Kathryn Grayson
Acting • Born 1922-02-09 – Died 2010-02-17
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
41 credits
Mario Lanza: The American Caruso
Movie • 1983
Self
Kiss Me Kate
Movie • 1953
Lilli Vanessi, "Katherine"
Lovely to Look at
Movie • 1952
Stephanie
Ziegfeld Follies
Movie • 1945
Kathryn Grayson (segment "Beauty")
Thousands Cheer
Movie • 1943
Kathryn Jones
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Movie • 1941
Kathryn Land
Show Boat
Movie • 1951
Magnolia Hawks
Anchors Aweigh
Movie • 1945
Susan Abbott
Till the Clouds Roll By
Movie • 1946
Magnolia Hawks / Kathryn Grayson
It Happened in Brooklyn
Movie • 1947
Anne Fielding
The Toast of New Orleans
Movie • 1950
Suzette Micheline
Rio Rita
Movie • 1942
Rita Winslow
That Midnight Kiss
Movie • 1949
Prudence Budell
Seven Sweethearts
Movie • 1942
Billie Van Maaster
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie • 1972
Self (archive footage)
The Kissing Bandit
Movie • 1948
Teresa
The Desert Song
Movie • 1953
Margot Birabeau
So This Is Love
Movie • 1953
Grace Moore
Two Sisters from Boston
Movie • 1946
Abigail Chandler
The Vanishing Virginian
Movie • 1942
Rebecca Yancey
Grounds for Marriage
Movie • 1951
Ina Massine
The Vagabond King
Movie • 1956
Catherine de Vaucelles
That's Entertainment!
Movie • 1974
(archive footage)
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot
Movie • 2003
Self
That's Entertainment, Part II
Movie • 1976
(archive footage)
The Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena
Movie • 1976
Psychic Detective
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage)
That's Entertainment! III
Movie • 1994
(archive footage)
Twenty Years After
Movie • 1944
(archive footage)
That's Dancing!
Movie • 1985
From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts
Movie • 1992
Self (uncredited)
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Movie • 2009
Self (archive)
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Ideal Molloy
Baretta
TV • 1975
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Julie Denton
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
The Bob Crosby Show
TV • 1958
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Alice Kellen
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self