Kathryn Grayson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1922-02-09 (88 years old)

Deathday

2010-02-17

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). L...

Acting

1953

Kiss Me Kate

as Lilli Vanessi, "Katherine"

1952

Lovely to Look At

as Stephanie

1945

Ziegfeld Follies

as Kathryn Grayson (segment "Beauty")

1943

Thousands Cheer

as Kathryn Jones

1951

Show Boat

as Magnolia Hawks

1945

Anchors Aweigh

as Susan Abbott

1946

Till the Clouds Roll By

as Magnolia Hawks / Kathryn Grayson

1947

It Happened in Brooklyn

as Anne Fielding

1950

The Toast of New Orleans

as Suzette Micheline

1942

Rio Rita

as Rita Winslow

1949

That Midnight Kiss

as Prudence Budell

1942

Seven Sweethearts

as Billie Van Maaster

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

1948

1953

The Desert Song

as Margot Birabeau

1953

So This Is Love

as Grace Moore

1946

Two Sisters from Boston

as Abigail Chandler

1942

The Vanishing Virginian

as Rebecca Yancey

1951

Grounds for Marriage

as Ina Massine

1956

The Vagabond King

as Catherine de Vaucelles

1974

That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage)

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

2002

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer

as Self (archive footage)

1994

That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)

1944

Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)

1985

That's Dancing!

as From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)

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