Natalie Kingston

Natalie Kingston
Natalie Kingston (1927)
Born	Natalia Ringstrom (1905-05-19)May 19, 1905 Sonoma County, California
Died	February 2, 1991(1991-02-02) (aged 85) West Hills, California
Occupation	Film actress, dancer

Natalie Kingston (May 19, 1905 – February 2, 1991) was an American actress.

Kingston was born as Natalia Ringstrom in Sonoma County, California, and raised in San Francisco. She was of Spanish and Hungarian descent. She was a great-granddaughter of General Mariano Vallejo, who commanded the army which surrendered California to General John C. Fremont. Her mother was Natalia Haraszthy, granddaughter of Agoston Haraszthy, founder of California's wine industry. She was educated in San Rafael, California.

As a child, she learned to dance the jota and other traditional Spanish dances. She began law school but left to take a course in dancing. Two seasons later, Kingston performed as a danseuse with the New York City Winter Garden show. Later, she joined a Fanchon and Marco troupe in California after they discovered her dancing in a San Francisco cabaret.)

Starting her career as an actress on Broadway, she moved into films in the early 1920s. Her first movie appearance was in The Daredevil (1923). She joined the Mack Sennett studios in 1924, and co-starred with Harry Langdon in a series of comedy films including Remember When? (1925) and Her First Flame (1927). Kingston left the Sennett studio and comedies in 1926 to try for dramatic movie roles. She signed with Paramount Pictures and made three motion pictures in quick succession. All three were comedies: Miss Brewster's Millions (1926), The Cat's Pajamas (1926) and Wet Paint (1926).