Kathryn Grayson
Actor
- Born
- February 9, 1922 · Winston-Salem - North Carolina - USA
- Died
- February 17, 2010 (age 88)
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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
Anchors Aweigh
August 13, 1945
Kiss Me Kate
November 26, 1953
Show Boat
July 19, 1951
That's Entertainment!
June 21, 1974
Ziegfeld Follies
August 26, 1945
That's Entertainment, Part II
May 16, 1976
That's Entertainment! III
July 1, 1994
Till the Clouds Roll By
December 5, 1946
That's Dancing!
January 18, 1985
Thousands Cheer
September 13, 1943
It Happened in Brooklyn
March 13, 1947
Rio Rita
March 11, 1942
Acting32
- 2009Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical as Self (archive)
- 2003Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot as Self
- 2002Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer as Self (archive footage)
- 1994That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1992Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts as Self (uncredited)
- 1985That's Dancing! as From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
- 1983Mario Lanza: The American Caruso as Self
- 1976The Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena as Psychic Detective
- 1976That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)