Acting · Winston-Salem - North Carolina - USA · Born February 9, 1922
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.
MovieHollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
2009
as Self (archive)
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot
2003
as Self
MovieGene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
2002
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThat's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
MovieNelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts
1992
as Self (uncredited)
MovieThat's Dancing!
1985
as From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Ideal Molloy
MovieMario Lanza: The American Caruso
1983
as Self
MovieThe Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena
1976
as Psychic Detective
MovieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
TVBaretta
1975
MovieThat's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieHollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
Film '72
1971
as Self
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
The Bob Crosby Show
1958
MovieThe Vagabond King
1956
as Catherine de Vaucelles
MovieKiss Me Kate
1953
as Lilli Vanessi, "Katherine"
MovieSo This Is Love
1953
as Grace Moore
MovieThe Desert Song
1953
as Margot Birabeau
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Julie Denton
MovieLovely to Look At
1952
as Stephanie
TVSchlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
MovieShow Boat
1951
as Magnolia Hawks
MovieGrounds for Marriage
1951
as Ina Massine
MovieThe Toast of New Orleans
1950
as Suzette Micheline
TVWhat's My Line?
1950
as Self
MovieThat Midnight Kiss
1949
as Prudence Budell
MovieThe Kissing Bandit
1948
as Teresa
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MovieIt Happened in Brooklyn
1947
as Anne Fielding
MovieTill the Clouds Roll By
1946
as Magnolia Hawks / Kathryn Grayson
MovieTwo Sisters from Boston
1946
as Abigail Chandler
MovieZiegfeld Follies
1945
as Kathryn Grayson (segment "Beauty")
MovieAnchors Aweigh
1945
as Susan Abbott
MovieTwenty Years After
1944
as (archive footage)
MovieThousands Cheer
1943
as Kathryn Jones
MovieSeven Sweethearts
1942
as Billie Van Maaster
MovieRio Rita
1942
as Rita Winslow
MovieThe Vanishing Virginian
1942
as Rebecca Yancey
MovieAndy Hardy's Private Secretary
1941
as Kathryn Land
