Actress. She is best remembered for her portrayal of the staunch Lady Matheson in "Separate Tables" (1956). Born Kathleen Mary Nesbitt, she was raised within a family of wealth and position. Following her formal education at a private girls school in Paris, France, she attained her degree in theatrical arts from the Queen's University of Belfast and made her professional debut as a leading lady in the original West End production of "The Cabinet Minister" (1910). After a decade of stage work, she was introduced to director Fred Paul during a dinner party at the home of playwright Arthur Wing Pinero. Impressed by her dark good looks, articulate voice, and graceful charm, he arranged for her to begin a career in the film industry beginning with her appearing under his supervision per a supporting role in "The Faithful Heart" (1922). From there, she would go on to enjoy a fruitful career as a notable character actress between two continents appearing in over 90 features; often typecast as wives, mothers, old maids, white-collared workers, eccentrics, historical figures, curmudgeons, authority figures, nobility, clergywomen, educators, socialites, and matriarchs. She appeared in such feature films as "Canaries Sometimes Sing" (1930), "The Frightened Lady" (1932), "Falling in Love" (1934), "The Passing of the Third Floor Back" (1935), "Well Done, Henry" (1936), "Against the Tide" (1937), "Pygmalion" (1938), "Law and Disorder" (1940), "The Door With Seven Locks" (1940), "The Lamp Still Burns" (1943), "Fanny by Gaslight" (1944), "The Agitator" (1945), "Men of Two Worlds" (1946), "Jassy" (1947), "Madness of the Heart" (1949), "So Long at the Fair" (1950), "Three Coins in the Fountain" (1954), "Black Widow" (1954), "Desiree" (1954), "An Affair to Remember" (1957), "Trooper Hook" (1957), "The Parent Trap" (1961), "Promise Her Anything" (1966), "Staircase" (1969), "Villain" (1971), "French Connection II" (1975), "Family Plot" (1976), "Full Circle" (1977), and "Never Never Land" (1980). During the advent of television, she became an even more familiar face appearing in "Robert Montgomery Presents," "CBS Television Workshop," "The Alcoa Hour," "Goodyear Playhouse," "Suspicion," "Matinee Theatre," "Studio One," "Wagon Train," "Playhouse 90," "Vanity Fair," "Shirley Temple's Storybook," "Festival," "Naked City," "Play of the Week," "The New Breed," "Dr. Kildare," "Playdate," "Empire," "The Doctors and the Nurses," "Kraft Mystery Theatre," "The United States Steel Hour," "The Farmer's Daughter," "Notorious Woman," "Ten from the Twenties," "Supernatural," "Great Performances," and "ITV Playhouse". During her career, she held dual citizenship between the United States and England, had been an honorary member of Actors Equity, was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, had been a regular parishioner of the Catholic church, was a member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee, had been a theatrical instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse, presided as a chairwoman for the Red Cross and St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, was one of the founding members of the Canyon Theatre Guild, and she was married to actor Cecil Ramage from 1921 until her death (their union produced two children). Following her 1981 retirement, she spent the final years of her life dividing time between her homes in England and California, along with being a generous benefactor for several libraries and public schools, until her death from the complications of natural causes.