Biography
Kate Bruce (February 17, 1860 – April 2, 1946) was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 280 films between 1908 and 1931. She was born in Columbus, Indiana, and died in New York, New York. In 1885, Bruce left Boone, Iowa, in a wagon with a group of traveling actors at a time when stages were illuminated by oil lights. On Broadway, Bruce performed in The Starbucks (1903).
Filmography
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Movies 211
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A Proposition in Four Parts (1985)
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Make Mine Memories (1945)
Movie
Mrs. Riley - Pat's Mother
The Flying Fool (1929)
Movie
Ma Merton
The Secret Studio (1927)
Movie
Claude's Mother
His Darker Self (1924)
Movie
John's Aunt
The White Rose (1923)
Movie
Sister Geneviève (uncredited)
Orphans of the Storm (1921)
Movie
2.67
Mother
Experience (1921)
Movie
Old Lady
Flying Pat (1920)
Movie
Mrs. Bartlett
Way Down East (1920)
Movie
2.33
Mrs. Blythe
The Idol Dancer (1920)
Movie
Mary Ellen's mother
Mary Ellen Comes to Town (1920)
Movie
The Aunt
Scarlet Days (1919)
Movie
Bettina's Aunt
True Heart Susie (1919)
Movie
Mrs. Edward Grey
The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919)
Movie
Mrs. Logan
A Romance of Happy Valley (1919)
Movie
Jeannette's Aunt
The Greatest Thing in Life (1918)
Movie
Lillian's Mother
Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal (1918)
Movie
Beth's Mother
The Hun Within (1918)
Movie
The Mother of the Boy
Hearts of the World (1918)
Movie
Aunt Sophie
Madame Bo-Peep (1917)
Movie
Actress
Souls Triumphant (1917)
Movie
Mrs. Letchworth
A Woman's Awakening (1917)
Movie
Mrs. Randall
Betsy's Burglar (1917)
Movie
David's Housekeeper
The House Built Upon Sand (1916)
Movie
Mrs. Simpson
The Microscope Mystery (1916)
Movie
Old Babylonian Mother / The City Mother (uncredited)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
Movie
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Widow Garrity
Gretchen the Greenhorn (1916)
Movie
Mrs. Malarkey
The Marriage of Molly-O (1916)
Movie
A Mother
Civilization (1916)
Movie
Mrs. Hare
East Lynne (1915)
Movie
Grant's Mother
His Desperate Deed (1915)
Movie
Mrs. Allen - Bert's Mother
The Honor of the Law (1914)
Movie
Marah - Judith's Servant
Judith of Bethulia (1914)
Movie
Kate's Mother
A Nest Unfeathered (1914)
Movie
A Settler (uncredited)
The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (1913)
Movie
The Mother
The Stopped Clock (1913)
Movie
In Garment Factory
For the Son of the House (1913)
Movie
Bob & John's Mother
The Strong Man's Burden (1913)
Movie
The Street Sweeper's Wife
The Work Habit (1913)
Movie
The Maid
The Reformers (1913)
Movie
Young Wife's Mother
The Mothering Heart (1913)
Movie
The Nanny
Death's Marathon (1913)
Movie
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Sam Miller's Wife
The Enemy's Baby (1913)
Movie
The Mother
Just Gold (1913)
Movie
Olaf's Mother
Olaf—An Atom (1913)
Movie
Strongheart's Mother
The Yaqui Cur (1913)
Movie
The Poor Man's Wife
The Stolen Loaf (1913)
Movie
A Patient
The House of Darkness (1913)
Movie
The Old Woman
The Wanderer (1913)
Movie
The Mother
A Misunderstood Boy (1913)
Movie
The Young Woman's Mother
A Frightful Blunder (1913)
Movie
The Little Tease's Mother
The Little Tease (1913)
Movie
Mary's Mother
The Perfidy of Mary (1913)
Movie
A Settler
The Sheriff's Baby (1913)
Movie
The Old Wife
The Unwelcome Guest (1913)
Movie
The Tender-Hearted Boy's mother
The Tender Hearted Boy (1913)
Movie
The Lady's Friend
The Telephone Girl and the Lady (1913)
Movie
The Young Woman's Mother
My Hero (1912)
Movie
Mrs. Goodhue - Mollie's Mother
The New York Hat (1912)
Movie
The Mother
The Informer (1912)
Movie
Wedding Guest
My Baby (1912)
Movie
The Indian Woman
Heredity (1912)
Movie
The Attendant
The Painted Lady (1912)
Movie
The Neighbor's Wife
The One She Loved (1912)
Movie
The Mother
A Feud in the Kentucky Hills (1912)
Movie
Hank Hopkins' Wife
The Would-Be Shriner (1912)
Movie
The Widow
An Indian Summer (1912)
Movie
Old Mexican Woman
A Dash Through the Clouds (1912)
Movie
Gretchen
Lena and the Geese (1912)
Movie
The Young Woman's Mother
Home Folks (1912)
Movie
The Husband's Mother
The Furs (1912)
Movie
In Audience
When the Fire-Bells Rang (1912)
Movie
The Old Actor's Wife
The Old Actor (1912)
Movie
In Chase
The Fickle Spaniard (1912)
Movie
The Maid
Won by a Fish (1912)
Movie
In Lodge
The Brave Hunter (1912)
Movie
The Maid
Just Like a Woman (1912)
Movie
Hank's Sweetheart's Mother
Hot Stuff (1912)
Movie
An Indian
Iola's Promise (1912)
Movie
Alice's Mother
The Engagement Ring (1912)
Movie
Sunbeam's Mamma
The Sunbeam (1912)
Movie
The Neighbor
The Transformation of Mike (1912)
Movie
Mrs. Hobbs
With a Kodak (1912)
Movie
The Old Woman
The Eternal Mother (1912)
Movie
The Nurse
The Baby and the Stork (1912)
Movie
The Housekeeper
A Terrible Discovery (1911)
Movie
In the Town
The Battle (1911)
Movie
Mother Superior
The Long Road (1911)
Movie
In First Audience
The Making of a Man (1911)
Movie
The Crippled Mother
Her Awakening (1911)
Movie
Miss Page's Mother
The Villain Foiled (1911)
Movie
Woman at License Bureau
The Baron (1911)
Movie
At Lambert House
Swords and Hearts (1911)
Movie
The Housekeeper
The Rose of Kentucky (1911)
Movie
In Wagon Train
The Last Drop of Water (1911)
Movie
Edith's Mother
A Country Cupid (1911)
Movie
The Old Soldier's Wife
Fighting Blood (1911)
Movie
First Customer's Wife
The Manicure Lady (1911)
Movie
Outside Theatre
Teaching Dad to Like Her (1911)
Movie
The Neighbor
His Daughter (1911)
Movie
At the Ball
Heart Beats of Long Ago (1911)
Movie
The Mother
Three Sisters (1911)
Movie
The Wife's Mother
A Wreath of Orange Blossoms (1911)
Movie
Actress
His Trust (1911)
Movie
The Mother
The Italian Barber (1911)
Movie
Old Maid
White Roses (1910)
Movie
Edith's Mother
A Plain Song (1910)
Movie
The Poor Wife
Simple Charity (1910)
Movie
The Confederate Mother
The Fugitive (1910)
Movie
One of the Wife's Friends
Waiter No. 5 (1910)
Movie
Mother Ignatius
Two Little Waifs (1910)
Movie
An Old Maid
The Masher (1910)
Movie
Bessie's Mother
A Lucky Toothache (1910)
Movie
The Governess
A Gold Necklace (1910)
Movie
The Maid
The Iconoclast (1910)
Movie
The Old Teacher's Wife
Examination Day at School (1910)
Movie
One of the Sisters Frost
Muggsy Becomes a Hero (1910)
Movie
The Sheriff's Wife
The Modern Prodigal (1910)
Movie
Woman at the Inn
Wilful Peggy (1910)
Movie
One of the First Debtors
The Usurer (1910)
Movie
Ann's Mother
Her Father's Pride (1910)
Movie
The Lady of the House
An Arcadian Maid (1910)
Movie
The Spinster
What the Daisy Said (1910)
Movie
October
May and December (1910)
Movie
Ruth's Mother
A Child of the Ghetto (1910)
Movie
The Mother
Ramona (1910)
Movie
The Mother
The Two Brothers (1910)
Movie
The Lacemaker's Mother
Love Among the Roses (1910)
Movie
Villager
The Unchanging Sea (1910)
Movie
The Maid
The Impalement (1910)
Movie
The Maid
As It Is in Life (1910)
Movie
Mrs. Hendricks
The Twisted Trail (1910)
Movie
John's Sweetheart's Mother
Faithful (1910)
Movie
Old Woman
The Gold Seekers (1910)
Movie
The Maid
The Newlyweds (1910)
Movie
Ruth's Mother
Gold Is Not All (1910)
Movie
Mrs. Thayer
The Englishman and the Girl (1910)
Movie
One of Fiametta's Attendants
The Duke’s Plan (1910)
Movie
In Doorway
The Converts (1910)
Movie
The Old Woman
The Cloister’s Touch (1910)
Movie
Woman at Farewell
The Honor of His Family (1910)
Movie
At Show
The Call (1910)
Movie
The Young Woman's Mother
All on Account of the Milk (1910)
Movie
The Burglar's Wife
His Last Burglary (1910)
Movie
The Maid
The Rocky Road (1910)
Movie
The Housekeeper
To Save Her Soul (1909)
Movie
At the Ball
In Little Italy (1909)
Movie
Woman in Store
A Corner in Wheat (1909)
Movie
The Nurse
Through the Breakers (1909)
Movie
The Mountain Girl's Mother
The Mountaineer's Honor (1909)
Movie
Eleanor's Mother
A Midnight Adventure (1909)
Movie
The Girls' Mother
The Light That Came (1909)
Movie
Servant
The Restoration (1909)
Movie
Woman on Sidewalk
The Gibson Goddess (1909)
Movie
Mary's Mother
What's Your Hurry? (1909)
Movie
The Mother
The Little Teacher (1909)
Movie
The Mother
Wanted, a Child (1909)
Movie
The Nun
The Awakening (1909)
Movie
Mrs. Wilkinson
In Old Kentucky (1909)
Movie
Ruth's Mother
The Broken Locket (1909)
Movie
Party Guest
Getting Even (1909)
Movie
Soldier's Family
1776, or The Hessian Renegades (1909)
Movie
The Mother
They Would Elope (1909)
Movie
The Concerned Mother
A Strange Meeting (1909)
Movie
Mourning Woman
The Slave (1909)
Movie
The Poor Mother
The Country Doctor (1909)
Movie
Actress
The Way of Man (1909)
Movie
Mrs. Allen
His Duty (1909)
Movie
Actress
A Baby's Shoe (1909)
Movie
Actress
Confidence (1909)
Movie
Actress
At the Altar (1909)
Movie
Actress
The Golden Louis (1909)
Movie
Actress
An Awful Moment (1908)
Movie
Mrs. Wharton (unconfirmed)
Betrayed by a Handprint (1908)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1860-02-16
Deathday1946-04-02 (86 years old)
Birth PlaceColumbus, Indiana, USA
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsPhyllis Forde
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