Popular American stage actress from the late 1880s through the first quarter of the 1900s. Her stage name was Katherine Florence and she was the one of four daughters of stage actress Katherine Rogers who was a famous actress in her time. Of Florence's sisters one died young, and the other two became successful stage actresses in their own right, performing under the stage names of Eleanor Moretti and Violet Rand. Florence's married name was Katherine Williams, wife of stage actor Fritz Williams; they married June 24, 1892, and remained married until his death in 1930. She was born in England and was educated at the Convent of St. Gabriel, Peekskill, New York. She studied further in Paris and completed her education at Villa Maria, Montreal, Canada. She gained experience as a child actress in her mother's theatrical company. She coaxed he mother to to allow her to leave school for a few months and play the child's part of Jane in "Miss Mutton." She made her real debut September, 1887, with Mrs. Langtry in the drama "As in a Looking Glass" at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City. Afterwards, she played at least one role on a New York theater every year of her career but one. After her debut, she performed in the Fifth Avenue Theater in "Philip Herne" with Mrs. Langtry once again. In 1889-90 she performed in "The Henrietta" with Stuart Robson at Proctor's Twenty-Third Street Theatre. The next two seasons she appeared on stage with William H. Crane at the old Star Theatre, then in 1892-93 she performed in "The Lost Paradise" and then in "The Girl I Left Behind Me" at the Empire Theatre. Beginning in 1893, she acted for five consecutive successful seasons with the Lyceum Theatre Company, replacing actress Effie Shannon. She following this with appearances in a company organized by Charles Prohman to play French farces--in which she appeared with Fritz Williams, whom she married in 1896. In 1898-99 she acted in "On and Off" at the Madison Square Theatre, and with E.H. Sothern in "The King's Musketeers" at the Knickerbocker Theatre. The next year she performed at the Garrick Theatre with William Gillette in the play "Sherlock Holmes," with Gillette in the title role--he was the lead in a 1916 film production based on the play. The nect Season Florence acted in "David Harum" with William H. Crane, and later that season, she appeared at the Lyceum Theatre in "The Lash of a Whip." She began the 1901-2 season with "Sky Farm" but left the cast before the New York engagement. he then took a year off from the stage, In 1903-4 she appeared at the Belasco Theatre with Henrietta Crosman in "Sweet Kitty Bellairs. In 1904-5 she was at the Hudson Theatre with William Faversham in "Letty" I 1905-6 Florence appeared with Nat Goodwin in "The Beauty and the Barge" at the Lyceum; at the Manhattan Theatre in "Before and After." In the 1906-7 season she again sought the seclusion of private life. Her theatrical career lasted over twenty years. She is in "The Backsliders" at the Lyceum in 19ll with Annie Russell. She began residence at River Crest Sanitarium in Astoria, New York, in 1938 and died there age 78 in 1952.