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Actor
Kathryn Grayson
- Born February 9, 1922 in Winston-Salem - North Carolina - USA
- Died February 17, 2010
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Kathryn Grayson (February 9, 1922 – February 17, 2010) was an American actress and operatic soprano singer. From the age of twelve, Grayson trained as an opera singer. She was under contract to MGM by the early 1940s, soon establishing a career principally through her work in musicals. After several supporting roles, she was a lead performer in such films as Thousands Cheer (1943), Anchors Aweigh (1945) with Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly, and Show Boat (1951) and Kiss Me Kate (1953) (both with Howard Keel).
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When film musical production declined, she worked in theatre, appearing in Camelot (1962–1964). Later in the decade she performed in several operas, including La bohème, Madama Butterfly, Orpheus in the Underworld and La traviata.
Known for
Murder, She Wrote1984
Anchors Aweigh1945
Kiss Me Kate1953
Show Boat1951
That's Entertainment!1974
Ziegfeld Follies1945
That's Entertainment, Part II1976
Baretta1975
Filmography
- 2009Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the MusicalFilmSelf (archive)
- 2003Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn HotFilmSelf
- 2002Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a DancerFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 1994That's Entertainment! IIIFilm(archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1992Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing SweetheartsFilmSelf (uncredited)
- 1985That's Dancing!FilmFrom 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
- 1984Murder, She WroteSeriesIdeal Molloy
- 1983Mario Lanza: The American CarusoFilmSelf
- 1976That's Entertainment, Part IIFilm(archive footage)
- 1976The Amazing World of Psychic PhenomenaFilmPsychic Detective
- 1975BarettaSeries
- 1974That's Entertainment!Film(archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1972Hollywood: The Dream FactoryFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 1971Film '72SeriesSelf
- 1962The Merv Griffin ShowSeriesSelf
- 1958The Bob Crosby ShowSeries
- 1956The Vagabond KingFilmCatherine de Vaucelles
- 1953Kiss Me KateFilmLilli Vanessi, "Katherine"
- 1953So This Is LoveFilmGrace Moore
- 1953General Electric TheaterSeriesJulie Denton, Alice Kellen
- 1953The Desert SongFilmMargot Birabeau
- 1952Lovely to Look AtFilmStephanie
- 1951Show BoatFilmMagnolia Hawks
- 1951Schlitz Playhouse of StarsSeries
- 1951Grounds for MarriageFilmIna Massine
- 1950What's My Line?SeriesSelf
- 1950The Toast of New OrleansFilmSuzette Micheline
- 1949That Midnight KissFilmPrudence Budell
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSeriesSelf
- 1948The Kissing BanditFilmTeresa
- 1947It Happened in BrooklynFilmAnne Fielding
- 1946Till the Clouds Roll ByFilmMagnolia Hawks / Kathryn Grayson
- 1946Two Sisters from BostonFilmAbigail Chandler
- 1945Anchors AweighFilmSusan Abbott
- 1945Ziegfeld FolliesFilmKathryn Grayson (segment "Beauty")
- 1944Twenty Years AfterFilm(archive footage)
- 1943Thousands CheerFilmKathryn Jones
- 1942Rio RitaFilmRita Winslow
- 1942The Vanishing VirginianFilmRebecca Yancey
- 1942Seven SweetheartsFilmBillie Van Maaster
- 1941Andy Hardy's Private SecretaryFilmKathryn Land