Kathryn Grayson

Kathryn Grayson

1922-02-09 – 2010-02-17 (age 88) Winston-Salem - North Carolina - USA
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Biography

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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.

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Rio Rita
Rio Rita

1942

as Rita Winslow

That's Entertainment! III
That's Entertainment! III

1994

as (archive footage)

It Happened in Brooklyn
It Happened in Brooklyn

1947

as Anne Fielding

That's Entertainment!
That's Entertainment!

1974

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Till the Clouds Roll By
Till the Clouds Roll By

1946

as Magnolia Hawks / Kathryn Grayson

Anchors Aweigh
Anchors Aweigh

1945

as Susan Abbott

That's Entertainment, Part II
That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

as (archive footage)

Thousands Cheer
Thousands Cheer

1943

as Kathryn Jones

Show Boat
Show Boat

1951

as Magnolia Hawks

Twenty Years After
Twenty Years After

1944

as (archive footage)

That's Dancing!
That's Dancing!

1985

as From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)

The Toast of New Orleans
The Toast of New Orleans

1950

as Suzette Micheline

Kiss Me Kate
Kiss Me Kate

1953

as Lilli Vanessi, "Katherine"

Ziegfeld Follies
Ziegfeld Follies

1945

as Kathryn Grayson (segment "Beauty")

The Kissing Bandit
The Kissing Bandit

1948

as Teresa

Two Sisters from Boston
Two Sisters from Boston

1946

as Abigail Chandler

Grounds for Marriage
Grounds for Marriage

1951

as Ina Massine

The Vagabond King
The Vagabond King

1956

as Catherine de Vaucelles