Kay Francis

Kay Francis

Acting

Birthday

1905/01/13

Day of death

1968/08/26 (63 years old)

Gender

Female

Place of Birth

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Also know 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 ...Read more

Acting
Trouble in Paradise
7.4

(1932) Trouble in Paradise

as Mariette Colet

The Cocoanuts
6.5

(1929) The Cocoanuts

as Penelope

In Name Only
7.0

(1939) In Name Only

as Maida Walker

King of the Underworld
6.4

(1939) King of the Underworld

as Dr. Carole Nelson

One Way Passage
7.3

(1932) One Way Passage

as Joan Ames

Allotment Wives
6.0

(1945) Allotment Wives

as Sheila Seymour

Charley's Aunt
5.8

(1941) Charley's Aunt

as Donna Lucia

Jewel Robbery
6.5

(1932) Jewel Robbery

as Baroness Teri Hohenfels

The House on 56th Street
5.2

(1933) The House on 56th Street

as Peggy Martin Van Tyle / Peggy Stone

Confession
6.1

(1937) Confession

as Vera Kowalska

Another Dawn
6.2

(1937) Another Dawn

as Julia Ashton Wister

Man Wanted
5.5

(1932) Man Wanted

as Lois Ames

The Feminine Touch
5.1

(1941) The Feminine Touch

as Nellie Woods

Always in My Heart
6.0

(1942) Always in My Heart

as Marjorie Scott

Girls About Town
6.4

(1931) Girls About Town

as Wanda Howard

Raffles
6.0

(1930) Raffles

as Gwen

Four Jills in a Jeep
5.7

(1944) Four Jills in a Jeep

as Kay Francis

Wife Wanted
6.5

(1946) Wife Wanted

as Carole Raymond

I Loved a Woman
4.8

(1933) I Loved a Woman

as Laura McDonald

Transgression
4.0

(1931) Transgression

as Elsie Maury

First Lady
6.2

(1937) First Lady

as Lucy Chase Wayne

Dr. Monica
4.8

(1934) Dr. Monica

as Dr. Monica Braden

Play Girl
6.3

(1941) Play Girl

as Grace Herbert

It's a Date
6.4

(1940) It's a Date

as Georgia Drake

When the Daltons Rode
6.0

(1940) When the Daltons Rode

as Julie King

Wonder Bar
6.2

(1934) Wonder Bar

as Liane Renaud

British Agent
5.6

(1934) British Agent

as Elena Moura

The Goose and the Gander
4.6

(1935) The Goose and the Gander

as Georgiana Summers

Scandal Sheet
0.0

(1931) Scandal Sheet

as Edith Flint

Street of Women
4.8

(1932) Street of Women

as Natalie 'Nat' Upton

Guilty Hands
5.8

(1931) Guilty Hands

as Marjorie West

Divorce
5.0

(1945) Divorce

as Diane Carter

Dangerous Curves
5.0

(1929) Dangerous Curves

as Zara Flynn

The Marriage Playground
5.8

(1929) The Marriage Playground

as Lady Wrench

Strangers in Love
5.1

(1932) Strangers in Love

as Diana Merrow

Let's Go Native
7.5

(1930) Let's Go Native

as Constance Cook

Secrets of an Actress
5.6

(1938) Secrets of an Actress

as Fay Carter

Cynara
4.8

(1932) Cynara

as Clemency Warlock

Street of Chance
6.6

(1930) Street of Chance

as Alma Marsden

A Notorious Affair
4.4

(1930) A Notorious Affair

as Countess Olga Balakireff

The Virtuous Sin
5.0

(1930) The Virtuous Sin

as Marya Ivanova Sablin

Stranded
5.8

(1935) Stranded

as Lynn Palmer

Women in the Wind
6.8

(1939) Women in the Wind

as Janet Steele

Give Me Your Heart
6.0

(1936) Give Me Your Heart

as Belinda 'Linda' Warren, aka 'Bill'

Stolen Holiday
6.6

(1937) Stolen Holiday

as Nicole Picot

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
6.5

(1983) Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Passion Flower
5.6

(1930) Passion Flower

as Dulce Morado

Mary Stevens, M.D.
6.0

(1933) Mary Stevens, M.D.

as Mary Stevens

The Keyhole
4.9

(1933) The Keyhole

as Anne Vallee Brooks

Behind the Make-Up
6.2

(1930) Behind the Make-Up

as Kitty Parker

Living on Velvet
5.4

(1935) Living on Velvet

as Amy Prentiss

For the Defense
4.8

(1930) For the Defense

as Irene Manners

The Vice Squad
7.0

(1931) The Vice Squad

as Alice Morrison

Women Are Like That
5.7

(1938) Women Are Like That

as Claire King Landin

Comet Over Broadway
5.0

(1938) Comet Over Broadway

as Eve Appleton

24 Hours
5.5

(1931) 24 Hours

as Fanny Towner

I Found Stella Parish
7.0

(1935) I Found Stella Parish

as Stella Parish

The False Madonna
6.3

(1931) The False Madonna

as Tina

Ladies' Man
4.3

(1931) Ladies' Man

as Norma Page

Mandalay
5.9

(1934) Mandalay

as Tanya Borodoff aka Spot White / Marjorie Lang

Storm at Daybreak
5.8

(1933) Storm at Daybreak

as Irina Radovic

The White Angel
8.0

(1936) The White Angel

as Florence Nightingale

0.0

(1935) Movies on Sundays

as Herself (uncredited)

Illusion
0.0

(1929) Illusion

as Zelda Paxton

My Bill
6.2

(1938) My Bill

as Mary Colbrook

Little Men
6.1

(1940) Little Men

as Josephine "Jo" Bhaer

William Powell: A True Gentleman
7.5

(2005) William Powell: A True Gentleman

as ---

Gentlemen of the Press
5.0

(1929) Gentlemen of the Press

as Myra May

Paramount on Parade
6.1

(1930) Paramount on Parade

as Carmen

Breakdowns of 1936
0.0

(1936) Breakdowns of 1936

as Self

Between Us Girls
6.0

(1942) Between Us Girls

as Christine 'Chris' Bishop

Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
0.0

(2002) Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults

as Self (archiveFootage)

Blow-Ups of 1947
6.3

(1947) Blow-Ups of 1947

as Self

The Man Who Lost Himself
4.0

(1941) The Man Who Lost Himself

as Adrienne Scott

Breakdowns of 1938
5.0

(1938) Breakdowns of 1938

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

Breakdowns of 1937
6.0

(1937) Breakdowns of 1937

as Self

Breakdowns of 1939
7.0

(1939) Breakdowns of 1939

as Self

Things You Never See on the Screen
5.0

(1935) Things You Never See on the Screen

as Self

Show-Business at War
7.0

(1943) Show-Business at War

as Self

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
5.7

(1975) Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)

Complicated Women
6.7

(2003) Complicated Women

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

(1950) Lux Video Theatre

as Alice

6.0

(1950) Prudential Family Playhouse

as ---