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      Kathryn Grayson

      Kathryn Grayson

      Highest Rated: 100% Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)

      Lowest Rated: 53% Anchors Aweigh (1945)

      Birthday: Feb 9, 1922

      Birthplace: Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

      One of the favorite stars of screen musicals during their heyday in the late 1940s and early 1950s, Kathryn Grayson was a visually and vocally striking singer and actress who graced some of the most popular films of the postwar era, including "Anchors Aweigh" (1947) and "Kiss Me Kate" (1953). Blessed with a coloratura soprano from an early age, she caught the attention of MGM chief Louis B. Mayer while a teenager, and was signed to a contract without the benefit of a screen test or drama lessons. Her combination of looks and voice made her an ideal leading lady opposite some of the biggest male musical performers of the day, including Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Mario Lanza, Gordon MacRae, and her personal favorite, Howard Keel, with whom she co-starred in several hit films. The demise of the Hollywood musical, however, brought her screen career to an end, though she remained active on stage in plays, musicals and opera for the next five decades, while the best of her film efforts earned classic status, ensuring her screen immortality.

      Highest rated movies

      Till the Clouds Roll By
      Kiss Me Kate
      Show Boat
      It Happened in Brooklyn
      Anchors Aweigh

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      TWO SISTERS FROM BOSTON, Kathryn Grayson, Jimmy Durante, 1946 THAT MIDNIGHT KISS, Kathryn Grayson, Mario Lanza, 1949 LOVELY TO LOOK AT, from left: Howard Keel, Kathryn Grayson, 1952 KISS ME KATE, Bob Fosse, Kathryn Grayson, Bobby Van, Ann Miller, Howard Keel, Tommy Rall, 1953 KISS ME KATE, from left: Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, 1953 KISS ME KATE, Kathryn Grayson, 1953 THE DESERT SONG, Kathryn Grayson, 1953 LOVELY TO LOOK AT, Kathryn Grayson, Red Skelton, 1952 KISS ME KATE, Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, 1953 KISS ME KATE, Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, 1953 KISS ME KATE, Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, 1953. THE KISSING BANDIT, Kathryn Grayson, 1948 THE KISSING BANDIT, from left: Kathryn Grayson, Frank Sinatra, 1948 THE KISSING BANDIT, Kathryn Grayson, 1948 IT HAPPENED IN BROOKLYN, Peter Lawford, Kathryn Grayson, 1947 IT HAPPENED IN BROOKLYN, Kathryn Grayson, Peter Lawford, 1947 THE KISSING BANDIT, J. Carrol Naish (in custody left), Frank Sinatra (in custody center), Kathryn Grayson (back to camera right), 1948 THE KISSING BANDIT, from left: Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, 1948 THE KISSING BANDIT, from left: Kathryn Grayson, Frank Sinatra, 1948 LITTLE WOMEN, Kathryn Grayson, and her husband Johnny Johnston, attending the preview, 1949
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      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Vagabond King Catherine de Vaucelles (Character) - 1956
      No Score Yet 0% So This Is Love Grace Moore (Character) - 1953
      93% 72% Kiss Me Kate Lilli Vanessi 'Katherine' (Character) - 1953
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Desert Song Margot Birabeau (Character) - 1953
      No Score Yet 33% Lovely to Look At Stephanie (Character) - 1952
      83% 70% Show Boat Magnolia Hawks (Character) - 1951
      No Score Yet 54% The Toast of New Orleans Suzette Micheline (Character) - 1950
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Grounds for Marriage Ina Massine (Character) - 1950
      No Score Yet 43% That Midnight Kiss Prudence Budell (Character) - 1949
      No Score Yet 38% The Kissing Bandit Teresa (Character) - 1948
      83% 45% It Happened in Brooklyn Anne Fielding (Character) - 1947
      No Score Yet 52% Two Sisters From Boston Abigail Chandler (Character) - 1946
      100% 48% Till the Clouds Roll By Magnolia (Character) - 1946
      53% 78% Anchors Aweigh Susan Abbott (Character) - 1945
      No Score Yet 56% Thousands Cheer Kathryn Jones (Character) - 1943
      No Score Yet 60% Seven Sweethearts Billie Van Maaster (Character) - 1942
      No Score Yet 42% Rio Rita Rita Winslow (Character) - 1942
      No Score Yet 40% Andy Hardy's Private Secretary Kathryn Land (Character) - 1941
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Vanishing Virginian Rebecca Yancey (Character) - 1941

      TV

      Credit
      No Score Yet 89% Murder, She Wrote Ideal Molloy (Guest Star) 1987 1989
      No Score Yet No Score Yet What's My Line? Guest 1958