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Kay Francis

Kay Francis

Actor · 1905–1968 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

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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 article Kay Francis,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acted in 72

2000s

  1. 2005

    William Powell: A True Gentleman

    Movie

1990s

  1. 1999

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

    (archive footage)

1940s

  1. 1946

    Wife Wanted

    Carole Raymond

  2. 1945

    Allotment Wives

    Sheila Seymour

  3. Divorce

    Diane Carter

  4. 1944

    Four Jills in a Jeep

    Kay Francis

  5. 1942

    Between Us Girls

    Christine 'Chris' Bishop

  6. Always in My Heart

    Marjorie Scott

  7. 1941

    The Feminine Touch

    Nellie Woods

  8. Charley's Aunt

    Donna Lucia

  9. The Man Who Lost Himself

    Adrienne Scott

  10. Play Girl

    Grace Herbert

  11. 1940

    Little Men

    Josephine "Jo" Bhaer

  12. When the Daltons Rode

    Julie King

  13. It's a Date

    Georgia Drake

1930s

  1. 1939

    In Name Only

    Maida Walker

  2. Women in the Wind

    Janet Steele

  3. 1938

    Breakdowns of 1938

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

  4. Comet Over Broadway

    Eve Appleton

  5. Secrets of an Actress

    Fay Carter

  6. My Bill

    Mary Colbrook

  7. Women Are Like That

    Claire King Landin

  8. 1937

    First Lady

    Lucy Chase Wayne

  9. Confession

    Vera Kowalska

  10. Another Dawn

    Julia Ashton Wister

  11. Stolen Holiday

    Nicole Picot

  12. 1936

    Give Me Your Heart

    Belinda 'Linda' Warren, aka 'Bill'

  13. The White Angel

    Florence Nightingale

  14. 1935

    I Found Stella Parish

    Stella Parish

  15. The Goose and the Gander

    Georgiana Summers

  16. Stranded

    Lynn Palmer

  17. Living on Velvet

    Amy Prentiss

  18. 1934
  19. Dr. Monica

    Dr. Monica Braden

  20. Mandalay

    Tanya Borodoff aka Spot White / Marjorie Lang

  21. 1933

    The House on 56th Street

    Peggy Martin Van Tyle / Peggy Stone

  22. I Loved a Woman

    Laura McDonald

  23. Mary Stevens, M.D.

    Mary Stevens

  24. Storm at Daybreak

    Irina Radovic

  25. The Keyhole

    Anne Vallee Brooks

  26. 1932

    Cynara

    Clemency Warlock

  27. One Way Passage

    Joan Ames

  28. Jewel Robbery

    Baroness Teri Hohenfels

  29. Street of Women

    Natalie 'Nat' Upton

  30. Man Wanted

    Lois Ames

  31. Strangers in Love

    Diana Merrow

  32. 1931

    The False Madonna

    Tina

  33. Girls About Town

    Wanda Howard

  34. 24 Hours

    Fanny Towner

  35. Guilty Hands

    Marjorie West

  36. Transgression

    Elsie Maury

  37. The Vice Squad

    Alice Morrison

  38. Ladies' Man

    Norma Page

  39. Scandal Sheet

    Edith Flint

  40. 1930
  41. The Virtuous Sin

    Marya Ivanova Sablin

  42. Let's Go Native

    Constance Cook

  43. For the Defense

    Irene Manners

  44. Raffles

    Gwen

  45. A Notorious Affair

    Countess Olga Balakireff

  46. Paramount on Parade

    Carmen

  47. Street of Chance

    Alma Marsden

  48. Behind the Make-Up

    Kitty Parker

1920s

  1. 1929

    The Marriage Playground

    Lady Wrench

  2. Illusion

    Zelda Paxton

  3. Dangerous Curves

    Zara Flynn

  4. Gentlemen of the Press

    Myra May

Produced 2

1940s

  1. 1945

    Allotment Wives

    Producer

  2. Divorce

    Producer

Appearances9

2000s

  1. 2003

    Complicated Women

    Self (archive footage)

1980s

  1. 1983

    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1970s

  1. 1975

    Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

    Self (archive footage)

1940s

  1. 1947

    Blow-Ups of 1947

    Self

  2. 1943

    Show-Business at War

    Self

1930s

  1. 1939

    Breakdowns of 1939

    Self

  2. 1937

    Breakdowns of 1937

    Self

  3. 1936

    Breakdowns of 1936

    Self

  4. 1935

    Things You Never See on the Screen

    Self