7.5
TV
Acting
Kathryn Grayson
- Born
- Died
- (aged 88)
- Birthplace
- Winston-Salem - North Carolina - USA
- Credits
- 41 titles
Biography
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.
Signature work
Known For
7.5
TV
6.8
Movie
Anchors Aweigh
6.5
Movie
Kiss Me Kate
6.2
Movie
Show Boat
6.0
Movie
Ziegfeld Follies
6.5
TV
Baretta
5.8
Movie
Till the Clouds Roll By
6.4
Movie
Thousands Cheer
5.9
Movie
It Happened in Brooklyn
6.0
Movie
Rio Rita
5.2
Movie
The Toast of New Orleans
5.6
Movie
Lovely to Look At
6.1
Movie
The Vagabond King
5.7
Movie
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
5.2
Movie
The Kissing Bandit
4.3
Movie
So This Is Love
6.3
Movie
Two Sisters from Boston
6.8
TV
General Electric Theater
Acting credits 41
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical Film | Self (archive) |
| 2003 | Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot Film | Self |
| 2002 | Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 1994 | That's Entertainment! III Film | (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1992 | Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts Film | Self (uncredited) |
| 1985 | That's Dancing! Film | From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage) |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote TV | Ideal Molloy (3 ep) |
| 1983 | Mario Lanza: The American Caruso Film | Self |
| 1976 | The Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena Film | Psychic Detective |
| 1976 | That's Entertainment, Part II Film | (archive footage) |
| 1975 | Baretta TV | (1 ep) |
| 1974 | That's Entertainment! Film | (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1972 | Hollywood: The Dream Factory Film | Self (archive footage) |
| 1971 | Film '72 TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show TV | Self (4 ep) |
| 1958 | The Bob Crosby Show TV | (1 ep) |
| 1956 | The Vagabond King Film | Catherine de Vaucelles |
| 1953 | Kiss Me Kate Film | Lilli Vanessi, "Katherine" |
| 1953 | So This Is Love Film | Grace Moore |
| 1953 | The Desert Song Film | Margot Birabeau |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater TV | Julie Denton, Alice Kellen (1 ep) |
| 1952 | Lovely to Look At Film | Stephanie |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars TV | (1 ep) |
| 1951 | Show Boat Film | Magnolia Hawks |
| 1951 | Grounds for Marriage Film | Ina Massine |
| 1950 | The Toast of New Orleans Film | Suzette Micheline |
| 1950 | What's My Line? TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1949 | That Midnight Kiss Film | Prudence Budell |
| 1948 | The Kissing Bandit Film | Teresa |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1947 | It Happened in Brooklyn Film | Anne Fielding |
| 1946 | Till the Clouds Roll By Film | Magnolia Hawks / Kathryn Grayson |
| 1946 | Two Sisters from Boston Film | Abigail Chandler |
| 1945 | Ziegfeld Follies Film | Kathryn Grayson (segment "Beauty") |
| 1945 | Anchors Aweigh Film | Susan Abbott |
| 1944 | Twenty Years After Film | (archive footage) |
| 1943 | Thousands Cheer Film | Kathryn Jones |
| 1942 | Seven Sweethearts Film | Billie Van Maaster |
| 1942 | Rio Rita Film | Rita Winslow |
| 1942 | The Vanishing Virginian Film | Rebecca Yancey |
| 1941 | Andy Hardy's Private Secretary Film | Kathryn Land |