Katherine Locke

She was born in Kalinkavičy (now Kalinkavichy, Belarus) and raised in the United States. Her father, Morris Locke (né Mendel Lakomowitz^[1]), was a Hebrew teacher and amateur writer.^[2] She was trained as a pianist but chose instead to become an actress.^[3]

Locke was a concert pianist at the beginning of her career.^[4]

After appearing in small roles, at one time as an off-stage barking dog, her career was established by appearing in the 1937 Broadway play Having Wonderful Time, co-starring with John Garfield.^[3][5] She appeared in films in the 1940s and 1950s as a supporting actress. She began her film work in the late 1930s in bit parts, but she is remembered today as a stage actress. In addition to appearing on a successful Broadway production of Hamlet playing Ophelia, her stage credits include starring with John Garfield in Having a Wonderful Time, Fifth Column with Lee J. Cobb, and Clash by Night with Tallulah Bankhead.^[6]

Locke married radio writer Norman Corwin in Maryland in March 1947.^[4] The couple had two children.^[6]