Person Details
Birthday: 1905-01-13 22:08:00
Death: 1968-08-26 22:08:00
Aliases: Katherine Edwina Gibbs , Katherine Francis
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 55
TV Involvements: 1
Most Famous Work
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kay Francis (January 13, 1905 – August 26, 1968) was an American stage and film actress. After a brief period on Broadway in the late 1920s, she moved to film and achieved her greatest success between 1930 and 1936, when she was the number one female star at the Warner Brothers studio, and the highest paid American film actress. Some of her film related material and personal papers are available to scholars and researchers in the Wesleyan University Cinema Archives. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kay Francis,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Famous Work
Lux Video Theatre
(1950) AliceIn Name Only
(1939) Maida WalkerBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
(1975) Self (archive footage)King of the Underworld
(1939) Dr. Carole NelsonBritish Agent
(1934) Elena MouraMary Stevens, M.D.
(1933) Mary StevensI Found Stella Parish
(1935) Stella ParishWonder Bar
(1934) Liane RenaudActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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2005 | N/A | |
2003 | Self (archive footage) | |
1983 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
1975 | Self (archive footage) | |
1950 | N/A | |
Alice | ||
1947 | Self | |
1946 | Carole Raymond | |
1945 | Sheila Seymour | |
Diane Carter | ||
1944 | Kay Francis | |
1943 | Self | |
1942 | Christine Bishop | |
Marjorie Scott | ||
1941 | Nellie Woods | |
Donna Lucia | ||
Adrienne Scott | ||
Grace Herbert | ||
1940 | Josephine "Jo" Bhaer | |
Julie King | ||
Georgia Drake | ||
Self | ||
1939 | Maida Walker | |
Janet Steele | ||
Dr. Carole Nelson | ||
1938 | Eve Appleton | |
Fay Carter | ||
Mary Colbrook | ||
Claire King Landin | ||
Lady Chase-Wayne / Claire Landin (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
1937 | Lucy Chase Wayne | |
Vera Kowalska | ||
Julia Ashton Wister | ||
Nicole Picot | ||
Self | ||
1936 | Self | |
Belinda 'Linda' Warren, aka 'Bill' | ||
Florence Nightingale | ||
1935 | Self | |
Stella Parish | ||
Georgiana Summers | ||
Lynn Palmer | ||
Amy Prentiss | ||
Herself (uncredited) | ||
1934 | Elena Moura | |
Dr. Monica Braden | ||
Liane Renaud | ||
Tanya Borodoff aka Spot White / Marjorie Lang | ||
1933 | Peggy Martin Van Tyle / Peggy Stone | |
Laura McDonald | ||
Mary Stevens | ||
Irina Radovic | ||
Anne Vallee Brooks | ||
1932 | Clemency Warlock | |
Mariette Colet | ||
Joan Ames | ||
Baroness Teri Hohenfels | ||
Natalie 'Nat' Upton | ||
Lois Ames | ||
Diana Merrow | ||
1931 | Tina | |
Wanda Howard | ||
Fanny Towner | ||
Marjorie West | ||
Elsie Maury | ||
Alice Morrison | ||
Norma Page | ||
Edith Flint | ||
Dulce Morado | ||
Marya Ivanova Sablin | ||
Constance Cook | ||
Irene Manners | ||
Gwen | ||
Countess Olga Balakireff | ||
Carmen | ||
Alma Marsden | ||
Kitty Parker | ||
1929 | Lady Wrench | |
Zelda Paxton | ||
Zara Flynn | ||
Penelope | ||
Myra May | ||
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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1945 | Producer | |
Producer | ||
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |