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Kay Francis

Acting

Born January 13, 1905 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Died August 26, 1968

Also known as Katherine Edwina Gibbs · Katherine Francis

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Biography

Kay Francis 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 and highest-paid actress at Warner Bros. studio. She adopted her mother's maiden name (Francis) as her professional surname.

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Awards & recognition

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Filmography19 titles

One Way Passage

1932as Joan Ames

Trouble in Paradise

1932as Mariette Colet

In Name Only

1939as Maida Walker

Lux Video Theatre

1950as Alice

Allotment Wives

1945as Sheila Seymour

Dangerous Curves

1929as Zara Flynn

King of the Underworld

1939as Dr. Carole Nelson

Jewel Robbery

1932as Baroness Teri Hohenfels

The Cocoanuts

1929as Penelope

Play Girl

1941as Grace Herbert

When the Daltons Rode

1940as Julie King

Raffles

1930as Gwen

Guilty Hands

1931as Marjorie West

Mandalay

1934as Tanya Borodoff aka Spot White / Marjorie Lang

British Agent

1934as Elena Moura

Little Men

1940as Josephine "Jo" Bhaer

Strangers in Love

1932as Diana Merrow

Man Wanted

1932as Lois Ames

A Notorious Affair

1930as Countess Olga Balakireff