Katherine Locke (June 24, 1910 – September 12, 1995) was a Broadway actress in the late 1930s.
She was born in KalinkaviÃÂy (now Kalinkavichy, Belarus) and raised in the United States. Her father, Morris Locke ( Mendel Lakomowitz), was a Hebrew teacher and amateur writer. She was trained as a pianist but chose instead to become an actress.
Locke was a concert pianist at the beginning of her career.
After appearing in small roles, at one time as an off-stage barking dog, her career was established by appearing in the 1937 Broadway play Having Wonderful Time, co-starring with John Garfield. She appeared in films in the 1940s and 1950s as a supporting actress. She began her film work in the late 1930s in bit parts, but she is remembered today as a stage actress. In addition to appearing on a successful Broadway production of Hamlet playing Ophelia, her stage credits include starring with John Garfield in Having a Wonderful Time, Fifth Column with Lee J. Cobb, and Clash by Night with Tallulah Bankhead.
Locke married radio writer Norman Corwin in Maryland in March 1947. The couple had two children.