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Kay Francis

Actress / Stage Actress / Film Actress | * 01/13/1905 († 63, 08/26/1968) | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (United States of America (USA))
Kay Francis (born Katharine Edwina Gibbs; 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 and highest-paid actress at Warner Bros. studio. She adopted her mother's maiden name (Francis) as her professional surname. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Comedies

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Abandoned by her lover, a woman becomes the main "hostess" in a decadent nightclub, but tries to put her past behind her on a steamer to Mandalay. ...

Mandalay

Certification unknown

1934 | 2.9/5 | 1h 5min
Drama
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Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their empl ...

Trouble in Paradise

Certification unknown

1932 | 3.7/5 | 1h 23min
Comedy, Crime, Romance / Love
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Colonel John Wister, on duty with the British army in the desert region of Dubik, returns to England on leave. There he falls in love with Julia Ashton, who cares deeply for him but believes herself i ...

Another Dawn

Certification unknown

1937 | 3.4/5 | 1h 13min
Adventure, Drama, Romance / Love
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A distinguished English gentleman has a secret life--he is the notorious jewel thief the press has dubbed "The Amateur Cracksman". When he meets a woman and falls in love he decides to "retire" from t ...

Raffles

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1930 | 3.0/5 | 1h 12min
Adventure, Crime, Romance / Love
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Awards & Nominations for Kay Francis

Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Movies with Kay Francis as Actress(80)

2005 William Powell: A True Gentleman
as Self (archive footage)2003 Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage)1975 Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as herself1947 Blow-Ups of 1947
as Carole Raymond1946 Wife Wanted
as Diane Carter1945 Divorce
as Sheila Seymour1945 Allotment Wives
as herself1944 Four Jills in a Jeep
as herself1943 Show-Business at War
as Christine Bishop1942 Between Us Girls
as Marjorie Scott1942 Always in My Heart
as Nellie Woods1941 The Feminine Touch
as Adrienne Scott1941 The Man Who Lost Himself
as Grace Herbert1941 Play Girl
as Donna Lucia1941 Charley's Aunt
as Josephine "Jo" Bhaer1940 Little Men
as Julie King1940 When the Daltons Rode
as Georgia Drake1940 It's a Date
as Janet Steele1939 Women in the Wind
as Dr. Carole Nelson1939 King of the Underworld
as Maida Walker1939 In Name Only
as Mary Colbrook1938 My Bill
as Lady Chase-Wayne / Claire Landin (archive footage) (uncredited)1938 Breakdowns of 1938
as Fay Carter1938 Secrets of an Actress
as Eve Appleton1938 Comet Over Broadway
as Claire King Landin1938 Women Are Like That
as Lucy Chase Wayne1937 First Lady
as Vera Kowalska1937 Confession
as Julia Ashton Wister1937 Another Dawn
as Nicole Picot1937 Stolen Holiday
as herself1937 Breakdowns of 1937
as herself1936 Breakdowns of 1936
as Belinda 'Linda' Warren, aka 'Bill'1936 Give Me Your Heart
as Florence Nightingale1936 The White Angel
as herself1935 Things You Never See on the Screen
as Georgiana Summers1935 The Goose and the Gander
as Lynn Palmer1935 Stranded
as Stella Parish1935 I Found Stella Parish
as Amy Prentiss1935 Living on Velvet
as Herself (uncredited)1935 Movies on Sundays
as Liane Renaud1934 Wonder Bar
as Dr. Monica Braden1934 Dr. Monica
as Tanya Borodoff aka Spot White / Marjorie Lang1934 Mandalay
as Elena Moura1934 British Agent
as Laura McDonald1933 I Loved a Woman
as Anne Vallee Brooks1933 The Keyhole
as Irina Radovic1933 Storm at Daybreak
as Peggy Martin Van Tyle / Peggy Stone1933 The House on 56th Street
as Mary Stevens1933 Mary Stevens, M.D.
as Baroness Teri Hohenfels1932 Jewel Robbery
as Clemency Warlock1932 Cynara
as Natalie 'Nat' Upton1932 Street of Women
as Diana Merrow1932 Strangers in Love
as Lois Ames1932 Man Wanted
as Joan Ames1932 One Way Passage
as Mariette Colet1932 Trouble in Paradise
as Marjorie West1931 Guilty Hands
as Tina1931 The False Madonna
as Elsie Maury1931 Transgression
as Norma Page1931 Ladies' Man
as Edith Flint1931 Scandal Sheet
as Fanny Towner1931 24 Hours
as Wanda Howard1931 Girls About Town
as Alice Morrison1931 The Vice Squad
as Marya Ivanova Sablin1930 The Virtuous Sin
as Kitty Parker1930 Behind the Make-Up
as Carmen1930 Paramount on Parade
as Irene Manners1930 For the Defense
as Dulce Morado1930 Passion Flower
as Gwen1930 Raffles
as Countess Olga Balakireff1930 A Notorious Affair
as Constance Cook1930 Let's Go Native
1930 Paramount on parade
as Alma Marsden1930 Street of Chance
as Penelope1929 The Cocoanuts
as Myra May1929 Gentlemen Of The Press
as Zelda Paxton1929 Illusion
as Zara Flynn1929 Dangerous Curves
as Lady Wrench1929 The Marriage Playground

TV Shows/Series with Kay Francis as Actress(2)

1950 Prudential Family Playhouse
as Alice1950 Lux Video Theatre

Movies with Kay Francis as Crew(2)

Production/Producer1945 Divorce
Production/Producer1945 Allotment Wives

Full Name: Kay Francis
Born: Friday, 01/13 1905 (January) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (United States of America (USA))
Died: Monday, 08/26 1968 (August) in New York City (aged: 63)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Employer: Warner Bros.
Spouses (current/former): Kenneth MacKenna, William Gaston
Other names for Kay Francis (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Katherine Edwina Gibbs"
"Katherine Francis"
"Katharine Edwina Gibbs"
Kay Francis frequently works together with these people:
Orry-Kelly (25x, Crew)
Leo F. Forbstein (25x, Crew)
John Smith (18x, Crew)
Sidney Hickox (14x, Crew)
Anton Grot (12x, Crew)
George Brent (11x, Actor)
Travis Banton (11x, Crew)
Ian Hunter (10x, Actor)
William Powell (10x, Actor)
Charles Kenyon (9x, Crew)
Heinz Roemheld (9x, Crew)
Gene Lockhart (8x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:13223, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024