Kay Aldridge
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 9, 1917, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
- Died
- January 12, 1995
- Movies
- 23
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Katharine Gratten Aldridge (July 9, 1917 – January 12, 1995) was an American actress and model, best known for playing feisty and imperiled heroines in black-and-white serials during the 1940s. A notable role was as Nyoka Gordon in Perils of Nyoka.
Aldridge was born on July 9, 1917 in Tallahassee, Florida. Her father was a surveyor and her mother was an artist and writer. After attending her first year of high school in Westminster, Maryland, she enrolled in St. Mary's Female Seminary (now St. Mary's College of Maryland) in St. Mary's City, Maryland. While at St. Mary's, she acted in plays, played basketball, and was a member of the Delta Phi Epsilon sorority.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1945 | The Phantom of 42nd Street | Claudia Moore |
| 1945 | The Man Who Walked Alone | Wilhelmina Hammond |
| 1944 | Haunted Harbor | Patricia Harding |
| 1943 | Du Barry Was a Lady | Mrs. McGowan (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Daredevils of the West | June Foster |
| 1943 | Something to Shout About | Show Girl |
| 1942 | Perils of Nyoka | Nyoka Gordon |
| 1941 | Louisiana Purchase | Louisiana Belle |
| 1941 | You're in the Army Now | Navy Blues Sextette Member |
| 1941 | Navy Blues | Navy Blues Sextet Member (as Katharine Aldridge) |
| 1941 | Dead Men Tell | Laura Parks aka Laura Thursday |
| 1941 | Golden Hoofs | Cornelia Hunt |
| 1940 | Down Argentine Way | Helen Carson |
| 1940 | Yesterday's Heroes | Janice Mason |
| 1940 | The Girl from Avenue A | Lucy |
| 1940 | Sailor's Lady | Georgine (as Katharine Aldridge) |
| 1940 | Girl in 313 | Sarah Sorrell (as Katherine Aldridge) |
| 1940 | Shooting High | Evelyn Trent |
| 1940 | Free, Blonde and 21 | Adelaide Sinclair (as Katherine Aldridge) |
| 1939 | Here I Am a Stranger | Lillian Bennett |
| 1939 | Hotel for Women | Melinda Craig |
| 1937 | Rosalie | Lady in Waiting (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 | Katherine - a Model |
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