- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 25, 1933
- Place of Birth
- West Columbia, Texas, USA
- Died
- September 20, 2024
Kathryn Grant
Kathryn Crosby (November 25, 1933 - September 20, 2024) was an American actress and singer who also performed under the stage-name Kathryn Grant. Born Olive Kathryn Grandstaff in Houston, Texas, she graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1955. Two years later she became Bing Crosby's second wife. The couple had three children, Harry, Mary Frances, and Nathaniel. She appeared as a guest star on her husband's 1964–1965 ABC sitcom The Bing Crosby Show. She largely retired after their marriage, but did have a featured role in the courtroom drama Anatomy of a Murder. She also played the part of "Mama Bear" alongside her husband and children in Goldilocks and starred with Jack Lemmon in Operation Mad Ball in 1957. In the mid-1970s, she hosted The Kathryn Crosby Show, a 30-minute local talk-show on KPIX-TV in San Francisco. Husband Bing appeared as a…
Filmography
movieBing Crosby: Rediscovered
2014 · Self
movieQueen of the Lot
2010 · Elizabeth Lambert
movieBing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials
2010 · Self
The Tony Danza Show
tvThe Tony Danza Show
2004 · Self
movieA Bing Crosby Christmas
1998 · Self / Narrator
movieThe Magic of Bing Crosby
1991 · Self
moviePreminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991 · actress 'Anatomy of a Murder' (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieBing Crosby: The Christmas Years
1978 · Herself
movieThe Initiation of Sarah
1978 · Mrs. Goodwin
movieBing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas
1977 · Self
movieBing Crosby's Sun Valley Christmas Show
1973
movieGoldilocks
1970 · Self / Mama Bear (voice)
tvThe Bing Crosby Show
1964
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self - Co-Host
tvBen Casey
1961
movie1001 Arabian Nights
1959 · Princess Yasminda (voice)
movieThe Big Circus
1959 · Jeannie Whirling
movieAnatomy of a Murder
1959 · Mary Pilant
A Princess for Magoo
movieA Princess for Magoo
1959
movieThe 7th Voyage of Sinbad
1958 · Princess Parisa
movieGunman's Walk
1958 · Cecily "Clee" Chouard
movieThe Brothers Rico
1957 · Norah Malaks Rico
movieOperation Mad Ball
1957 · Lt. Betty Bixby
movieThe Night the World Exploded
1957 · Laura 'Hutch' Hutchinson
movieThe Guns of Fort Petticoat
1957 · Anne Martin
movieMister Cory
1957 · Jen Vollard
movieThe Wild Party
1956 · Honey
movieReprisal!
1956 · Taini
movieStorm Center
1956 · Hazel Levering
movieUnchained
1955 · Sally Haskins
movieThe Phenix City Story
1955 · Ellie Rhodes
movie5 Against the House
1955 · Jean, Young Woman in Nightclub (uncredited)
movieCell 2455 Death Row
1955 · Jo-Anne
movieTight Spot
1955 · Girl Honeymooner (uncredited)
tvFather Knows Best
1954 · Maxine
movieLiving It Up
1954 · Manicurist (uncredited)
movieRear Window
1954 · Girl at Songwriter's Party (uncredited)
movieCasanova's Big Night
1954 · Girl on Bridge (uncredited)
movieSo This Is Love
1953 · Showgirl (uncredited)
tvWhat's My Line?
1950 · Self - Mystery Guest