Katharine Bard

Katharine Bard (October 19, 1916 – July 28, 1983) was an American actress.

Bard was born on October 19, 1916, in Highland Park, Illinois. She was the daughter of Ralph Bard, who served as assistant secretary of the Navy. She studied acting at the Embassy Dramatic School in London and the Group Theatre Studio in New York.

She appeared in the films The Decks Ran Red, The Interns, Johnny Cool, Inside Daisy Clover and How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life.

She appeared in the television series Suspense, Lux Video Theatre, The Millionaire, Studio One, Front Row Center, Studio 57, Goodyear Theatre, M Squad, Climax!, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Gunsmoke, The Rifleman S1 E24 as Beth Landis in "The Trade" (1959), Perry Mason, Peter Gunn, Playhouse 90, Sam Benedict, Alcoa Premiere, The Great Adventure, The Farmer's Daughter, The F.B.I., The Big Valley and Insight, among others.

On Broadway, Bard appeared in All the Living, (1938), Jeremiah (1939), Life With Father (1939), Ring Around Elizabeth (1941), Lily of the Valley (1942), Three's a Family (1943), Made in Heaven (1946), The Hallams (1948), I Know My Love (1949), Pride's Crossing (1950), and The Long Days (1951). She also acted in London and Toronto and performed in summer theater in Bar Harbor, Maine.

In 1947–48 she appeared as the title character in the syndicated version of the radio series Claudia.

Bard was married to Martin Manulis and stopped acting soon after they wed. She died on July 28, 1983, in Los Angeles, California, at UCLA Medical Center, aged 66, after suffering from cancer.