Kathryn Elizabeth Doty (née Hohn; July , â€" October , ), also known
by her stage name Kathryn Adams or as Kathryn Adams Doty, was an
American actress.The daughter of a Methodist minister, Dr. Chris G.
Hohn, Doty was born in New Ulm, Minnesota. When she was six, the
family moved to Warrenton, Missouri, where her father was chaplain and
executive secretary at an orphans' home. After she developed lung
problems, she spent two years at a camp in Minnesota. As early as age
, she took her father's place in the pulpit when he was sick. In a
newspaper article, she recalled: "It was quite a radical thing, in
that small town, for a little girl to conduct the church services and
preach the sermon, but the congregation understood and were very kind
to me."Doty was a student at Hamline University in Saint Paul,
Minnesota, (where she sang in the a cappella choir) and worked as a
catalog clerk at the headquarters of Montgomery Ward when an
opportunity for an acting career arose. She competed in in the
national finals of the Jesse L. Lasky radio contest Gateway to
Hollywood, received a contract, and remained in California to begin a
film career under the name of Kathryn Adams.
by her stage name Kathryn Adams or as Kathryn Adams Doty, was an
American actress.The daughter of a Methodist minister, Dr. Chris G.
Hohn, Doty was born in New Ulm, Minnesota. When she was six, the
family moved to Warrenton, Missouri, where her father was chaplain and
executive secretary at an orphans' home. After she developed lung
problems, she spent two years at a camp in Minnesota. As early as age
, she took her father's place in the pulpit when he was sick. In a
newspaper article, she recalled: "It was quite a radical thing, in
that small town, for a little girl to conduct the church services and
preach the sermon, but the congregation understood and were very kind
to me."Doty was a student at Hamline University in Saint Paul,
Minnesota, (where she sang in the a cappella choir) and worked as a
catalog clerk at the headquarters of Montgomery Ward when an
opportunity for an acting career arose. She competed in in the
national finals of the Jesse L. Lasky radio contest Gateway to
Hollywood, received a contract, and remained in California to begin a
film career under the name of Kathryn Adams.
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