Anthony Quinn Foundation

Biographies

Kathy Benvin: Anthony Quinn’s Widow and the Keeper of His Artistic Legacy

Introduction Kathy Benvin is often introduced simply as the woman who became Anthony Quinn’s final wife. That description is accurate, but it leaves out most of the story. Better-documented records show that Benvin — now generally known publicly as Katherine Quinn or Kathy Quinn — spent 16 years alongside Quinn, first working closely with him and later sharing a family…