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Kay Francis (I) (1905–1968)

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Kay Francis is possibly the biggest of the 'forgotten stars' from Hollywood's Golden Era, yet, for a while in the 1930s, she ranked as one of the most popular actresses, tagged the 'Queen of Warner Brothers', by 1935 earning a yearly salary of $115,000 (compared to Bette Davis with $18,000). The daughter of actress Katherine Clinton and businessman Joseph Gibbs... See full bio »

Born:

Katherine Edwina Gibbs
in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Died:

(age 63) in New York City, New York, USA
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1951 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Alice
– Consider the Lillies (1951) … Alice
 
1950 The Prudential Family Playhouse (TV series)
Dorothy Hilton
– Call It a Day (1950) … Dorothy Hilton
 
1946 Wife Wanted
Carole Raymond
 
1945 Allotment Wives
Sheila Seymour
 
1945 Divorce
Dianne Carter
 
1942 Between Us Girls
Christine 'Chris' Bishop
 
1942 Always in My Heart
Marjorie 'Mudge' Scott
 
1941 The Feminine Touch
Nellie Woods
 
1941 Charley's Aunt
Donna Lucia d'Alvadorez
 
1941 The Man Who Lost Himself
Adrienne Scott
 
1941 Play Girl
Grace Herbert
 
1940 Little Men
Jo March
 
1940 When the Daltons Rode
Julie King
 
1940 It's a Date
Georgia Drake
 
1939 In Name Only
Maida Walker
 
1939 Women in the Wind
Janet Steele
 
1939 King of the Underworld
Carol Nelson
 
1938 Comet Over Broadway
Eve Appleton/Eve Wilson
 
1938 Secrets of an Actress
Fay Carter
 
1938 My Bill
Mary Colbrook
 
1938 Women Are Like That
Claire Landin
 
1937 First Lady
Lucy Chase Wayne
 
1937 Confession
Vera
 
1937 Another Dawn
Julia Ashton Wister
 
1937 Stolen Holiday
Nicole Picot
 
1936 Give Me Your Heart
Belinda Warren
 
1936 The White Angel
Florence 'Flo' Nightingale
 
1935 I Found Stella Parish
Stella Parish
 
1935 The Goose and the Gander
Georgiana
 
1935 Stranded
Lynn Palmer
 
1935 Living on Velvet
Amy Prentiss
 
1934 British Agent
Elena Moura
 
1934 Dr. Monica
Dr. Monica
 
1934 Wonder Bar
Liane
 
1934 Mandalay
Tanya Borodoff/Spot White/Marjorie Lang
 
1933 The House on 56th Street
Peggy
 
1933 I Loved a Woman
Laura McDonald
 
1933 Mary Stevens, M.D.
Mary Stevens
 
1933 Storm at Daybreak
Irina Radovic
 
1933 The Keyhole
Anne
 
1932 Cynara
Clemency Warlock
 
1932 Trouble in Paradise
Madame Mariette Colet
 
1932 One Way Passage
Joan
 
1932 Jewel Robbery
Baroness Teri
 
1932 Street of Women
Natalie 'Nat' Upton
 
1932 Man Wanted
Lois Ames
 
1932 Strangers in Love
Diana Merrow
 
1931 The False Madonna
Tina
 
1931 Girls About Town
Wanda Howard
 
1931 24 Hours
Fanny Towner
 
1931 Guilty Hands
Marjorie West
 
1931 Transgression
Elsie Maury
 
1931 The Vice Squad
Alice Morrison
 
1931 Ladies' Man
Norma Page
 
1931 Scandal Sheet
Edith Flint
 
1930 Passion Flower
Dulce Morado
 
1930 The Virtuous Sin
Marya Ivanova Sablin
 
1930 Galas de la Paramount
Carmen - Epsiode 'The Toreador'
 
1930 Let's Go Native
Constance Cook
 
1930 Raffles
Gwen
 
1930 For the Defense
Irene Manners
 
1930 A Notorious Affair
Countess Olga Balakireff
 
1930 Paramount on Parade
Carmen (Isadore the Toreador)/Party Girl (Impulses)
 
1930 Street of Chance
Alma Marsden
 
1930 Behind the Make-Up
Kitty Parker
 
1929 The Marriage Playground
Lady Wrench
 
1929 Illusion
Zelda Paxton
 
1929 Dangerous Curves
Zara Flynn
 
1929 Gentlemen of the Press
Myra May (as Katherine Francis)
 
1929 The Cocoanuts
Penelope
 
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1942 Always in My Heart (performer: "Happy Birthday to You" 1893 - uncredited)
 
1941 The Feminine Touch ("Happy Days Are Here Again" 1929 - uncredited)
 
1941 Play Girl (performer: "Sonata No.14 in C#-, Op.27 No.2 Moonlight Sonata")
 
1940 It's a Date (performer: "Gypsy Lullaby" 1940)
 
1937 Confession (performer: "One Hour of Romance" 1935 - uncredited, "Mazurka" 1935 - uncredited)
 
1935 I Found Stella Parish (performer: "The Pig and the Cow and the Dog and Cat" 1935 - uncredited)
 
1935 Living on Velvet (performer: "Isle of Capri" 1934 - uncredited)
 
1934 Mandalay (performer: "When Tomorrow Comes" - uncredited)
 
1933 I Loved a Woman (performer: "Home on the Range" 1904 - uncredited / "Home on the Range" 1904 - uncredited)
 
1933 Storm at Daybreak (performer: "Two Lips Like Cherries", "Roses From the South")
 
1931 Guilty Hands (performer: "Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms")
 
Show ShowProducer (3 titles)
1946 Wife Wanted (producer)
 
1945 Allotment Wives (co-producer)
 
1945 Divorce (producer)
 
Show ShowSelf (7 titles)
1944 Four Jills in a Jeep
Herself
 
1943 Show-Business at War (documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1938 Breakdowns of 1938 (short)
Herself (First Lady/Women Are Like That outtakes) (uncredited)
 
1936 Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 3 (documentary short)
Herself - Observer
 
1936 Breakdowns of 1936 (short)
Herself
 
1935 Things You Never See on the Screen (short)
Herself
 
1930 Paramount op parade
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
2003 Complicated Women (TV documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1999 Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1992 Gunfighters of the Old West (video documentary)
Julie (uncredited)
 
1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1975 Brother Can You Spare a Dime (documentary)
Herself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1925) Stage: Appeared (as "The Player Queen") in a production of "Hamlet" (billed as Katherine Francis). See more »

Publicity Listings:

4 Print Biographies  | 5 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Katherine Francis

Height:

5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Personal Quote:

A dog has kindliness in his heart and dignity in his demeanor. The finest qualities anyone can have. See more »

Trivia:

Was one of the many stars labeled "box office poison" in an article published in The Hollywood Reporter in 1938. See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn