Occupation Actress Name Katherine Justice | Role Actress | |
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Born October 28, 1942 (age 81) ( 1942-10-28 ) Movies and TV shows Similar People Gene Barry, Inger Stevens, Nina Foch, Andrew V McLaglen, William Windom Alma mater Carnegie Tech Spouse James Brown Jr. Nationality American | ||
Katherine Justice guest of The Invaders
Katherine Justice (born October 28, 1942) is an American actress with many television guest star roles in the 1960s on through the 1980s and a few major film roles. She had a leading role in the made-for-tv movie, Columbo: Prescription Murder (1968), which later became the popular series Columbo. She played the recurring role of Sheila Hogan in Falcon Crest starting in 1982. She portrayed Rita Jones in the syndicated drama Dangerous Women (1991).
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Early life and education
Katherine "Kathy" Justice was born and grew up in Ohio. She briefly held the title of 1960 Miss Ohio Universe. However, her eligibility to compete in the Miss Universe competition was revoked upon the discovery that she was 17 years old, falling below the minimum age requirement of 18. The runner up, 19-year-old Corrine Huff, became Miss Ohio USA and was the first Black contestant representing a state in the Miss Universe competition. Justice graduated from Carnegie Tech Drama School in 1964.
Career
After graduating, Katherine Justice went to the Front Street Theater in Memphis for the summer of 1964. From there she performed at Washington's Arena Stage starring as Lola in Damn Yankees, and in other plays like He Who Gets Slapped, Heartbreak House and Hard Travelin'. Then for the summer of 1965, she toured with a summer stock company doing Nobody Loves an Albatross.
Katherine Justice's first television role was on Big Valley in 1966. Before she even left the TV studio, she got a major part in the movie The Way West starring Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, and Richard Widmark. Before the release of that movie, she was the mistress and accomplice (third billing) in the made-for-TV movie Prescription: Murder starring Peter Falk as Columbo and Gene Barry as the murderer. Her next movie role was the second female lead in 5 Card Stud with Dean Martin and Robert Mitchum starring. Dailies of her convinced Paramount Pictures to sign her for a five year contract to make five pictures.
