Acting

Kathryn Grayson

Acting · Born 1922-02-09 · 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.

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Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot
Film
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot
2003 · Self
Film
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002 · Self (archive footage)
Film
That's Entertainment! III
1994 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film
Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts
1992 · Self (uncredited)
Film
That's Dancing!
1985 · From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Ideal Molloy
Film
The Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena
1976 · Psychic Detective
Film
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · (archive footage)
Baretta
1975
Film
That's Entertainment!
1974 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 · Self (archive footage)
Film '72
Film '72
1971 · Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
The Bob Crosby Show
The Bob Crosby Show
1958
Film
The Vagabond King
1956 · Catherine de Vaucelles
Film
Kiss Me Kate
1953 · Lilli Vanessi, "Katherine"
Film
So This Is Love
1953 · Grace Moore
Film
The Desert Song
1953 · Margot Birabeau
General Electric Theater
1953 · Julie Denton
Film
Lovely to Look At
1952 · Stephanie
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Film
Show Boat
1951 · Magnolia Hawks
Film
Grounds for Marriage
1951 · Ina Massine
Film
The Toast of New Orleans
1950 · Suzette Micheline
What's My Line?
1950 · Self
Film
That Midnight Kiss
1949 · Prudence Budell
Film
The Kissing Bandit
1948 · Teresa
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
Film
It Happened in Brooklyn
1947 · Anne Fielding
Film
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946 · Magnolia Hawks / Kathryn Grayson
Film
Two Sisters from Boston
1946 · Abigail Chandler
Film
Ziegfeld Follies
1945 · Kathryn Grayson (segment "Beauty")
Film
Anchors Aweigh
1945 · Susan Abbott
Film
Twenty Years After
1944 · (archive footage)
Film
Thousands Cheer
1943 · Kathryn Jones
Film
Seven Sweethearts
1942 · Billie Van Maaster
Film
Rio Rita
1942 · Rita Winslow
Film
The Vanishing Virginian
1942 · Rebecca Yancey
Film
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
1941 · Kathryn Land
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