Kittens Reichert

Kittens Reichert (March 3, 1910 – January 11, 1990) was an American child actress in silent films.

Kittens Reichert
In 1916, age 6.
Born	Catherine Alma Reichert (1910-03-03)March 3, 1910 Yonkers, New York
Died	January 11, 1990(1990-01-11) (aged 79) Louisville, Kentucky
Other names	Kittens
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1914 - 1926

Biography

The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George C. Reichert,^[1] she was born Catherine Alma Reichert in Yonkers, New York, but was nicknamed "Kittens", which she adopted as her stage name.

When she was 2 years old, Reichert was a stand-in for a film that was being made in Yonkers.^[2] Beginning in 1914, she played supporting juvenile roles to many of filmdom's biggest stars, including Theda Bara, Pauline Frederick and William Farnum. Her career effectively ended when she was 9 in 1919 because her family did not want to move out to California, where the film industry had shifted, though she did make a further appearance in So's Your Old Man (1926), starring W. C. Fields.

In 1927, Reichert portrayed Hope Toombs in a Fiske O'Hara Players production of The Circus Girl at the New Warburton Theatre in Yonkers.^[1]

Reichert died in Louisville, Kentucky on January 11, 1990, at the age of 79.^[2]

Selected filmography

• The Eternal City (1915)
• A Soldier's Oath (1915)
• The Eternal Sapho (1916)
• The Great Problem (1916)
• The Fool's Revenge (1916)
• Ambition (1916)
• The Primitive Call (1917)
• Every Girl's Dream (1917)
• So's Your Old Man (1926)