Willette Kershaw

Willette Kershaw
The Theatre Magazine, 1911
Born
Willette Kershaw

(1882-06-17)June 17, 1882
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
DiedMay 4, 1960(1960-05-04) (aged 77)
Occupationactress
Years active1905–1928
Spouses
  • Albert Morrison
  • David Sturges
  • W.K. Lamar
  • Richard Schuster
RelativesElinor Kershaw (sister)
Thomas H. Ince (brother-in-law)

Willette Kershaw (June 17, 1882 May 4, 1960) was an American Broadway stage actress and later silent film actress. Her younger sister was actress Elinor Kershaw who later married Thomas Ince.

The daughter of Harry Kershaw, she was born in St. Louis and graduated from Central High School and the Lindley School of Dramatic Art.

Kershaw's Broadway credits include Yes or No (1917), The Unchastened Woman (1915), A Pair of White Gloves (1913), The Switchboard (1913), Snobs (1911), The Country Boy (1910), The Heights (1910), and Robert Burns (1905).

Kershaw married actor Arthur Morrison, and the marriage ended in 1909. In 1923, Kershaw married David Sturgis in New Rochelle, New York.