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Kay Francis

Acting

Kay Francis

EN cinema · 81 credits

Born

13 January 1905

Died

26 August 1968 (aged 63)

Birthplace

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Also known as Katherine Edwina Gibbs · Katherine Francis

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.

Known for

Filmography

William Powell: A True Gentleman poster

William Powell: A True Gentleman

EN · 20057.5

Actor

Complicated Women poster

Complicated Women

EN · 20036.9

as Self (archive footage)

Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults poster

Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults

EN · 19999.0

as (archive footage)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage poster

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

EN · 19837.0

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? poster

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

EN · 19756.3

as Self (archive footage)

Blow-Ups of 1947 poster

Blow-Ups of 1947

EN · 19476.3

as Self

Wife Wanted poster

Wife Wanted

EN · 19467.8

as Carole Raymond

Allotment Wives poster

Allotment Wives

EN · 19456.7

as Sheila Seymour, Producer

Divorce poster

Divorce

EN · 19456.0

as Diane Carter, Producer

Four Jills in a Jeep poster

Four Jills in a Jeep

EN · 19446.8

as Kay Francis

Show-Business at War poster

Show-Business at War

EN · 19437.0

as Self

Always in My Heart poster

Always in My Heart

EN · 19426.3

as Marjorie Scott

Between Us Girls poster

Between Us Girls

EN · 19427.5

as Christine 'Chris' Bishop

Charley's Aunt poster

Charley's Aunt

EN · 19416.3

as Donna Lucia

The Feminine Touch poster

The Feminine Touch

EN · 19415.1

as Nellie Woods

Play Girl poster

Play Girl

EN · 19416.4

as Grace Herbert

The Man Who Lost Himself poster

The Man Who Lost Himself

EN · 19415.4

as Adrienne Scott

It's a Date poster

It's a Date

EN · 19406.4

as Georgia Drake

When the Daltons Rode poster

When the Daltons Rode

EN · 19406.2

as Julie King

Little Men poster

Little Men

EN · 19405.5

as Josephine "Jo" Bhaer

In Name Only poster

In Name Only

EN · 19397.0

as Maida Walker

King of the Underworld poster

King of the Underworld

EN · 19396.4

as Dr. Carole Nelson

Women in the Wind poster

Women in the Wind

EN · 19396.8

as Janet Steele

Breakdowns of 1939 poster

Breakdowns of 1939

EN · 19396.5

as Self

Secrets of an Actress poster

Secrets of an Actress

EN · 19386.0

as Fay Carter

Women Are Like That poster

Women Are Like That

EN · 19386.8

as Claire King Landin

Comet Over Broadway poster

Comet Over Broadway

EN · 19385.7

as Eve Appleton

My Bill poster

My Bill

EN · 19386.6

as Mary Colbrook

Breakdowns of 1938 poster

Breakdowns of 1938

EN · 19385.8

as Lady Chase-Wayne / Claire Landin (archive footage) (uncredited)

Confession poster

Confession

EN · 19376.3

as Vera Kowalska

Another Dawn poster

Another Dawn

EN · 19376.4

as Julia Ashton Wister

First Lady poster

First Lady

EN · 19376.6

as Lucy Chase Wayne

Stolen Holiday poster

Stolen Holiday

EN · 19376.4

as Nicole Picot

Breakdowns of 1937 poster

Breakdowns of 1937

EN · 19376.0

as Self

Give Me Your Heart poster

Give Me Your Heart

EN · 19365.9

as Belinda 'Linda' Warren, aka 'Bill'

The White Angel poster

The White Angel

EN · 19367.3

as Florence Nightingale

Breakdowns of 1936 poster

Breakdowns of 1936

EN · 1936Not rated

as Self

The Goose and the Gander poster

The Goose and the Gander

EN · 19354.7

as Georgiana Summers

Stranded poster

Stranded

EN · 19356.0

as Lynn Palmer

Living on Velvet poster

Living on Velvet

EN · 19355.9

as Amy Prentiss

I Found Stella Parish poster

I Found Stella Parish

EN · 19357.3

as Stella Parish

Movies on Sundays

1935

Movies on Sundays

EN · 1935Not rated

as Herself (uncredited)

Things You Never See on the Screen poster

Things You Never See on the Screen

EN · 19355.2

as Self

Dr. Monica poster

Dr. Monica

EN · 19345.1

as Dr. Monica Braden

Wonder Bar poster

Wonder Bar

EN · 19346.0

as Liane Renaud

British Agent poster

British Agent

EN · 19345.7

as Elena Moura

Mandalay poster

Mandalay

EN · 19345.8

as Tanya Borodoff aka Spot White / Marjorie Lang

The House on 56th Street poster

The House on 56th Street

EN · 19335.4

as Peggy Martin Van Tyle / Peggy Stone

I Loved a Woman poster

I Loved a Woman

EN · 19334.8

as Laura McDonald

Mary Stevens, M.D. poster

Mary Stevens, M.D.

EN · 19336.2

as Mary Stevens

The Keyhole poster

The Keyhole

EN · 19335.0

as Anne Vallee Brooks

Storm at Daybreak poster

Storm at Daybreak

EN · 19336.6

as Irina Radovic

Trouble in Paradise poster

Trouble in Paradise

EN · 19327.4

as Mariette

One Way Passage poster

One Way Passage

EN · 19327.3

as Joan Ames

Jewel Robbery poster

Jewel Robbery

EN · 19326.5

as Baroness Teri Hohenfels

Man Wanted poster

Man Wanted

EN · 19325.5

as Lois Ames

Street of Women poster

Street of Women

EN · 19325.0

as Natalie 'Nat' Upton

Strangers in Love poster

Strangers in Love

EN · 19325.5

as Diana Merrow

Cynara poster

Cynara

EN · 19325.1

as Clemency Warlock

Girls About Town poster

Girls About Town

EN · 19316.6

as Wanda Howard

Transgression poster

Transgression

EN · 19314.3

as Elsie Maury

Scandal Sheet poster

Scandal Sheet

EN · 193110.0

as Edith Flint

Guilty Hands poster

Guilty Hands

EN · 19316.1

as Marjorie West

The Vice Squad poster

The Vice Squad

EN · 19316.8

as Alice Morrison

24 Hours poster

24 Hours

EN · 19316.3

as Fanny Towner

The False Madonna poster

The False Madonna

EN · 19317.0

as Tina

Ladies' Man poster

Ladies' Man

EN · 19314.6

as Norma Page

Raffles poster

Raffles

EN · 19306.1

as Gwen

Let's Go Native poster

Let's Go Native

EN · 19307.7

as Constance Cook

Street of Chance poster

Street of Chance

EN · 19306.8

as Alma Marsden

A Notorious Affair poster

A Notorious Affair

EN · 19304.7

as Countess Olga Balakireff

The Virtuous Sin poster

The Virtuous Sin

EN · 19304.8

as Marya Ivanova Sablin

Passion Flower poster

Passion Flower

EN · 19305.4

as Dulce Morado

Behind the Make-Up poster

Behind the Make-Up

EN · 19306.9

as Kitty Parker

For the Defense poster

For the Defense

EN · 19305.7

as Irene Manners

Paramount on Parade poster

Paramount on Parade

EN · 19305.9

as Carmen

The Cocoanuts poster

The Cocoanuts

EN · 19296.5

as Penelope

Dangerous Curves poster

Dangerous Curves

EN · 19296.6

as Zara Flynn

The Marriage Playground poster

The Marriage Playground

EN · 19296.0

as Lady Wrench

Illusion poster

Illusion

EN · 19299.0

as Zelda Paxton

Gentlemen of the Press poster

Gentlemen of the Press

EN · 19296.7

as Myra May