Kathryn Grayson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 9, 1922
- Died
- February 17, 2010
- Birthplace
- 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 2009
as Self (archive)
- Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot 2003
as Self
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer 2002
as Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III 1994
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts 1992
as Self (uncredited)
That's Dancing! 1985
as From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
Mario Lanza: The American Caruso 1983
as Self
The Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena 1976
as Psychic Detective
That's Entertainment, Part II 1976
as (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! 1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory 1972
as Self (archive footage)
The Vagabond King 1956
as Catherine de Vaucelles
Kiss Me Kate 1953
as Lilli Vanessi, "Katherine"
So This Is Love 1953
as Grace Moore
The Desert Song 1953
as Margot Birabeau
Lovely to Look At 1952
as Stephanie
Show Boat 1951
as Magnolia Hawks
Grounds for Marriage 1951
as Ina Massine
The Toast of New Orleans 1950
as Suzette Micheline
That Midnight Kiss 1949
as Prudence Budell
The Kissing Bandit 1948
as Teresa
It Happened in Brooklyn 1947
as Anne Fielding
Till the Clouds Roll By 1946
as Magnolia Hawks / Kathryn Grayson
Two Sisters from Boston 1946
as Abigail Chandler
Ziegfeld Follies 1945
as Kathryn Grayson (segment "Beauty")
Anchors Aweigh 1945
as Susan Abbott
Twenty Years After 1944
as (archive footage)
Thousands Cheer 1943
as Kathryn Jones
Seven Sweethearts 1942
as Billie Van Maaster
Rio Rita 1942
as Rita Winslow
The Vanishing Virginian 1942
as Rebecca Yancey
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary 1941
as Kathryn Land
Credits from TMDB.