Kittens Reichert

Actress. She was a popular child star of silent films during the 1910s. She was also known for her wide eyes expression that some say were identical to actress Theda Bara's. Born Catherine Alma Reichert in Yonkers, New York, she started her acting career at the age of two when she was chosen to be a stand-in while watching a film being made. She was eventually signed to a contract with the Fox Studios Corporations in New York, and would also make films for the Famous Players Film Corporation, Ivan Film Productions, and Premo Film Corporation, among others. She made her actual film debut in "The Sign Of The Cross" (1914), but she will be best remembered for her role as 'Emily Stuart' in "Forbidden Fruit" (1915). During her career, she played juvenile characters beside such stars as Theda Bara, Pauline Frederick, William Farnum. Her other film credits include, "The Fairy And The Waif" (1915), "The Master Hand" (1915), "A Master's Confession" (1915), "The Song Of The Wage Slave" (1915), "The Greater Will" (1915), "A Soldier's Oath" (1915), "The Fool's Revenge" (1916), "The Immortal Flame" (1916), "Slander" (1916), "The Great Problem" (1916), "The Eternal Sappho" (1916), "Sins Of Men" (1916), "Her Husband's Wife" (1916), "Ambition" (1916), "Broken Fetters" (1916), "The Primitive Call" (1917), "The Scarlett Letter" (1917), "The Tiger Woman" (1917), "Her Secret" (1917), "Heart And Soul" (1917), "House Of Cards" (1917), "The Peddler" (1917), "Every Girl's Dream" (1917), "Les Misérables" (1917), "Unknown 274" (1917), and "The Girl And The Judge" (1918). Her last film role was 'Dorothy Stanton' in the historical drama, "The Spirit Of Lafayette" (1919). The film, which was directed by James Vincent and starred Earl Schenck and Marion Barney told the story of the famed French aristocrat and military leader Marquis de Lafayette. After the release of "The Spirit Of Lafayette" her association with the Fox Film Corporation and her promising film career abruptly ended when she was nine years old in part because her family did not want to move to California when the film industry did. She did however return to one more film role as 'Alice Bisbee' in the comedy film, "So's Your Old Man" opposite W.C. Fields when she was sixteen years old in 1926. After her retirement from films, she was a fashion model in New York City. After WWII, she married Richard Plummer Lundy, Sr and they moved to New Orleans, Louisiana and then later to Louisville, Kentucky. After his death, she continued to live in Kentucky with her two sons. She passed away in Louisville, Kentucky following an illness at the age of 79.