) (divorced, 1 child)Charles Schoen Johnson(May 22, 1923 - September 1927) (divorced, 1 child)Malcolm Atherton Strauss(June 13, 1911 - September 27, 1919) (divorced)
- RelativesMary MacLaren(Sibling)
- Her second marriage, to Christian Holmes, heir to the Fleischmann Yeast fortune, ended in sensational headlines in 1931, when she claimed he kept her locked in a cage, and he charged her with marital infidelity.
- Suffered from diabetes in her later years, which resulted in having a leg amputated in 1954.
- Sister of actress Mary MacLaren.
- Great favourite of President Woodrow Wilson.
- Conducted a public feud with her actress-sister Mary MacLaren.
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