Personal Info
Birth date
1922-02-09 (103 Years)
Day of death
2010-02-17
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Winston-Salem - North Carolina - USA
Also known as
Кэтрин Грейсон
Zelma Kathryn Elisabeth Hedrick
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.
Filmography
The Merv Griffin Show
6.222
Overview:
The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC, September 20, 1965 to August 15, 1969 in first-run syndication, from August 18, 1969 to February 11, 1972 at 11:30 PM ET weeknights on CBS and again in first-run syndication from February 14, 1972 to September 5, 1986.Murder, She Wrote
7.5
Overview:
An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.Baretta
6.3
Overview:
Baretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New Jersey police officer David Toma. While popular, Toma received intense criticism at the time for its realistic and frequent depiction of police and criminal violence. When Musante left the series after a single season, the concept was retooled as Baretta, with Robert Blake in the title role.The Ed Sullivan Show
6.8
Overview:
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.What's My Line?
6.9
Overview:
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.Till the Clouds Roll By
5.7
Overview:
Light bio-pic of American Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern, featuring renditions of the famous songs from his musical plays by contemporary stage artists, including a condensed production of his most famous: 'Showboat'.General Electric Theater
6.25
Overview:
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
7.25
Overview:
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.Ziegfeld Follies
6.1
Overview:
The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.Anchors Aweigh
6.798
Overview:
Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew.Kiss Me Kate
6.4
Overview:
A pair of divorced actors are brought together to participate in a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course, the couple seem to act a great deal like the characters they play, and they must work together when mistaken identities get them mixed up with the mafia.Show Boat
6.1
Overview:
A dashing Mississippi river gambler wins the affections of the daughter of the owner of the Show Boat.That's Entertainment!
7.3
Overview:
Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.That's Entertainment, Part II
6.855
Overview:
Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.That's Entertainment! III
7
Overview:
Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain.That's Dancing!
7
Overview:
A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30s, 40s 50s and 60s up to the break dance and the music videos from the 80s.Thousands Cheer
6.4
Overview:
Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the colonel's pretty daughter. Their romance hits a few snags, including disapproval from her father. Eddie's also plagued by fear of having an accident during his family's trapeze act in the army variety show, which also features a gallery of MGM stars.The Kissing Bandit
3
Overview:
Ricardo, the milquetoast son of a Mexican bandit, would rather lead a quiet life in Boston. But the family would rather that he follow in his father's footsteps and become "The Kissing Bandit".Rio Rita
5.8
Overview:
Doc and Wishey run into some Nazi-agents, who want to smuggle bombs into the USA from a Mexican border hotel.The Vagabond King
5.7
Overview:
Louis XI of France drafts Paris's popular "king" of criminals as Provost Marshal in his fight against usurper Charles of Burgundy and the traitorous nobles who rally around him.The Desert Song
6.5
Overview:
Shiek Yousseff, poses as a friend of the French while secretly plotting to overthrow them. Apposing Yousseff are the Riffs, whose secret leader, The Red Shadow, is Paul Bonnard, a professor who is studying the desert, and whose attacks on the supply trains intended for Yousseff keep the Riff villages in food. Foreign Legion General Birabeau arrives to conduct an investigation, accompanied by his daughter, Margot. Birabeau hires Bonnard to tutor her, and she is attracted to a Legionaire captain, Claud Fontaine. While the general, Bonnard and Fontaine pay a visit to Yousseff, an American newspaper man, Benji Kidd, discovers a secret way in and out of Yousseff's palace, with the aid of Azuri, a dancing girl in love with Bonnard. The latter is forced to resume his role as the Riffs leader, and kidnap Margot until he can convince her of Yousseff's treachery. But Yousseff's men attack the Riff camp and take Margot prisoner.The Vanishing Virginian
6
Overview:
The perineal District Attorney and conservative southern patriarch cherishes the old ways and does his best to adjust to change.Twenty Years After
6
Overview:
This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits, then from a number of 1944 releases.Hollywood: The Dream Factory
6
Overview:
A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension this provides a general history of Hollywood's Golden Age and the legendary studio system.It Happened in Brooklyn
6
Overview:
Danny has been in the army for 4 years, yet all he thinks about is Brooklyn and how great it is. When he returns after the war, he soon finds that Brooklyn is not so nice after all. He is able to share a place with Nick, the janitor of his old High School, and get a job as a singer in a music store. He also meets Leo, a talented pianist and his teacher Anne, whose dream is to singing Opera. When Jamie arrives from England, Danny tries to show him the Brooklyn experience and help him compose modern swing music. Together, these four also try to help Leo get the Brooklyn Music scholarship.Seven Sweethearts
6
Overview:
Little Delft, Michigan follows the customs of old-world Holland and is known for its Tulip Festival. The owner of the hotel insists that his seven daughters marry in order, from eldest to youngest.Acting
2009Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical as Self (archive)
2003Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot as Self
2002Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer as Self (archive footage)
1994That's Entertainment! III as (archive footage)
1992Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts as Self (uncredited)
1985That's Dancing! as From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)
1984Murder, She Wrote (3 Episodes) as Ideal Molloy
1983Mario Lanza: The American Caruso as Self
1976The Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena as Psychic Detective
1976That's Entertainment, Part II as (archive footage)
1975Baretta (1 Episode) as Unknown
1974That's Entertainment! as (archive footage)
1972Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
1962The Merv Griffin Show (3 Episodes) as Self
1958The Bob Crosby Show (1 Episode) as Unknown
1956The Vagabond King as Catherine de Vaucelles
1953Kiss Me Kate as Lilli Vanessi, "Katherine"
1953So This Is Love as Grace Moore
1953The Desert Song as Margot Birabeau
1953General Electric Theater (1, 1 Episode) as Julie Denton, Alice Kellen
1952Lovely to Look At as Stephanie
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1 Episode) as Unknown
1951Show Boat as Magnolia Hawks
1951Grounds for Marriage as Ina Massine
1950The Toast of New Orleans as Suzette Micheline
1950What's My Line? (1 Episode) as Self - Mystery Guest
1949That Midnight Kiss as Prudence Budell
1948The Kissing Bandit as Teresa
1948The Ed Sullivan Show (1 Episode) as Self
1947It Happened in Brooklyn as Anne Fielding
1946Till the Clouds Roll By as Magnolia Hawks / Kathryn Grayson
1946Two Sisters from Boston as Abigail Chandler
1945Ziegfeld Follies as Kathryn Grayson (segment "Beauty")
1945Anchors Aweigh as Susan Abbott
1944Twenty Years After as (archive footage)
1943Thousands Cheer as Kathryn Jones
1942Seven Sweethearts as Billie Van Maaster
1942Rio Rita as Rita Winslow
1942The Vanishing Virginian as Rebecca Yancey
1941Andy Hardy's Private Secretary as Kathryn Land