Kathryn Grayson
Acting
Born: 1922-02-09 in Winston-Salem - North Carolina - USA
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.
Known For
Murder, She Wrote
Ideal Molloy
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
What's My Line?
Self
Baretta
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
General Electric Theater
Julie Denton
General Electric Theater
Alice Kellen
Kiss Me Kate
Lilli Vanessi, "Katherine"
Anchors Aweigh
Susan Abbott
Ziegfeld Follies
Kathryn Grayson (segment "Beauty")
Rio Rita
Rita Winslow
Show Boat
Magnolia Hawks
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
That's Dancing!
From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
The Desert Song
Margot Birabeau
Till the Clouds Roll By
Magnolia Hawks / Kathryn Grayson
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Thousands Cheer
Kathryn Jones
The Toast of New Orleans
Suzette Micheline
The Kissing Bandit
Teresa
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Self (archive)
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
It Happened in Brooklyn
Anne Fielding
The Vagabond King
Catherine de Vaucelles
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Self (archive footage)
Mario Lanza: The American Caruso
Self
Two Sisters from Boston
Abigail Chandler
Lovely to Look At
Stephanie
The Bob Crosby Show
Seven Sweethearts
Billie Van Maaster
So This Is Love
Grace Moore
That Midnight Kiss
Prudence Budell
The Vanishing Virginian
Rebecca Yancey
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Kathryn Land
The Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena
Psychic Detective