Katherine McGrath was an American singer and stage and television actress, who appeared in several Broadway plays.
[4] McGrath performed at many of the great theaters in the United States: The Old Globe in San Diego, The Guthrie in Minneapolis, The Kennedy Center in Washington DC, The Mark Taper Forum and The Ahmanson Theater in Los Angeles, The Berkeley Repertory Theatre, The Hartford Stage Company, and as a member of The National Repertory Theatre, she performed at the historic re-opening of Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. She focused on work in regional theatres around the country instead of New York, telling The New York Times "It would be nice to work at home... but it seems to me that the classical plays I want to do are in the regional theaters - and you are offered the opportunity to do two or three plays at once, in repertory.
The work is soul food.”[14] McGrath appeared in A Man of No Importance at the Lincoln Center Theater from September 12 to December 29, 2002 in the dual role of Mrs. Grace and Kitty Farrelly.
[15] McGrath was cast as Miss Pross in the Broadway musical of A Tale of Two Cities, which opened for previews on August 19, 2008 at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre in New York.
[17][18][19][20] McGrath played Mrs. Paroo in The Music Man from Apr 27, 2000 - Dec 30, 2001[21] in which Variety called her "a wonderful actress often seen at San Diego’s Old Globe Theater.