
Person
Kathryn Grayson
Acting · 1922–2010 · 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

The Ed Sullivan Show
Self

Baretta
1975
Film '72
Self

Till the Clouds Roll By
Magnolia Hawks / Kathryn Grayson

That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)

The Vagabond King
Catherine de Vaucelles

Rio Rita
Rita Winslow
Filmography
- 2009Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the MusicalSelf (archive)
- 2003Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn HotSelf
- 2002Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a DancerSelf (archive footage)
- 1994That's Entertainment! III(archive footage)
- 1992Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing SweetheartsSelf (uncredited)
- 1985That's Dancing!From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
- 1984Murder, She WroteIdeal Molloy
- 1983Mario Lanza: The American CarusoSelf
- 1976The Amazing World of Psychic PhenomenaPsychic Detective
- 1976That's Entertainment, Part II(archive footage)
- 1975Baretta
- 1974That's Entertainment!(archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1972Hollywood: The Dream FactorySelf (archive footage)
- 1971Film '72Self
- 1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
- 1958The Bob Crosby Show
- 1956The Vagabond KingCatherine de Vaucelles
- 1953Kiss Me KateLilli Vanessi, "Katherine"
- 1953So This Is LoveGrace Moore
- 1953The Desert SongMargot Birabeau
- 1953General Electric TheaterJulie Denton
- 1952Lovely to Look AtStephanie
- 1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
- 1951Show BoatMagnolia Hawks
- 1951Grounds for MarriageIna Massine
- 1950The Toast of New OrleansSuzette Micheline
- 1950What's My Line?Self
- 1949That Midnight KissPrudence Budell
- 1948The Kissing BanditTeresa
- 1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
- 1947It Happened in BrooklynAnne Fielding
- 1946Till the Clouds Roll ByMagnolia Hawks / Kathryn Grayson
- 1946Two Sisters from BostonAbigail Chandler
- 1945Ziegfeld FolliesKathryn Grayson (segment "Beauty")
- 1945Anchors AweighSusan Abbott
- 1944Twenty Years After(archive footage)
- 1943Thousands CheerKathryn Jones
- 1942Seven SweetheartsBillie Van Maaster
- 1942Rio RitaRita Winslow
- 1942The Vanishing VirginianRebecca Yancey
- 1941Andy Hardy's Private SecretaryKathryn Land
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