Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

85

Gender

Female

Birthday

1905-01-13

Day of Death

1968-08-26 (63 years old)

Place of Birth

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Also Known As

Katherine Edwina Gibbs

Katherine Francis

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

Known For

Trouble in Paradise

Trouble in Paradise

One Way Passage

One Way Passage

Let's Go Native

Let's Go Native

The White Angel

The White Angel

William Powell: A True Gentleman

William Powell: A True Gentleman

Acting

Trouble in Paradise

1932

Trouble in Paradise

as

Mariette Colet

The Cocoanuts

1929

The Cocoanuts

as

Penelope

In Name Only

1939

In Name Only

as

Maida Walker

King of the Underworld

1939

King of the Underworld

as

Dr. Carole Nelson

One Way Passage

1932

One Way Passage

as

Joan Ames

Allotment Wives

1945

Allotment Wives

as

Sheila Seymour

Charley's Aunt

1941

Charley's Aunt

as

Donna Lucia

Jewel Robbery

1932

Jewel Robbery

as

Baroness Teri Hohenfels

The House on 56th Street

1933

The House on 56th Street

as

Peggy Martin Van Tyle / Peggy Stone

Confession

1937

Confession

as

Vera Kowalska

Another Dawn

1937

Another Dawn

as

Julia Ashton Wister

Man Wanted

1932

Man Wanted

as

Lois Ames

The Feminine Touch

1941

The Feminine Touch

as

Nellie Woods

Always in My Heart

1942

Always in My Heart

as

Marjorie Scott

Girls About Town

1931

Girls About Town

as

Wanda Howard

Raffles

1930

Raffles

as

Gwen

Four Jills in a Jeep

1944

Four Jills in a Jeep

as

Kay Francis

Wife Wanted

1946

Wife Wanted

as

Carole Raymond

I Loved a Woman

1933

I Loved a Woman

as

Laura McDonald

Transgression

1931

Transgression

as

Elsie Maury

First Lady

1937

First Lady

as

Lucy Chase Wayne

Dr. Monica

1934

Dr. Monica

as

Dr. Monica Braden

Play Girl

1941

Play Girl

as

Grace Herbert

It's a Date

1940

It's a Date

as

Georgia Drake

When the Daltons Rode

1940

When the Daltons Rode

as

Julie King

Wonder Bar

1934

Wonder Bar

as

Liane Renaud

British Agent

1934

British Agent

as

Elena Moura

The Goose and the Gander

1935

The Goose and the Gander

as

Georgiana Summers

Scandal Sheet

1931

Scandal Sheet

as

Edith Flint

Street of Women

1932

Street of Women

as

Natalie 'Nat' Upton

Guilty Hands

1931

Guilty Hands

as

Marjorie West

Divorce

1945

Divorce

as

Diane Carter

Dangerous Curves

1929

Dangerous Curves

as

Zara Flynn

The Marriage Playground

1929

The Marriage Playground

as

Lady Wrench

Strangers in Love

1932

Strangers in Love

as

Diana Merrow

Let's Go Native

1930

Let's Go Native

as

Constance Cook

Secrets of an Actress

1938

Secrets of an Actress

as

Fay Carter

Cynara

1932

Cynara

as

Clemency Warlock

Street of Chance

1930

Street of Chance

as

Alma Marsden

A Notorious Affair

1930

A Notorious Affair

as

Countess Olga Balakireff

The Virtuous Sin

1930

The Virtuous Sin

as

Marya Ivanova Sablin

Stranded

1935

Stranded

as

Lynn Palmer

Women in the Wind

1939

Women in the Wind

as

Janet Steele

Give Me Your Heart

1936

Give Me Your Heart

as

Belinda 'Linda' Warren, aka 'Bill'

Stolen Holiday

1937

Stolen Holiday

as

Nicole Picot

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Passion Flower

1930

Passion Flower

as

Dulce Morado

Mary Stevens, M.D.

1933

Mary Stevens, M.D.

as

Mary Stevens

The Keyhole

1933

The Keyhole

as

Anne Vallee Brooks

Behind the Make-Up

1930

Behind the Make-Up

as

Kitty Parker

Living on Velvet

1935

Living on Velvet

as

Amy Prentiss

For the Defense

1930

For the Defense

as

Irene Manners

The Vice Squad

1931

The Vice Squad

as

Alice Morrison

Women Are Like That

1938

Women Are Like That

as

Claire King Landin

Comet Over Broadway

1938

Comet Over Broadway

as

Eve Appleton

24 Hours

1931

24 Hours

as

Fanny Towner

I Found Stella Parish

1935

I Found Stella Parish

as

Stella Parish

The False Madonna

1931

The False Madonna

as

Tina

Ladies' Man

1931

Ladies' Man

as

Norma Page

Mandalay

1934

Mandalay

as

Tanya Borodoff aka Spot White / Marjorie Lang

Storm at Daybreak

1933

Storm at Daybreak

as

Irina Radovic

The White Angel

1936

The White Angel

as

Florence Nightingale

Movies on Sundays

1935

Movies on Sundays

as

Herself (uncredited)

Illusion

1929

Illusion

as

Zelda Paxton

My Bill

1938

My Bill

as

Mary Colbrook

Little Men

1940

Little Men

as

Josephine "Jo" Bhaer

William Powell: A True Gentleman

2005

William Powell: A True Gentleman

as

Gentlemen of the Press

1929

Gentlemen of the Press

as

Myra May

Paramount on Parade

1930

Paramount on Parade

as

Carmen

Breakdowns of 1936

1936

Breakdowns of 1936

as

Self

Between Us Girls

1942

Between Us Girls

as

Christine 'Chris' Bishop

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

1999

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

as

Self (archiveFootage)

Blow-Ups of 1947

1947

Blow-Ups of 1947

as

Self

The Man Who Lost Himself

1941

The Man Who Lost Himself

as

Adrienne Scott

Breakdowns of 1938

1938

Breakdowns of 1938

as

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

Breakdowns of 1937

1937

Breakdowns of 1937

as

Self

Breakdowns of 1939

1939

Breakdowns of 1939

as

Self

Things You Never See on the Screen

1935

Things You Never See on the Screen

as

Self

Show-Business at War

1943

Show-Business at War

as

Self

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as

Self (archive footage)

Complicated Women

2003

Complicated Women

as

Self (archive footage)

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre

as

Alice

Prudential Family Playhouse

Prudential Family Playhouse

as

Production

Allotment Wives

1945

Allotment Wives

as

Divorce

1945

Divorce

as

Crew

Directing