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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 13, 1905
Place of Birth:
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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Kay Francis
Biography
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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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | William Powell: A True Gentleman | |
| 2003 | Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) |
| 1999 | Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults | Self (archiveFootage) |
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) |
| 1947 | Blow-Ups of 1947 | Self |
| 1946 | Wife Wanted | Carole Raymond |
| 1945 | Allotment Wives | Sheila Seymour |
| 1945 | Divorce | Diane Carter |
| 1944 | Four Jills in a Jeep | Kay Francis |
| 1943 | Show-Business at War | Self |
| 1942 | Always in My Heart | Marjorie Scott |
| 1942 | Between Us Girls | Christine 'Chris' Bishop |
| 1941 | Charley's Aunt | Donna Lucia |
| 1941 | The Feminine Touch | Nellie Woods |
| 1941 | Play Girl | Grace Herbert |
| 1941 | The Man Who Lost Himself | Adrienne Scott |
| 1940 | It's a Date | Georgia Drake |
| 1940 | When the Daltons Rode | Julie King |
| 1940 | Little Men | Josephine "Jo" Bhaer |
| 1939 | In Name Only | Maida Walker |
| 1939 | King of the Underworld | Dr. Carole Nelson |
| 1939 | Women in the Wind | Janet Steele |
| 1939 | Breakdowns of 1939 | Self |
| 1938 | Secrets of an Actress | Fay Carter |
| 1938 | Women Are Like That | Claire King Landin |
| 1938 | Comet Over Broadway | Eve Appleton |
| 1938 | My Bill | Mary Colbrook |
| 1938 | Breakdowns of 1938 | Lady Chase-Wayne / Claire Landin (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Confession | Vera Kowalska |
| 1937 | Another Dawn | Julia Ashton Wister |
| 1937 | First Lady | Lucy Chase Wayne |
| 1937 | Stolen Holiday | Nicole Picot |
| 1937 | Breakdowns of 1937 | Self |
| 1936 | Give Me Your Heart | Belinda 'Linda' Warren, aka 'Bill' |
| 1936 | The White Angel | Florence Nightingale |
| 1936 | Breakdowns of 1936 | Self |
| 1935 | The Goose and the Gander | Georgiana Summers |
| 1935 | Stranded | Lynn Palmer |
| 1935 | Living on Velvet | Amy Prentiss |
| 1935 | I Found Stella Parish | Stella Parish |
| 1935 | Movies on Sundays | Herself (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Things You Never See on the Screen | Self |
| 1934 | Dr. Monica | Dr. Monica Braden |
| 1934 | Wonder Bar | Liane Renaud |
| 1934 | British Agent | Elena Moura |
| 1934 | Mandalay | Tanya Borodoff aka Spot White / Marjorie Lang |
| 1933 | The House on 56th Street | Peggy Martin Van Tyle / Peggy Stone |
| 1933 | I Loved a Woman | Laura McDonald |
| 1933 | Mary Stevens, M.D. | Mary Stevens |
| 1933 | The Keyhole | Anne Vallee Brooks |
| 1933 | Storm at Daybreak | Irina Radovic |
| 1932 | Trouble in Paradise | Mariette Colet |
| 1932 | One Way Passage | Joan Ames |
| 1932 | Jewel Robbery | Baroness Teri Hohenfels |
| 1932 | Man Wanted | Lois Ames |
| 1932 | Street of Women | Natalie 'Nat' Upton |
| 1932 | Strangers in Love | Diana Merrow |
| 1932 | Cynara | Clemency Warlock |
| 1931 | Girls About Town | Wanda Howard |
| 1931 | Transgression | Elsie Maury |
| 1931 | Scandal Sheet | Edith Flint |
| 1931 | Guilty Hands | Marjorie West |
| 1931 | The Vice Squad | Alice Morrison |
| 1931 | 24 Hours | Fanny Towner |
| 1931 | The False Madonna | Tina |
| 1931 | Ladies' Man | Norma Page |
| 1930 | Raffles | Gwen |
| 1930 | Let's Go Native | Constance Cook |
| 1930 | Street of Chance | Alma Marsden |
| 1930 | A Notorious Affair | Countess Olga Balakireff |
| 1930 | The Virtuous Sin | Marya Ivanova Sablin |
| 1930 | Passion Flower | Dulce Morado |
| 1930 | Behind the Make-Up | Kitty Parker |
| 1930 | For the Defense | Irene Manners |
| 1930 | Paramount on Parade | Carmen |
| 1929 | The Cocoanuts | Penelope |
| 1929 | Dangerous Curves | Zara Flynn |
| 1929 | The Marriage Playground | Lady Wrench |
| 1929 | Illusion | Zelda Paxton |
| 1929 | Gentlemen of the Press | Myra May |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Lux Video Theatre | Alice |
| 1950 | Prudential Family Playhouse |