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One son is sportscaster Chris Marlowe. He had captained the 1984 U.S. Olympic Gold Medal Volleyball team.

She eventually returned to TV and made some strides in daytime soaps, most notably The Young and the Restless (1973). She also served three terms as President of the L. A. local branch of AFTRA. K. T.

Following her 1967 divorce from Marlowe, K. T. abandoned acting for a time in favor of teaching nursery school.

moved to TV episodics with Perry Mason (1957), Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) and The Big Valley (1965), just a few of her guest appearances.

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had two sons, Jeffrey Marlowe, born in 1948 and Christian, born in 1951, the latter best known these days as sportscaster Chris Marlowe.

Co-starring in a 1944 Chicago production of "The Voice of the Turtle", they married in 1946.

The couple went on to grace more than 20 stage shows together, including a Broadway production of the classic film Laura (1944), in which she played the mysterious title role and he played the obsessed detective.

met actor Hugh Marlowe after they appeared together on Broadway in "The Land Is Bright" (1941).

Although her film career subsided, she flourished on radio ("Junior Miss") and on the Broadway stage where "The Man Who Came to Dinner" (1940), "Yankee Point" (1942) and "Nine Girls" 1943) helped boost her reputation. K. T.

She possessed an open-faced prettiness and seemed ideal for film noir, but her chance to breakthrough never materialized despite decent roles in Kitty Foyle (1940), which was directed by her father, The Great Man's Lady (1942) starring Barbara Stanwyck, Port of New York (1949) with Yul Brynner, Vice Squad (1953) featuring Paulette Goddard and the sci-fi film Missile to the Moon (1958).

In 1938, she toured in two productions: "You Can't Take It with You" and "My Sister Eileen". The following year, she made her Broadway debut in a walk-on role in "Summer Light", which was directed by Lee Strasberg. At this point, she was calling herself "Katharine Stevens" (after her favorite actress, Katharine Hepburn), as she did not want to ride on her famous father's coattails. Eventually, she settled on the initials "K. T. " which she felt added mystery and flair.

She certainly had the requisite genes for an acting career as her father was the legendary director Sam Wood and her mother was a stage performer. K. T. Stevens wasted no time either. By the time she was 2 years old, she had made her film debut in her father's silent classic Peck's Bad Boy (1921), which starred Jackie Coogan. Christened Gloria Wood, she was billed "Baby Gloria Wood" as a toddler. Following high school, she decided to pursue acting full-time, taking drama lessons and apprenticing in summer stock.