HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATHARINE CORNELL

Born on Feb. 16, 1893, Katharine Cornell was one of the greatest STARS of the American stage in the first half of the 20th century.  She, like Helen Hayes, was also considered the first lady of the American Theatre. Two of her greatest performances were as Shaw's Candida and she was triumphant as Elizabeth Barrett Browning in Rudolph Besier's The Barretts of Wimpole Street.  She channeled Mrs. Patrick Campbell in Dear Liar, Jerome Kilty's play about the correspondence between Mrs. Pat and George Bernard Shaw. She was married to producer and director Guthrie McClintic. As a team they were responsible for casting some of the talented actors who would later become film stars including Tyrone Power, Brian Aherne and Marlon Brando.