Kathleen Hughes

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Elizabeth Margaret Rubin (von Gerkan)

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Birthplace: Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Henry Nicolai Reinhold von Gerkan and Kathleen Rénée von Gerkan
Widow of Stanley Rubin
Sister of Private

Occupation: Actress
Managed by: Erica Howton
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About Kathleen Hughes

Kathleen Hughes (born Elizabeth Margaret von Gerkan on November 14, 1928) is an American film, stage, and television actress.

Biography

American actress Kathleen Hughes was recruited right out of UCLA to be a contract actress at 20th Century-Fox. After several years of thankless bits, Kathleen signed at Universal, where she flourished in supporting parts as seductresses and mystery women. The actress was right in her element in The Glass Web (1953), in which she is murdered by jealous TV writer Edward G. Robinson, who then fashions a script based on the crime! Kathleen Hughes retired upon her marriage to producer Stanley Rubin, making a brief comeback in 1967's The President's Analyst.

Read more at https://www.allmovie.com/artist/kathleen-hughes-p33817#EQvCgJJl0dTQ...

Family

  • niece of the late playwright and screenwriter, Frederick Hugh Herbert
  • widow of producer and writer, Stanley Rubin
  • one daughter and three sons

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Kathleen Hughes's Timeline

1928
December 14, 1928
Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States