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.

Filmography

• 1994That's Entertainment! III — (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1985That's Dancing! — From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
• Murder, She Wrote — Ideal Molloy
• 1976That's Entertainment, Part II — (archive footage)
• 1976The Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena — Psychic Detective
• Baretta
• 1974That's Entertainment! — (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Bob Crosby Show
• 1956The Vagabond King — Catherine de Vaucelles
• General Electric Theater — Julie Denton, Alice Kellen
• 1953Kiss Me Kate — Lilli Vanessi, "Katherine"
• 1953So This Is Love — Grace Moore
• 1953The Desert Song — Margot Birabeau
• 1952Lovely to Look At — Stephanie
• 1951Grounds for Marriage — Ina Massine
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
• 1951Show Boat — Magnolia Hawks
• 1950The Toast of New Orleans — Suzette Micheline
• 1949That Midnight Kiss — Prudence Budell
• 1948The Kissing Bandit — Teresa
• 1947It Happened in Brooklyn — Anne Fielding
• 1946Till the Clouds Roll By — Magnolia Hawks / Kathryn Grayson
• 1946Two Sisters from Boston — Abigail Chandler
• 1945Anchors Aweigh — Susan Abbott
• 1945Ziegfeld Follies — Kathryn Grayson (segment "Beauty")
• 1944Twenty Years After — (archive footage)
• 1943Thousands Cheer — Kathryn Jones
• 1942Rio Rita — Rita Winslow
• 1942Seven Sweethearts — Billie Van Maaster
• 1942The Vanishing Virginian — Rebecca Yancey
• 1941Andy Hardy's Private Secretary — Kathryn Land

Appearances as themselves (10)

• 2009Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical — Self (archive)
• 2003Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot — Self
• 2002Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer — Self (archive footage)
• 1992Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts — Self (uncredited)
• 1983Mario Lanza: The American Caruso — Self
• 1972Hollywood: The Dream Factory — Self (archive footage)
• Film '72 — Self
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• What's My Line? — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self