
Kay Francis
Known for Acting · 83 credits
- Born
- 1905-01-13
- Died
- 1968-08-26
- Place of birth
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
- Also known as
- Katherine Edwina Gibbs · Katherine Francis
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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Known For
TV Shows (2)
Movies (81)

Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)

Stranded
1935
as Lynn Palmer

Confession
1937
as Vera Kowalska

Transgression
1931
as Elsie Maury

First Lady
1937
as Lucy Chase Wayne

Trouble in Paradise
1932
as Mariette Colet

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975
as Self (archive footage)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Allotment Wives
1945
as Sheila Seymour

British Agent
1934
as Elena Moura

Passion Flower
1930
as Dulce Morado

Stolen Holiday
1937
as Nicole Picot

Wife Wanted
1946
as Carole Raymond

The Man Who Lost Himself
1941
as Adrienne Scott

In Name Only
1939
as Maida Walker

Divorce
1945
as Diane Carter

The Keyhole
1933
as Anne Vallee Brooks

Wonder Bar
1934
as Liane Renaud

I Loved a Woman
1933
as Laura McDonald

Show-Business at War
1943
as Self

The White Angel
1936
as Florence Nightingale

The Cocoanuts
1929
as Penelope

My Bill
1938
as Mary Colbrook

Girls About Town
1931
as Wanda Howard

Little Men
1940
as Josephine "Jo" Bhaer

One Way Passage
1932
as Joan Ames

Jewel Robbery
1932
as Baroness Teri Hohenfels

King of the Underworld
1939
as Dr. Carole Nelson

Comet Over Broadway
1938
as Eve Appleton

Another Dawn
1937
as Julia Ashton Wister

Mandalay
1934
as Tanya Borodoff aka Spot White / Marjorie Lang

Breakdowns of 1938
1938
as Lady Chase-Wayne / Claire Landin (archive footage) (uncredited)

Breakdowns of 1937
1937
as Self

Guilty Hands
1931
as Marjorie West

Cynara
1932
as Clemency Warlock

It's a Date
1940
as Georgia Drake

The Feminine Touch
1941
as Nellie Woods

Mary Stevens, M.D.
1933
as Mary Stevens

Man Wanted
1932
as Lois Ames

For the Defense
1930
as Irene Manners

Ladies' Man
1931
as Norma Page

Breakdowns of 1936
1936
as Self

The Virtuous Sin
1930
as Marya Ivanova Sablin

Women Are Like That
1938
as Claire King Landin

24 Hours
1931
as Fanny Towner

When the Daltons Rode
1940
as Julie King

Street of Chance
1930
as Alma Marsden

Raffles
1930
as Gwen

Things You Never See on the Screen
1935
as Self
Movies on Sundays
1935
as Herself (uncredited)

Four Jills in a Jeep
1944
as Kay Francis

The House on 56th Street
1933
as Peggy Martin Van Tyle / Peggy Stone

Charley's Aunt
1941
as Donna Lucia

I Found Stella Parish
1935
as Stella Parish

Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
1999
as (archive footage)

Women in the Wind
1939
as Janet Steele

Paramount on Parade
1930
as Carmen

Always in My Heart
1942
as Marjorie Scott

Strangers in Love
1932
as Diana Merrow

Dangerous Curves
1929
as Zara Flynn

Street of Women
1932
as Natalie 'Nat' Upton

Scandal Sheet
1931
as Edith Flint

Dr. Monica
1934
as Dr. Monica Braden

The Marriage Playground
1929
as Lady Wrench

Let's Go Native
1930
as Constance Cook

A Notorious Affair
1930
as Countess Olga Balakireff

The Goose and the Gander
1935
as Georgiana Summers

The Vice Squad
1931
as Alice Morrison

Breakdowns of 1939
1939
as Self

Living on Velvet
1935
as Amy Prentiss

Storm at Daybreak
1933
as Irina Radovic

William Powell: A True Gentleman
2005

Between Us Girls
1942
as Christine 'Chris' Bishop

Behind the Make-Up
1930
as Kitty Parker

Blow-Ups of 1947
1947
as Self

Gentlemen of the Press
1929
as Myra May

Illusion
1929
as Zelda Paxton

Secrets of an Actress
1938
as Fay Carter

Give Me Your Heart
1936
as Belinda 'Linda' Warren, aka 'Bill'

Play Girl
1941
as Grace Herbert

The False Madonna
1931
as Tina
About 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 art… With 83 credits spanning from 1929 to 2005, Kay Francis has appeared in 81 films and 2 TV shows.
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Most Popular Kay Francis Movies
- Complicated Women (2003) — as Self (archive footage)
- Stranded (1935) — as Lynn Palmer
- Confession (1937) — as Vera Kowalska
- Transgression (1931) — as Elsie Maury
- First Lady (1937) — as Lucy Chase Wayne
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