Kay Francis

Kay Francis

Known for

Acting

Born

January 13, 1905

Birthplace

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Died

August 26, 1968 (aged 63)

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.

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Best known work

Trouble in Paradise
Trouble in Paradise
1932
The Cocoanuts
The Cocoanuts
1929
One Way Passage
One Way Passage
1932
In Name Only
In Name Only
1939
Jewel Robbery
Jewel Robbery
1932
King of the Underworld
King of the Underworld
1939
When the Daltons Rode
When the Daltons Rode
1940
Wonder Bar
Wonder Bar
1934
Raffles
Raffles
1930
British Agent
British Agent
1934

Filmography

  1. 2005

    William Powell: A True Gentleman
  2. 2003

    Complicated Women

    as Self (archive footage)

  3. 1999

  4. 1983

    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  5. 1975

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    as Self (archive footage)

  6. 1950

    Prudential Family PlayhouseTV
  7. 1950

    Lux Video TheatreTV

    as Alice (1 episode)

  8. 1947

  9. 1946

    Wife Wanted

    as Carole Raymond

  10. 1945

    Allotment Wives

    as Sheila Seymour, Producer

  11. 1945

    Divorce

    as Diane Carter, Producer

  12. 1944

    Four Jills in a Jeep

    as Kay Francis

  13. 1943

  14. 1942

    Between Us Girls

    as Christine 'Chris' Bishop

  15. 1942

    Always in My Heart

    as Marjorie Scott

  16. 1941

    The Feminine Touch

    as Nellie Woods

  17. 1941

    Charley's Aunt

    as Donna Lucia

  18. 1941

    The Man Who Lost Himself

    as Adrienne Scott

  19. 1941

    Play Girl

    as Grace Herbert

  20. 1940

    Little Men

    as Josephine "Jo" Bhaer

  21. 1940

  22. 1940

    It's a Date

    as Georgia Drake

  23. 1939

  24. 1939

    In Name Only

    as Maida Walker

  25. 1939

    Women in the Wind

    as Janet Steele

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