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Kathryn Grayson
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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.
As actor
Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot
Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer
That's Entertainment! III
Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts
That's Dancing!
Mario Lanza: The American Caruso
That's Entertainment, Part II
The Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena
That's Entertainment!
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
The Vagabond King
Kiss Me Kate
The Desert Song
So This Is Love
Lovely to Look At
Show Boat
Grounds for Marriage
The Toast of New Orleans
That Midnight Kiss
The Kissing Bandit
It Happened in Brooklyn
Till the Clouds Roll By
Two Sisters from Boston
Ziegfeld Follies
Anchors Aweigh
Twenty Years After
Thousands Cheer
Rio Rita
Seven Sweethearts