Kathryn Grant
Birthday
1933/11/25
Day of death
2024/09/20 (90 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
West Columbia, Texas, USA
Also know as
Olive Kathryn Grandstaff, Kathryn Grant Crosby, Kathryn Grant-Crosby, Kathryn Crosby, Kathryn Grandstaff
Biography
Kathryn Crosby (November 25, 1933 - September 20, 2024) was an American actress and singer who also performed under the stage-name Kathryn Grant. Born Olive Kathryn Grandstaff in Houston, Texas, she graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1955. Two years later she became Bing Crosby's second wife. The couple had three children, Harry, Mary Frances, and Nathaniel. She appeared as a guest star on her husband's 1964–1965 ABC sitcom The Bing Crosby Show. Sh...Read more
Acting
(1959) Anatomy of a Murder
as Mary Pilant
(1954) Rear Window
as Girl at Songwriter's Party (uncredited)
(1978) The Initiation of Sarah
as Mrs. Goodwin
(1955) Cell 2455 Death Row
as Jo-Anne
(1973) Bing Crosby's Sun Valley Christmas Show
as ---
(1957) The Brothers Rico
as Norah Malaks Rico
(1955) The Phenix City Story
as Ellie Rhodes
(1958) Gunman's Walk
as Cecily "Clee" Chouard
(1957) Operation Mad Ball
as Lt. Betty Bixby
(1957) The Night the World Exploded
as Laura 'Hutch' Hutchinson
(1958) The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
as Princess Parisa
(1959) 1001 Arabian Nights
as Princess Yasminda (voice)
(1955) 5 Against the House
as Jean, Young Woman in Nightclub (uncredited)
(1956) Storm Center
as Hazel Levering
(2010) Queen of the Lot
as Elizabeth Lambert
(1970) Goldilocks
as Self / Mama Bear (voice)
(1956) The Wild Party
as Honey
(1957) Mister Cory
as Jen Vollard
(1959) The Big Circus
as Jeannie Whirling
(1954) Casanova's Big Night
as Girl on Bridge (uncredited)
(1956) Reprisal!
as Taini
(1955) Tight Spot
as Girl Honeymooner (uncredited)
(1957) The Guns of Fort Petticoat
as Anne Martin
(1998) A Bing Crosby Christmas
as Self / Narrator
(1959) A Princess for Magoo
as ---
(2010) Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials
as Self
(1991) The Magic of Bing Crosby
as Self
(2014) Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
as Self
(1953) So This Is Love
as Showgirl (uncredited)
(1977) Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas
as Self
(1954) Living It Up
as Manicurist (uncredited)
(1978) Bing Crosby: The Christmas Years
as Herself
(1991) Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as actress 'Anatomy of a Murder' (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1955) Unchained
as Sally Haskins
(2004) The Tony Danza Show
as Self
(1961) Ben Casey
as ---
(1964) The Bing Crosby Show
as ---
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Co-Host
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
(1954) Father Knows Best
as Maxine
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self