- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 9, 1922
- Place of Birth
- Winston-Salem - North Carolina - USA
- Died
- February 17, 2010
Kathryn Grayson
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
movieHollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009 · Self (archive)
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot
movieCole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot
2003 · Self
movieGene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002 · Self (archive footage)
movieThat's Entertainment! III
1994 · (archive footage)
movieNelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts
1992 · Self (uncredited)
movieThat's Dancing!
1985 · From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984 · Ideal Molloy
movieMario Lanza: The American Caruso
1983 · Self
movieThe Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena
1976 · Psychic Detective
movieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · (archive footage)
tvBaretta
1975
movieThat's Entertainment!
1974 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieHollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 · Self (archive footage)
Film '72
tvFilm '72
1971 · Self
tvThe Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
The Bob Crosby Show
tvThe Bob Crosby Show
1958
movieThe Vagabond King
1956 · Catherine de Vaucelles
movieKiss Me Kate
1953 · Lilli Vanessi, "Katherine"
movieSo This Is Love
1953 · Grace Moore
movieThe Desert Song
1953 · Margot Birabeau
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953 · Julie Denton, Alice Kellen
movieLovely to Look At
1952 · Stephanie
tvSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
movieShow Boat
1951 · Magnolia Hawks
movieGrounds for Marriage
1951 · Ina Massine
movieThe Toast of New Orleans
1950 · Suzette Micheline
tvWhat's My Line?
1950 · Self
movieThat Midnight Kiss
1949 · Prudence Budell
movieThe Kissing Bandit
1948 · Teresa
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
movieIt Happened in Brooklyn
1947 · Anne Fielding
movieTill the Clouds Roll By
1946 · Magnolia Hawks / Kathryn Grayson
movieTwo Sisters from Boston
1946 · Abigail Chandler
movieZiegfeld Follies
1945 · Kathryn Grayson (segment "Beauty")
movieAnchors Aweigh
1945 · Susan Abbott
movieTwenty Years After
1944 · (archive footage)
movieThousands Cheer
1943 · Kathryn Jones
movieSeven Sweethearts
1942 · Billie Van Maaster
movieRio Rita
1942 · Rita Winslow
movieThe Vanishing Virginian
1942 · Rebecca Yancey
movieAndy Hardy's Private Secretary
1941 · Kathryn Land