Kathryn Grayson
Actor
Born February 9, 1922 in Winston-Salem - North Carolina - USA
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.
Filmography
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Self (archive)
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage)
Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts
Self (uncredited)
That's Dancing!
From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
Murder, She Wrote
Ideal Molloy
Mario Lanza: The American Caruso
Self
The Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena
Psychic Detective
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
Baretta
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
The Vagabond King
Catherine de Vaucelles
Kiss Me Kate
Lilli Vanessi, "Katherine"
So This Is Love
Grace Moore
The Desert Song
Margot Birabeau
General Electric Theater
Julie Denton
Lovely to Look At
Stephanie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Show Boat
Magnolia Hawks
Grounds for Marriage
Ina Massine
The Toast of New Orleans
Suzette Micheline
What's My Line?
Self
That Midnight Kiss
Prudence Budell
The Kissing Bandit
Teresa
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
It Happened in Brooklyn
Anne Fielding
Till the Clouds Roll By
Magnolia Hawks / Kathryn Grayson
Two Sisters from Boston
Abigail Chandler
Ziegfeld Follies
Kathryn Grayson (segment "Beauty")
Anchors Aweigh
Susan Abbott
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
Thousands Cheer
Kathryn Jones
Seven Sweethearts
Billie Van Maaster
Rio Rita
Rita Winslow
The Vanishing Virginian
Rebecca Yancey
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Kathryn Land