Kathryn Grayson

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

The Merv Griffin Show

What's My Line?

Baretta

The Ed Sullivan Show

General Electric Theater

General Electric Theater

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

All Movies (32)

• Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical2009 · as Self (archive)
• Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot2003 · as Self
• Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer2002 · as Self (archive footage)
• That's Entertainment! III1994 · as (archive footage)
• Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts1992 · as Self (uncredited)
• That's Dancing!1985 · as From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
• Mario Lanza: The American Caruso1983 · as Self
• The Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena1976 · as Psychic Detective
• That's Entertainment, Part II1976 · as (archive footage)
• That's Entertainment!1974 · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Hollywood: The Dream Factory1972 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Vagabond King1956 · as Catherine de Vaucelles
• Kiss Me Kate1953 · as Lilli Vanessi, "Katherine"
• So This Is Love1953 · as Grace Moore
• The Desert Song1953 · as Margot Birabeau
• Lovely to Look At1952 · as Stephanie
• Show Boat1951 · as Magnolia Hawks
• Grounds for Marriage1951 · as Ina Massine
• The Toast of New Orleans1950 · as Suzette Micheline
• That Midnight Kiss1949 · as Prudence Budell
• The Kissing Bandit1948 · as Teresa
• It Happened in Brooklyn1947 · as Anne Fielding
• Till the Clouds Roll By1946 · as Magnolia Hawks / Kathryn Grayson
• Two Sisters from Boston1946 · as Abigail Chandler
• Ziegfeld Follies1945 · as Kathryn Grayson (segment "Beauty")
• Anchors Aweigh1945 · as Susan Abbott
• Twenty Years After1944 · as (archive footage)
• Thousands Cheer1943 · as Kathryn Jones
• Seven Sweethearts1942 · as Billie Van Maaster
• Rio Rita1942 · as Rita Winslow
• The Vanishing Virginian1942 · as Rebecca Yancey
• Andy Hardy's Private Secretary1941 · as Kathryn Land

All TV Shows (10)

• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Ideal Molloy
• Baretta1975
• Film '721971 · as Self
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Bob Crosby Show1958
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Julie Denton
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Alice Kellen
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self