Kathryn Grayson
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1922-02-09
Day of Death
2010-02-17 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Winston-Salem - North Carolina - USA
Kathryn Grayson
Biography
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). 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
Acting
(2009)
(2003)
(2002)
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
as Self (archive footage)
(1994)
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
(1992)
Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts
as Self (uncredited)
(1985)
That's Dancing!
as From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
(1983)
(1976)
That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
(1976)
The Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena
as Psychic Detective
(1974)
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage)
(1972)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
(1956)
The Vagabond King
as Catherine de Vaucelles
(1953)
Kiss Me Kate
as Lilli Vanessi, "Katherine"
(1953)
So This Is Love
as Grace Moore
(1953)
The Desert Song
as Margot Birabeau
(1952)
Lovely to Look At
as Stephanie
(1951)
Show Boat
as Magnolia Hawks
(1951)
Grounds for Marriage
as Ina Massine
(1950)
The Toast of New Orleans
as Suzette Micheline
(1949)
That Midnight Kiss
as Prudence Budell
(1948)
The Kissing Bandit
as Teresa
(1947)
It Happened in Brooklyn
as Anne Fielding
(1946)
Till the Clouds Roll By
as Magnolia Hawks / Kathryn Grayson
(1946)
Two Sisters from Boston
as Abigail Chandler
(1945)
Anchors Aweigh
as Susan Abbott
(1945)
Ziegfeld Follies
as Kathryn Grayson (segment "Beauty")
(1944)
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
(1943)
Thousands Cheer
as Kathryn Jones
(1942)
Rio Rita
as Rita Winslow
(1942)
Seven Sweethearts
as Billie Van Maaster
(1942)
The Vanishing Virginian
as Rebecca Yancey
(1941)
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
as Kathryn Land