Kay 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.
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- Born:
- Jan 13, 1905 In Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 82
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Gentlemen of the Press 1929-05-04
- Latest Project:
- Movie William Powell: A True Gentleman 2005-08-02
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | William Powell: A True Gentleman | 2005-08-02 | |
| Movie | Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) | 2003-05-06 |
| Movie | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-02-25 |
| Movie | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 |
| Series | Prudential Family Playhouse | Unknown | 1950-10-10 |
| Series | Lux Video Theatre | Unknown | 1950-10-02 |
| Movie | Blow-Ups of 1947 | Self | 1947-12-31 |
| Movie | Wife Wanted | Carole Raymond | 1946-11-02 |
| Movie | Divorce | Diane Carter | 1945-08-18 |
| Movie | Allotment Wives | Sheila Seymour | 1945-11-08 |
| Movie | Four Jills in a Jeep | Kay Francis | 1944-03-17 |
| Movie | Show-Business at War | Self | 1943-05-21 |
| Movie | Always in My Heart | Marjorie Scott | 1942-03-14 |
| Movie | Between Us Girls | Christine 'Chris' Bishop | 1942-09-04 |
| Movie | Play Girl | Grace Herbert | 1941-01-29 |
| Movie | The Man Who Lost Himself | Adrienne Scott | 1941-03-21 |
| Movie | Charley's Aunt | Donna Lucia | 1941-08-01 |
| Movie | The Feminine Touch | Nellie Woods | 1941-10-01 |
| Movie | When the Daltons Rode | Julie King | 1940-08-23 |
| Movie | It's a Date | Georgia Drake | 1940-03-22 |
| Movie | Little Men | Josephine "Jo" Bhaer | 1940-11-29 |
| Movie | King of the Underworld | Dr. Carole Nelson | 1939-01-14 |
| Movie | Women in the Wind | Janet Steele | 1939-04-15 |
| Movie | Breakdowns of 1939 | Self | 1939-12-31 |
| Movie | In Name Only | Maida Walker | 1939-08-18 |
| Movie | Women Are Like That | Claire King Landin | 1938-04-23 |
| Movie | My Bill | Mary Colbrook | 1938-07-08 |
| Movie | Breakdowns of 1938 | Lady Chase-Wayne / Claire Landin (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1938-12-31 |
| Movie | Secrets of an Actress | Fay Carter | 1938-09-10 |
| Movie | Comet Over Broadway | Eve Appleton | 1938-12-03 |
| Movie | Stolen Holiday | Nicole Picot | 1937-02-06 |
| Movie | Another Dawn | Julia Ashton Wister | 1937-06-26 |
| Movie | Breakdowns of 1937 | Self | 1937-12-31 |
| Movie | Confession | Vera Kowalska | 1937-08-19 |
| Movie | First Lady | Lucy Chase Wayne | 1937-12-04 |
| Movie | The White Angel | Florence Nightingale | 1936-06-25 |
| Movie | Give Me Your Heart | Belinda 'Linda' Warren, aka 'Bill' | 1936-09-17 |
| Movie | Breakdowns of 1936 | Self | 1936-12-30 |
| Movie | Stranded | Lynn Palmer | 1935-06-29 |
| Movie | Movies on Sundays | Herself (uncredited) | 1935-01-01 |
| Movie | Living on Velvet | Amy Prentiss | 1935-03-02 |
| Movie | The Goose and the Gander | Georgiana Summers | 1935-09-21 |
| Movie | I Found Stella Parish | Stella Parish | 1935-11-16 |
| Movie | Things You Never See on the Screen | Self | 1935-12-01 |
| Movie | Mandalay | Tanya Borodoff aka Spot White / Marjorie Lang | 1934-02-10 |
| Movie | Wonder Bar | Liane Renaud | 1934-03-31 |
| Movie | Dr. Monica | Dr. Monica Braden | 1934-06-23 |
| Movie | British Agent | Elena Moura | 1934-09-15 |
| Movie | Storm at Daybreak | Irina Radovic | 1933-06-14 |
| Movie | Mary Stevens, M.D. | Mary Stevens | 1933-07-22 |
| Movie | The Keyhole | Anne Vallee Brooks | 1933-03-25 |
| Movie | I Loved a Woman | Laura McDonald | 1933-09-23 |
| Movie | The House on 56th Street | Peggy Martin Van Tyle / Peggy Stone | 1933-12-23 |
| Movie | Man Wanted | Lois Ames | 1932-04-23 |
| Movie | Strangers in Love | Diana Merrow | 1932-03-05 |
| Movie | Jewel Robbery | Baroness Teri Hohenfels | 1932-07-08 |
| Movie | Street of Women | Natalie 'Nat' Upton | 1932-06-04 |
| Movie | One Way Passage | Joan Ames | 1932-10-04 |
| Movie | Cynara | Clemency Warlock | 1932-12-24 |
| Movie | Trouble in Paradise | Mariette Colet | 1932-10-30 |
| Movie | The Vice Squad | Alice Morrison | 1931-05-29 |
| Movie | Ladies' Man | Norma Page | 1931-04-16 |
| Movie | Scandal Sheet | Edith Flint | 1931-01-31 |
| Movie | Transgression | Elsie Maury | 1931-06-27 |
| Movie | Girls About Town | Wanda Howard | 1931-11-07 |
| Movie | Guilty Hands | Marjorie West | 1931-08-22 |
| Movie | The False Madonna | Tina | 1931-12-05 |
| Movie | 24 Hours | Fanny Towner | 1931-10-03 |
| Movie | Paramount on Parade | Carmen | 1930-04-22 |
| Movie | Behind the Make-Up | Kitty Parker | 1930-01-18 |
| Movie | Raffles | Gwen | 1930-07-11 |
| Movie | Street of Chance | Alma Marsden | 1930-02-08 |
| Movie | A Notorious Affair | Countess Olga Balakireff | 1930-04-26 |
| Movie | For the Defense | Irene Manners | 1930-07-19 |
| Movie | Passion Flower | Dulce Morado | 1930-12-06 |
| Movie | The Virtuous Sin | Marya Ivanova Sablin | 1930-10-24 |
| Movie | Let's Go Native | Constance Cook | 1930-08-15 |
| Movie | Gentlemen of the Press | Myra May | 1929-05-04 |
| Movie | The Cocoanuts | Penelope | 1929-05-23 |
| Movie | The Marriage Playground | Lady Wrench | 1929-12-12 |
| Movie | Illusion | Zelda Paxton | 1929-09-21 |
| Movie | Dangerous Curves | Zara Flynn | 1929-07-12 |