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Birthday: Feb 09, 1922
Place of Birth: Winston-Salem - North Carolina - USA

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
Movie Cast Year
Mario Lanza: The American Caruso Self 1983
Kiss Me Kate Lilli Vanessi, "Katherine" 1953
Lovely to Look At Stephanie 1952
Ziegfeld Follies Kathryn Grayson (segment "Beauty") 1945
Thousands Cheer Kathryn Jones 1943
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary Kathryn Land 1941
Show Boat Magnolia Hawks 1951
Anchors Aweigh Susan Abbott 1945
Till the Clouds Roll By Magnolia Hawks / Kathryn Grayson 1946
It Happened in Brooklyn Anne Fielding 1947
The Toast of New Orleans Suzette Micheline 1950
Rio Rita Rita Winslow 1942
That Midnight Kiss Prudence Budell 1949
Seven Sweethearts Billie Van Maaster 1942
Hollywood: The Dream Factory Self (archive footage) 1972
The Kissing Bandit Teresa 1948
The Desert Song Margot Birabeau 1953
So This Is Love Grace Moore 1953
Two Sisters from Boston Abigail Chandler 1946
The Vanishing Virginian Rebecca Yancey 1942
Grounds for Marriage Ina Massine 1951
The Vagabond King Catherine de Vaucelles 1956
That's Entertainment! (archive footage) 1974
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot Self 2003
That's Entertainment, Part II (archive footage) 1976
The Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena Psychic Detective 1976
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer Self (archive footage) 2002
That's Entertainment! III (archive footage) 1994
Twenty Years After (archive footage) 1944
That's Dancing! From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage) 1985
Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts Self (uncredited) 1992
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical Self (archive) 2009
Series Cast Year
Murder, She Wrote Ideal Molloy 1984
Baretta 1975
The Merv Griffin Show Self 1962
General Electric Theater Julie Denton 1953
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars 1951
The Bob Crosby Show 1958
General Electric Theater Alice Kellen 1953
The Ed Sullivan Show Self 1948
What's My Line? Self - Mystery Guest 1950
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