Kay Francis

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Female

birthday

January 13, 1905

died

August 26, 1968

place of birth

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

also known as

Katherine Edwina Gibbs · Katherine Francis

total credits

50 movies

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

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Trouble in Paradise
7.4

Trouble in Paradise

1932as Mariette Colet
In Name Only
7.0

In Name Only

1939as Maida Walker
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
7.0

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Women in the Wind
6.8

Women in the Wind

1939as Janet Steele
Jewel Robbery
6.5

Jewel Robbery

1932as Baroness Teri Hohenfels
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
6.3

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975as Self (archive footage)
Show-Business at War
7.0

Show-Business at War

1943as Self
Stranded
6.0

Stranded

1935as Lynn Palmer
Little Men
5.5

Little Men

1940as Josephine "Jo" Bhaer
Complicated Women
6.9

Complicated Women

2003as Self (archive footage)
British Agent
5.8

British Agent

1934as Elena Moura
Breakdowns of 1938
5.8

Breakdowns of 1938

1938as Lady Chase-Wayne / Claire Landin (archive footage) (uncredited)
Confession
6.2

Confession

1937as Vera Kowalska
One Way Passage
7.4

One Way Passage

1932as Joan Ames
Mandalay
5.8

Mandalay

1934as Tanya Borodoff aka Spot White / Marjorie Lang
Mary Stevens, M.D.
6.2

Mary Stevens, M.D.

1933as Mary Stevens
Wonder Bar
6.0

Wonder Bar

1934as Liane Renaud
The Cocoanuts
6.5

The Cocoanuts

1929as Penelope
Four Jills in a Jeep
6.8

Four Jills in a Jeep

1944as Kay Francis
Guilty Hands
5.9

Guilty Hands

1931as Marjorie West
The Feminine Touch
5.1

The Feminine Touch

1941as Nellie Woods
The White Angel
7.2

The White Angel

1936as Florence Nightingale
Paramount on Parade
6.1

Paramount on Parade

1930as Carmen
Transgression
4.3

Transgression

1931as Elsie Maury
First Lady
6.6

First Lady

1937as Lucy Chase Wayne
My Bill
6.6

My Bill

1938as Mary Colbrook
Things You Never See on the Screen
5.0

Things You Never See on the Screen

1935as Self
King of the Underworld
6.5

King of the Underworld

1939as Dr. Carole Nelson
It's a Date
6.4

It's a Date

1940as Georgia Drake
Street of Women
5.0

Street of Women

1932as Natalie 'Nat' Upton
Cynara
5.1

Cynara

1932as Clemency Warlock
When the Daltons Rode
6.2

When the Daltons Rode

1940as Julie King
Blow-Ups of 1947
6.3

Blow-Ups of 1947

1947as Self
Divorce
6.0

Divorce

1945as Diane Carter
Street of Chance
6.8

Street of Chance

1930as Alma Marsden
Ladies' Man
4.6

Ladies' Man

1931as Norma Page
Raffles
6.1

Raffles

1930as Gwen
Storm at Daybreak
6.6

Storm at Daybreak

1933as Irina Radovic
Charley's Aunt
6.3

Charley's Aunt

1941as Donna Lucia
Stolen Holiday
6.4

Stolen Holiday

1937as Nicole Picot
Breakdowns of 1939
7.0

Breakdowns of 1939

1939as Self
Strangers in Love
5.5

Strangers in Love

1932as Diana Merrow
Dr. Monica
5.0

Dr. Monica

1934as Dr. Monica Braden
Comet Over Broadway
5.7

Comet Over Broadway

1938as Eve Appleton
Scandal Sheet
10.0

Scandal Sheet

1931as Edith Flint
The House on 56th Street
5.3

The House on 56th Street

1933as Peggy Martin Van Tyle / Peggy Stone
Wife Wanted
7.8

Wife Wanted

1946as Carole Raymond
Let's Go Native
7.7

Let's Go Native

1930as Constance Cook
The Virtuous Sin
4.8

The Virtuous Sin

1930as Marya Ivanova Sablin
The Keyhole
4.8

The Keyhole

1933as Anne Vallee Brooks