Kathryn Grayson

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Kiss Me Kate Lilli Vanessi 'Katherine'

(1953)

Thousands Cheer Kathryn Jones

(1943)

Two Sisters from Boston Abigail Chandler

(1946)

Show Boat Magnolia Hawks

(1951)

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Actress (26 credits)

1987-1989 Murder, She Wrote (TV Series)
Ideal Molloy

- Town Father (1989) ... Ideal Molloy

- The Sins of Castle Cove (1989) ... Ideal Molloy

- If It's Thursday, It Must Be Beverly (1987) ... Ideal Molloy

1978 Baretta (TV Series)
Cameo

- The Marker (1978) ... Cameo

1958 Lux Playhouse (TV Series)
Dr. Sally Wells

- A Game of Hate (1958) ... Dr. Sally Wells

1957 Playhouse 90 (TV Series)
Lone Woman

- The Lone Woman (1957) ... Lone Woman

1955-1956 General Electric Theater (TV Series)
Alice Kellen / Julie Denton

- The Invitation (1956) ... Alice Kellen

- Shadow on the Heart (1955) ... Julie Denton

1956 The Vagabond King
Catherine de Vaucelles

1953 Kiss Me Kate
Lilli Vanessi 'Katherine'

1953 So This Is Love
Grace Moore

1953 The Desert Song
Margot Birabeau

1952 Lovely to Look At
Stephanie

1951 Show Boat
Magnolia Hawks

1951 Grounds for Marriage
Ina Massine

1950 The Toast of New Orleans
Suzette Micheline

1949 That Midnight Kiss
Prudence Budell

1948 The Kissing Bandit
Teresa

1947 It Happened in Brooklyn
Anne Fielding

1946 Till the Clouds Roll By
Magnolia Hawks (segment "Show Boat") / Kathryn Grayson

1946 Two Sisters from Boston
Abigail Chandler

1945 Her Highness and the Bellboy
Singer on Radio (voice, uncredited)

1945 Ziegfeld Follies
Kathryn Grayson ('Beauty')

1945 Anchors Aweigh
Susan Abbott

1943 Thousands Cheer
Kathryn Jones

1942 Seven Sweethearts
Billie Van Maaster

1942 Rio Rita
Rita Winslow

1942 The Vanishing Virginian
Rebecca Yancey

1941 Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Kathryn Land

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Soundtrack (25 credits)

2009 Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1940s: Stars, Stripes and Singing (Video documentary) (performer: "Make Believe", "Long Ago (and Far Away)" - uncredited)

1994 That's Entertainment! III (Documentary) (performer: "'Waltz' from 'Serenade for Strings in C Major, Op. 48'" (1880) - uncredited)

1992 MGM: When the Lion Roars (TV Mini-Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)

- The Lion in Winter (1992) ... (performer: "Waltz Serenade" - uncredited)

1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (Documentary) (performer: "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" (1933) - uncredited)

1974 That's Entertainment! (Documentary) (performer: "Be My Love" (1950), "Make Believe" (1927) - uncredited)

1956 The Vagabond King (performer: "Watch Out For The Devil", "Some Day" (uncredited), "Only a Rose" (uncredited))

1953 Kiss Me Kate (performer: "So in Love", "Wunderbar", "So in Love (reprise)", "We Open in Venice", "I Hate Men", "Kiss Me Kate (reprise)" - uncredited)

1953 So This Is Love (performer: "I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate", "Je veux vivre (Juliet's Waltz Song)", "Ciribiribin", "The Tickle Toe", "Si, mi chiamo Mimi (Mimi's Aria)", "The Kiss Waltz", "Time on My Hands", "Ah! je ris de me voir si belle (The Jewel Song)", "Voi, che sapete", "Remember", "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today", "Oh Me! Oh My!" - uncredited)

1953 The Desert Song (performer: "Gay Parisienne", "If One Flower Grows Alone in Your Garden", "The Desert Song", "Romance", "Long Live the Night" - uncredited)

1952 Lovely to Look At (performer: "Yesterdays", "You're Devastating", "Lovely To Look At", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "The Touch of Your Hand" - uncredited)

1951 Show Boat (performer: "Make Believe" (1927), "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" (1927), "You Are Love" (1927), "Why Do I Love You?" (1927), "After the Ball" (1892) - uncredited)

1951 Grounds for Marriage (performer: "Habañera" - uncredited)

1950 The Toast of New Orleans (performer: "Be My Love" - uncredited)

1949 That Midnight Kiss (performer: "Verrano a te sull'aura" - uncredited)

1948 The Kissing Bandit (lyrics: "Tomorrow Means Romance", "What's Wrong with Me?", "If I Steal a Kiss", "Señorita") / (performer: "Love is Where You Find It")

1947 It Happened in Brooklyn (performer: "Invention No. 1", "Time After Time", "La ci darem la mano" (uncredited), "The Bell Song (Où va la jeune Indoue ?)" (uncredited))

1946 Till the Clouds Roll By (performer: "Show Boat", "Long Ago (and Far Away)" (uncredited))

1946 Two Sisters from Boston (performer: "There Are Two Sides to Ev'ry Girl" (1946), "The Firechief's Daughter" (1946), "Down By the Ocean" (1946), "Opera Sequence Marie Antoinette" (1946), "When Romance Passes By" (1946) - uncredited)

1945 Ziegfeld Follies (performer: "There's Beauty Ev'rywhere")

1945 Anchors Aweigh (performer: "Jealousy (Jalousie)" (1925), "(All Of A Sudden) My Heart Sings" (1944), "Waltz from Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48" (1880) - uncredited)

1943 Thousands Cheer (performer: "Daybreak", "I Dug A Ditch", "Three Letters In The Mail Box", "Let There Be Music", "United Nations", "Sempre libera" (uncredited))

1942 Seven Sweethearts (performer: "Tulip Time" (1942), "Mozart's Cradle Song", "You and the Waltz and I" (1942), "Little Tingle Tangle Toes" (1942), "We Gather Together", "Je suis Titania" - uncredited)

1942 Rio Rita (performer: "The Ranger's Song" (1927), "Long Before You Came Along" (1942), "Ombres Légères" ("Shadow Song") (1859) (uncredited))

1942 The Vanishing Virginian (music: "The World Was Made for You" (1942) - uncredited) / (performer: "Steal Away", "The World Was Made for You" (1942), "In the Evening by the Moonlight", "Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?" (1902) - uncredited)

1941 Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (performer: "The Voices of Spring (Voci di primavera)", "The Mad Scene" aria from "Lucia di Lammermoor", "I've Got My Eyes On You")

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Self (35 credits)

2004 Biography (TV Series documentary)
Herself

- Louis B. Mayer (2004) ... Herself

- Ava Gardner: Another Touch of Venus (2004) ... Herself

2004 That's Entertainment!: The Masters Behind the Musicals (Video documentary short)
Herself

2003 Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot (Video documentary short)
Herself - 'Kate / Lilli' ("Kiss Me Kate")

2001 Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration (TV Special documentary)
Herself

1994 A Century of Cinema (Documentary)
Herself

1994 Golden Globes 50th Anniversary Celebration (TV Movie)
Herself

1993 This Is Your Life (TV Series documentary)
Herself

- Ann Miller (1993) ... Herself

1992 Nelson and Jeanette (TV Movie documentary)
Herself (uncredited)

1990 The 35th Annual Thalians Gala (TV Movie)
Herself

1986 The 58th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Herself - Performer

1985 All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan (TV Special)
Herself

1985 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Gene Kelly (TV Special documentary)
Herself

1985 That's Dancing! (Documentary)
Archival footage from 'Kiss Me Kate'

1984 Looks Familiar (TV Series)
Herself - Guest

- Episode #13.4 (1984) ... Herself - Guest

1983 Mario Lanza: The American Caruso (TV Movie documentary)
Herself

1978 Gene Kelly: An American in Pasadena (TV Special)
Herself

1976 The Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena (Documentary)
Psychic Detective

1974 Dinah! (TV Series)
Herself

- Episode #1.41 (1974) ... Herself

1972-1973 The Dean Martin Show (TV Series)
Herself

- Episode #8.15 (1973) ... Herself

- Episode #8.11 (1972) ... Herself

1972 Joanne Carson's VIPs (TV Series)
Herself

- Episode #1.40 (1972) ... Herself

1968 George Jessel's Here Come the Stars (TV Series)
Herself

- Mickey Rooney (1968) ... Herself

1966 The 38th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Herself - Accepting the Award for Phyllis Dalton

1965 The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series)
Herself

- Episode #3.6 (1965) ... Herself

1962 Talent Scouts (TV Series)
Herself

- Episode dated 14 August 1962 (1962) ... Herself

1960-1961 The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV Series)
Herself

- Episode #4.158 (1961) ... Herself

- Episode #4.30 (1960) ... Herself

1960-1961 Showtime (TV Series)
Herself

- Episode #2.19 (1961) ... Herself

- Episode #2.13 (1960) ... Herself

1959 I've Got a Secret (TV Series)
Herself - Panelist

- Episode dated 15 April 1959 (1959) ... Herself - Panelist

1956-1959 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV Series)
Herself

- Episode #11.31 (1959) ... Herself

- Episode #9.4 (1956) ... Herself

1958 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series)
Herself

- Episode #12.11 (1958) ... Herself

1958 The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom (TV Series)
Herself

- Episode #2.4 (1958) ... Herself

1958 What's My Line? (TV Series)
Herself - Mystery Guest

- Kathryn Grayson (1958) ... Herself - Mystery Guest

1958 The Bob Crosby Show (TV Series)
Herself

- Episode #1.4 (1958) ... Herself

1957 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV Series)
Herself - Guest Soprano Opera Vocalist / Hostess

- Music U.S.A. (1957) ... Herself - Guest Soprano Opera Vocalist / Hostess

1956 The Bob Hope Show (TV Series)
Herself

- Episode dated 1 May 1956 (1956) ... Herself

1949 Texaco Star Theatre (TV Series)
Herself - Actress

- Episode #2.6 (1949) ... Herself - Actress

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Archive footage (17 credits)

2012 Out of My Dreams: Oscar Hammerstein II (TV Movie documentary)
Magnolia Hawks

2011 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV Special)
Herself - In Memoriam

2010 The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (TV Special)
Herself - In Memoriam

2010 Cinema 3 (TV Series)

- Episode dated 27 February 2010 (2010)

2004 Love Find Andy Hardy Intro (Video documentary short)
Herself

2002 American Masters (TV Series documentary)
Herself

- Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (2002) ... Herself

1998 Classified X (TV Movie documentary)
Herself

1997 Sobbin' Women: The Making of 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers' (TV Short documentary)
Katherine in 'Kiss Me Kate'

1994 That's Entertainment! III (Documentary)
Performer in Clip from 'Anchors Aweigh' (uncredited)

1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (Documentary)
Clip from 'Lovely to Look At'

1974 That's Entertainment! (Documentary)
Clips from 1951 version of 'Show Boat' and 'Toast of New Orleans'

1971 The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series)
Herself

- Episode dated 17 December 1971 (1971) ... Herself

1964 Hollywood and the Stars (TV Series)
Herself

- Hollywood Goes to War (1964) ... Herself

1951 The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story (Documentary)

1949 Some of the Best: Twenty-Five Years of Motion Picture Leadership (Documentary short)
Herself (uncredited)

1944 Twenty Years After (Short)

1942 Personalities (Short)
... (uncredited)

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5' 2" (1.57 m)

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Nickname:

Graysie

Star Sign:

Aquarius

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