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{{Short description|American actress (1915–2004)}}
{{For|those of a similar name|Katherine Craig (disambiguation)}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2020}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2014}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Catherine Craig
| image = Catherine Craig in Seven Were Saved (1947).jpg
| caption = Craig in ''[[Seven Were Saved]]'' (1947)
| birth_name = Catherine Jewel Feltus
| birth_date = {{birth date|1915|1|18}}
| birth_place = [[Bloomington, Indiana]], U.S.
| death_date = {{dda|2004|1|14|1915|1|18}}
| death_place = [[Santa Barbara, California]], U.S.
| alma_mater = [[Indiana University]]
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1940-1950
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Robert Preston (actor)|Robert Preston]]|1940|1987|end=his death}}
| other_names = Kay Craig
}}
'''Catherine Craig''' (born '''Catherine Jewel Feltus'''; January 18, 1915 – January 14, 2004), sometimes credited as '''Kay Craig''',<ref>{{cite news |title=Kay Craig Will Star in Production at I.U. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/20895915/the_indianapolis_news/ |work=The Indianapolis News |date=January 8, 1943 |location=Indiana, Indianapolis |page=18|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = September 16, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Jordan River Revue Song Is Tune For 5 Former I.U. Students in Films |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23798823/the_indianapolis_star/ |work=The Indianapolis Star |date=December 16, 1940 |location=Indiana, Indianapolis |page=14|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = September 16, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref> was an American actress.

==Early years==
Catherine Jewel Feltus was born in [[Bloomington, Indiana]], where she was a member of [[Phi Beta Kappa Society]] at [[Indiana University]]. She was recognized as the outstanding senior girl. She later moved to [[Los Angeles]] and become an actress under the stage name of Catherine Craig.<ref>{{cite news|title=Scholar|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7479981/the_havre_daily_news/|work=The Havre Daily News|date=August 4, 1944|location=Montana, Havre|page=3|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = November 16, 2016}} {{Open access}}</ref>

==Career==
Craig was a student at the [[Pasadena Playhouse]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Catherine Craig Given Role in 'El Paso|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7480037/the_evening_news/|work=The Evening News|date=September 21, 1948|location=Pennsylvania, Harrisburg|page=21|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = November 16, 2016}} {{Open access}}</ref> and appeared in numerous [[bit part]] roles such as ''[[Las Vegas Nights]]'' (1941), ''[[West Point Widow]]'' (1941), ''[[Parachute Nurse]]'' (1942), ''[[Showboat Serenade]]'' (1944) and ''[[The Bride Wore Boots]]'' (1946). Later, she found more success in movies such as ''[[Seven Were Saved]]'' (1947) — her first leading role,<ref>{{cite news |title=Catherine Craig In First Leading Role |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/23799809/catherine_craig/ |work=The Times Herald |date=March 10, 1946 |location=Michigan, Port Huron |page=18|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = September 16, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref> ''[[The Pretender (film)|The Pretender]]'' (1947), and ''[[Albuquerque (film)|Albuquerque]]'' (1948). After 1950, she retired from acting and supported her husband's career.

==Personal life==
Craig married actor [[Robert Preston (actor)|Robert Preston]] on November 9, 1940, in Las Vegas, Nevada.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hollywood Couple Wed in Las Vegas|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7480128/oakland_tribune/|work=Oakland Tribune|agency=United Press|date=November 10, 1940|location=California, Oakland|page=20|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = November 16, 2016}} {{Open access}}</ref> Preston pre-deceased her on March 21, 1987.<ref>{{cite news| title=Robert Preston, Actor, is dead at 68| last=Page| first=Tim| date=March 23, 1987| url= https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/23/obituaries/robert-preston-actor-is-dead-at-68.html| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| access-date=2015-10-27}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ Feature length film credits of Catherine Craig
! scope="col"|Title
! scope="col"|Year
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Role
! scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
!scope="row" |''[[Manhattan Heartbeat]]''
| 1940
| Nurse
|[[20th Century Fox]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=Manhattan Heartbeat |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/7956-MANHATTAN-HEARTBEAT?cxt=filmography |website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Doomed to Die]]''
| 1940
| Cynthis Wentworth
|Monogram Pictures
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=Doomed to Die|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/1002-DOOMED-TO-DIE?cxt=filmography|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Murder Over New York]]''
| 1940
| Stewardess
| 20th Century Fox
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=Murder Over New York|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/866-MURDER-OVER-NEW-YORK?cxt=filmography|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Las Vegas Nights]]''
| 1941
| Girl with Bill
|Paramount Pictures
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=Las Vegas Nights |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/26777-LAS-VEGAS-NIGHTS--THE-LAST-FRONTIER-TOWN?cxt=filmography|publisher=UCLA Film & Television Archive |accessdate=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[One Night in Lisbon]]''
| 1941
| Guest
|Paramount Pictures
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=One Night in Lisbon |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/26848-ONE-NIGHT-IN-LISBON?cxt=filmography|publisher=UCLA Film & Television Archive |accessdate=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" |''[[West Point Widow]]''
| 1941
| Hilda
|Paramount Pictures
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=West Point Widow |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/26984-WEST-POINT-WIDOW?cxt=filmography|publisher=UCLA Film & Television Archive |accessdate=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Nothing but the Truth (1941 film)|Nothing but the Truth]]''
| 1941
| Betty - Receptionist
|Paramount Pictures
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=Nothing but the Truth |url=https://cinema.library.ucla.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=11&recCount=50&recPointer=14&bibId=97814|publisher=UCLA Film & Television Archive |accessdate=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Among the Living (1941 film)|Among the Living]]''
| 1941
| Second Mill Girl
|Paramount Pictures
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=Among the Living |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/26593-AMONG-THE-LIVING?cxt=filmography|publisher=UCLA Film & Television Archive |accessdate=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Louisiana Purchase (film)|Louisiana Purchase]]''
| 1941
| Saleslady
|Paramount
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=Louisiana Purchase |url=https://cinema.library.ucla.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=11&recCount=50&recPointer=11&bibId=78488|publisher=UCLA Film & Television Archive |accessdate=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Parachute Nurse]]''
| 1942
| Lt. Mullins
|[[Columbia Pictures]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=Parachute Nurse |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/27397-PARACHUTE-NURSE?cxt=filmography|publisher=UCLA Film & Television Archive |accessdate=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[You Were Never Lovelier]]''
| 1942
| Julia Acuña - the Bride
|Paramount Pictures
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=You Were Never Lovelier|url=https://cinema.library.ucla.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=11&recCount=50&recPointer=16&bibId=135462|publisher=UCLA Film & Television Archive |accessdate=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Salute for Three]]''
| 1943
| Canteen Hostess
|Paramount Pictures
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=Salute for Three|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/647-SALUTE-FOR-THREE?cxt=filmography|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Spy Train]]''
| 1943
| Jane Thornwall
|Monogram Pictures
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=Spy Train|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/685-SPY-TRAIN?cxt=filmography|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Lady in the Dark (film)|Lady in the Dark]]''
| 1944
| Miss Foster
|Paramount
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=Lady in the Dark |url=https://cinema.library.ucla.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=11&recCount=50&recPointer=9&bibId=75041|publisher=UCLA Film & Television Archive |accessdate=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" |''Showboat Serenade''
| 1944
| Girl
| Short
|align="center"|
|-
!scope="row" |''[[The Story of Dr. Wassell]]''
| 1944
| Mrs. Wayne
|Paramount Pictures
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=The Story of Dr. Wassell|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/688-THE-STORY-OF-DR-WASSELL?cxt=filmography|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''Fun Time''
| 1944
| Secretary
| Short; Uncredited
|align="center"|
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[And Now Tomorrow]]''
| 1944
| Receptionist
|Paramount Pictures
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=And Now Tomorrow |url=https://cinema.library.ucla.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=11&recCount=50&recPointer=1&bibId=3742|publisher=UCLA Film & Television Archive |accessdate=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Here Come the Waves]]''
| 1944
| Lt. Townsend
|Paramount Pictures
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=Here Come the Waves |url=https://cinema.library.ucla.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=11&recCount=50&recPointer=6&bibId=50375|publisher=UCLA Film & Television Archive |accessdate=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Incendiary Blonde]]''
| 1945
| Louella Parsons
|Paramount Pictures
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=Incendiary Blonde|url=https://cinema.library.ucla.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=11&recCount=50&recPointer=7&bibId=54183|publisher=UCLA Film & Television Archive |accessdate=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''You Hit the Spot''
| 1945
| Minerva
| Short
|align="center"|
|-
!scope="row" | ''Love Letters''
| 1945
| Jeanette Campbell
| Hal Wallis Productions
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=Love Letters|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/24489-LOVE-LETTERS?cxt=filmography|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Duffy's Tavern (film)|Duffy's Tavern]]''
| 1945
| Nurse
|Paramount Pictures
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=Duffy's Tavern|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/24392-DUFFYS-TAVERN?cxt=filmography|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" |''[[The Stork Club (1945 film)|The Stork Club]]''
| 1945
| Louella Parsons
| Uncredited
|align="center"|
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[The Bride Wore Boots]]''
| 1946
| Mrs. Medford
|Paramount Pictures
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=The Bride Wore Boots|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/24712-THE-BRIDE-WORE-BOOTS?cxt=filmography|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" |''[[O.S.S. (film)|O.S.S.]]''
| 1946
| Williams' Secretary
|Paramount Pictures
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=O.S.S.|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/24902-OSS?cxt=filmography|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[The Strange Love of Martha Ivers]]''
| 1946
| French Maid
| Hal Wallis Productions
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=The Strange Love of Martha Ivers|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/24985-THE-STRANGE-LOVE-OF-MARTHA-IVERS?cxt=filmography|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Monsieur Beaucaire (1946 film)|Monsieur Beaucaire]]''
| 1946
| Duchess
|Paramount Pictures
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=Monsieur Beaucaire|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/24878-MONSIEUR-BEAUCAIRE?cxt=filmography|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Cross My Heart (1946 film)|Cross My Heart]]''
| 1946
| Reporter
|Paramount Pictures
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=Cross My Heart]|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/24738-CROSS-MY-HEART?cxt=filmography|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[The Perfect Marriage]]''
| 1947
| Julie Camberwell
| Hal Wallis Productions
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=The Perfect Marriage|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/24916-THE-PERFECT-MARRIAGE?cxt=filmography|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Seven Were Saved]]''
| 1947
| Lt. Susan Brisoce
|Medallion Pictures
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=Seven Were Saved|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/25345-SEVEN-WERE-SAVED?cxt=filmography|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" |''[[Sweet and Low (1947 film)|Sweet and Low]]''
| 1947
| Andrew Mather, Masquerade Party Hostess
|Paramount Pictures
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=Sweet and Low|url=https://cinema.library.ucla.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=11&recCount=50&recPointer=15&bibId=120355|publisher=UCLA Film & Television Archive |accessdate=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''The Pretender''
| 1947
| Claire Worthington
|[[Republic Pictures]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=The Pretender|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/25302-THE-PRETENDER?cxt=filmography|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Variety Girl]]''
| 1947
| Secretary
|20th Century Fox
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=Variety Girl |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/25413-VARIETY-GIRL?cxt=filmography |website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" |''[[Albuquerque (film)|Albuquerque]]''
| 1948
| Celia Wallace
|[[Paramount Pictures]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=Albuquerque |url=https://cinema.library.ucla.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=11&recCount=50&recPointer=0&bibId=2521|publisher=UCLA Film & Television Archive |accessdate=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[Appointment with Murder]]''
| 1948
| Lorraine W. Brinckley
|[[Film Classics]]
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=Appointment with Murder |url=https://cinema.library.ucla.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=11&recCount=50&recPointer=2&bibId=4311|publisher=UCLA Film & Television Archive |accessdate=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" | ''[[El Paso (film)|El Paso]]''
| 1949
| Mrs. Elkins
|Paramount Pictures
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=El Paso |url=https://cinema.library.ucla.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=11&recCount=50&recPointer=4&bibId=34605|publisher=UCLA Film & Television Archive |accessdate=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row" |''[[No Man of Her Own (1950 film)|No Man of Her Own]]''
| 1950
| Rosalie Baker
|Paramount Pictures
|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web |title=No Man of Her Own |url=https://cinema.library.ucla.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?searchId=11&recCount=50&recPointer=13&bibId=97499|publisher=UCLA Film & Television Archive |accessdate=January 17, 2021}}</ref>
|-
|}

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{IMDb name|0185798}}

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