Portrait of Kathryn McGuire

Acting

Kathryn McGuire

Career

Active from 1921 to 1952, with a break from 1930 to 1951, busiest in 1926 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles
24
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score71/100
Highest rated
Poster for Sherlock Jr.
Sherlock Jr.
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kathryn McGuire Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.2, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    2.6, average 5.5
  • Social Commentary
    2.2, average 4.9
  • Melancholy
    2.6, average 4.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Early Cinema 4
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Underdog Story 3
  • Wholesome Entertainment 2
  • Physical Comedy 2
  • Simple Narrative 2
  • Classic Cinema 2
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Silent Era Romance 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

42
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1950s

3 titles ยท average score 60
The Thin Man
The Thin Man (1957)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show

Here We Go Again
Here We Go Again (1952)

as The Village Belle

Dragnet
Dragnet (1951)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show

1920s

38 titles ยท average score 71
The Big Diamond Robbery
The Big Diamond Robbery (1929)

as Ellen Brooks

The Long, Long Trail
The Long, Long Trail (1929)

as Ophelia

There It Is
There It Is (1928)
GoodWatch score 69

as The Nurse

Lilac Time
Lilac Time (1928)
GoodWatch score 57

as Lady Iris Rankin

Naughty Boy
Naughty Boy (1927)

as Mary Craig

Midnight Faces
Midnight Faces (1926)

as Mary Bronson

With Buffalo Bill on the U. P. Trail
With Buffalo Bill on the U. P. Trail (1926)

as Millie Connel

With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo
With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo (1926)

as Alice Blake

Movieland
Movieland (1926)

as Kathryn Mills

Sherlock Jr.
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
GoodWatch score 86

as The Girl

The Navigator
The Navigator (1924)
GoodWatch score 73

as Betsy O'Brien

The Shriek of Araby
The Shriek of Araby (1923)

as The Heroine

1910s

1 title
Up in Alf's Place
Up in Alf's Place (1919)

as Bathing Girl (uncredited)