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 CityWinter Garden show. Later, she joined a Fanchon and Marco troupe in California after they discovered her dancing in a San Francisco cabaret.[citation needed]
After starring in Broadway Brevities of 1920onBroadway,[3] 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 His 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).
Kingston's first dramatic role was in Street Angel (1928). She played the part of Lisetta. The same year she made Painted Post with Tom Mix. In this film she portrayed a magazine illustrator seeking western types. She becomes caught up in an exciting feud in her search for them. As Dona Beatriz, Kingston was given a great opportunity in The Night of Love (1927). The movie starred Ronald Colman and Vilma Bánky.
In 1928, she married George J. Andersch, in Tiajuana.[4] After the marriage she was known as Natalie Vallejo Andersch. He died in 1960. She died on February 2, 1991, in the San Fernando Valley, aged 85. She was cremated.[5]
All Night Long (1924) Mack Sennett comedy, starring Harry Langdon as the boy, Natalie Kingston as the girl, Fanny Kelly as her mother and Vernon Dent as the rival.
Feet of Mud (1924) Mack Sennett comedy, starring Harry Langdon as the boy, Natalie Kingston as the girl, Florence D Lea as her mother and Vernon Dent as the Coach.
^Liebman, Roy (1998). From Silents to Sound: A Biographical Encyclopedia of Performers who Made the Transition to Talking Pictures. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 168. ISBN978-0-786-40382-0.
