Kathryn Osterman

Kathryn Osterman (May 5, 1883 – August 29, 1956) was an American comic vaudeville actress on stage and in silent films.

[1] In a 1915 article for Green Book magazine, Osterman wrote, "I have been on the stage for years and years — so long I won't tell about it — and every succeeding season has opened up new and wonderful realms of knowledge to me, and has taught me how little I knew before.

"[2] Her stage appearances, mostly in touring companies, included roles in The Girl in the Taxi, What Happened to Jones (1897),[3] Miss Petticoats (1903),[4] Piff, Paff, Pouf (1905),[5] The Girl Who Looks Like Me (1907),[6] The Night of the Play (1908-1909),[7] and Modest Suzanne (1912).

[8] She appeared in short silent films, including at least fourteen for the American Mutoscope and Biograph Co.: The Art of Making Up (1900), Strictly Fresh Eggs (1901), The Unfaithful Wife (1903)[9] Making a Welsh Rabbit (1903), A Search for Evidence (1903), The Widow (1903), The Rose (1903), The Girl at the Window (1903), Lucky Kitten (1903), Chicks to Order (1903), In My Lady's Boudoir (1903), He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (1903), Sweets for the Sweet (1903), and The Lost Child (1904).

[17] She was widowed in 1923, and lost her only son to pneumonia in 1939; she died in 1956, in New York City, aged 73 years.