
Kathryn Grayson
Actress
Born: February 9, 1922 (88 years old)
Died: February 17, 2010
Place of birth: 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.
Filmography (23)
- Kiss Me Kate (1953, ★ 6.5)
- That's Entertainment! (1974, ★ 7.4)
- Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (2002, ★ 7.6)
- Thousands Cheer (1943, ★ 6.4)
- Show Boat (1951, ★ 6.2)
- Anchors Aweigh (1945, ★ 6.8)
- That's Entertainment, Part II (1976, ★ 6.9)
- That's Entertainment! III (1994, ★ 7)
- That's Dancing! (1985, ★ 7)
- Murder, She Wrote (1984, ★ 7.5)
- Baretta (1975, ★ 6.5)
- General Electric Theater (1953, ★ 6.4)
- What's My Line? (1950, ★ 7)
- Ziegfeld Follies (1945, ★ 6)
- Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941, ★ 5.4)
- Till the Clouds Roll By (1946, ★ 5.7)
- The Vagabond King (1956, ★ 5.7)
- Two Sisters from Boston (1946, ★ 6)
- Lovely to Look At (1952, ★ 5)
- It Happened in Brooklyn (1947, ★ 5.8)
- The Toast of New Orleans (1950, ★ 4.9)
- Rio Rita (1942, ★ 5.8)
- So This Is Love (1953, ★ 3.8)