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