Kathryn Grant
Biography
Kathryn Grant was an American actress and singer who made films under that stage name. Born in Houston, she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Texas at Austin in 1955. Her film career began in 1953. She appeared in The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) as Princess Parisa and in Anatomy of a Murder (1959), a courtroom drama. She co-starred with Jack Lemmon in Operation Mad Ball (1957), with Tony Curtis in Mister Cory (1957), and she appeared in The Big Circus (1959) as a trapeze artist. By the 1960s she had largely retired from acting. She hosted The Kathryn Crosby Show, a local San Francisco talk show, starting in the mid-1970s. She later took smaller parts and starred in State Fair, a short-lived 1996 Broadway musical. From 1985 to 2001 she hosted the Crosby National Golf Tournament, and in 2014 she sang in a Rodgers and Hart tribute. She died in 2024.
90years old at death
- Born Houston
- Died Hillsborough
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Also credited as Kathryn Grandstaff
Movie Career
- Films
- 11
- Career span
- 23 years1955 to 1978
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Early training
Grant finished her Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Texas at Austin in 1955 by attending summer school, after she had already moved to Hollywood to start acting.
A change of course
Grant largely retired from acting by the 1960s at the urging of Bing Crosby, whom she had met on the Paramount lot while newly under contract.
A change of course
Crosby studied at Queen of Angels Hospital in Los Angeles and became a registered nurse on June 16, 1963. She went on to earn a teaching qualification.
Kathryn Grant movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Phil Karlson directed five of these films. Two actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Phil KarlsonDirector, 5 films, 1955 to 1958
All films by Phil Karlson
Also two films together4 more actors
- Kerwin MathewsThe 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) and 5 Against the House (1955)
- Alexander CampbellAnatomy of a Murder (1959) and Storm Center (1956)
- Allen NourseThe Phenix City Story (1955) and Tight Spot (1955)
- Joseph KearnsAnatomy of a Murder (1959) and Storm Center (1956)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.