Kate Bruce

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Kate Bruce Bryant^[1][2] (February 17, 1860 – April 2, 1946) was an American actress of the silent era,^[3] famed for her screen portrayals of mothers.^[4] She appeared in more than 280 films between 1908 and 1931.

Kate Bruce
Bruce in 1921 Photoplay
Born	Kate Bruce Bryant (1860-02-17)February 17, 1860 Columbus, Indiana, U.S.
Died	April 2, 1946(1946-04-02) (aged 86) Bronx, New York City, U.S.
Resting place	Gate of Heaven Cemetery
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1903–1931

Early life and career

Born and raised in Columbus, Indiana,^[5][2] Bruce was the youngest of three children of Newton and Matilda Bryant.^[5][6] In 1885, she left Boone, Iowa, in a wagon with a group of traveling actors at a time when stages were illuminated by oil lights.^[7] On Broadway, Bruce performed in The Starbucks (1903).^[8] The following year she toured in Our New Man with Harry Beresford.^[9][2]

Death

Bruce died at the age of 86 in the Bronx, New York on April 2, 1946.^[6] She was buried at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York.^[1] Later that month, Hedda Hopper reported that Bruce's entire estate had been left to her longtime friends and sometime co-stars Lillian and Dorothy Gish.^[10][11]

Partial filmography

Bruce (left) with Ynez Seabury in The Sunbeam (1912)

• The Greaser's Gauntlet (1908)
• Betrayed by a Handprint (1908)
• Behind the Scenes (1908)
• An Awful Moment (1908)
• One Touch of Nature (1909)
• The Golden Louis (1909)
• At the Altar (1909)
• The Girls and Daddy (1909)
• The Country Doctor (1909)
• The Hessian Renegades (1909)
• The Red Man's View (1909)
• A Trap for Santa (1909)
• In Little Italy (1909)
• To Save Her Soul (1909)
• Choosing a Husband (1909)
• The Rocky Road (1910)
• All on Account of the Milk (1910)
• The Woman from Mellon's (1910)
• The Two Brothers (1910)
• A Romance of the Western Hills (1910)
• The Unchanging Sea (1910)
• Ramona (1910)
• May and December (1910)
• What the Daisy Said (1910)
• The Lucky Toothache (1910)
• The Fugitive (1910)
• The Modern Prodigal (1910)
• His Trust (1911)
• His Trust Fulfilled (1911)
• The Spanish Gypsy (1911)
• How She Triumphed (1911)
• Fighting Blood (1911)
• A Country Cupid (1911)
• The Long Road (1911)
• Swords and Hearts (1911)
• Her Awakening (1911)
• The Battle (1911)
• The Voice of the Child (1911)
• The Eternal Mother (1912)
• The Transformation of Mike (1912)
• A String of Pearls (1912)
• The Punishment (1912)
• Won by a Fish (1912)
• One Is Business, the Other Crime (1912)
• The Spirit Awakened (1912)
• A Feud in the Kentucky Hills (1912)
• The One She Loved (1912)
• The Painted Lady (1912)
• Heredity (1912)
• The Informer (1912)
• Just Like a Woman (1912)
• The New York Hat (1912)
• My Hero (1912)
• A Cry for Help (1912)
• The Telephone Girl and the Lady (1913)
• A Girl's Stratagem (1913)
• The Unwelcome Guest (1913)
• The Sheriff's Baby (1913)
• A Frightful Blunder (1913)
• A Misunderstood Boy (1913)
• The Wanderer (1913)
• The Stolen Loaf (1913)
• The House of Darkness (1913)
• Olaf—An Atom (1913)
• Just Gold (1913)
• The Mothering Heart (1913)
• The Enemy's Baby (1913)
• The Perfidy of Mary (1913)
• The Strong Man's Burden (1913)
• The Stopped Clock (1913)
• The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (1913)
• The Tender Hearted Boy (1913)
• The Little Tease (1913)
• The Yaqui Cur (1913)
• A Nest Unfeathered (1914)
• Judith of Bethulia (1914)
• The Rebellion of Kitty Belle (1914)
• His Desperate Deed (1915)
• Intolerance (1916)
• Gretchen the Greenhorn (1916)
• The House Built Upon Sand (1916)
• Souls Triumphant (1917)
• Madame Bo-Peep (1917)
• Betsy's Burglar (1917)
• A Woman's Awakening (1917)
• Time Locks and Diamonds (1917)
• The Stainless Barrier (1917)
• Hearts of the World (1918)
• Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal (1918)
• The Greatest Thing in Life (1918)
• A Romance of Happy Valley (1919)
• Scarlet Days (1919)
• True Heart Susie (1919)
• Way Down East (1920)
• Flying Pat (1920)
• The City of Silent Men (1921)
• His Darker Self (1924)
• A Bowery Cinderella (1927)
• Ragtime (1927)
• The Struggle (1931)