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