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Kay Francis

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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 Cinem

Born

Jan 13, 1905

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Died

Aug 26, 1968

Known For

Acting

Movies

81 acting

2 crew

Popularity

0.9

Known For

24 Hours
24 Hours
1931 • as Fanny Towner
★ 6.3
The Goose and the Gander
The Goose and the Gander
1935 • as Georgiana Summers
★ 4.7
Trouble in Paradise
Trouble in Paradise
1932 • as Mariette
★ 7.4
The Cocoanuts
The Cocoanuts
1929 • as Penelope
★ 6.5
In Name Only
In Name Only
1939 • as Maida Walker
★ 7.0
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.3
Complicated Women
Complicated Women
2003 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.9
Storm at Daybreak
Storm at Daybreak
1933 • as Irina Radovic
★ 6.6
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 • as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Secrets of an Actress
Secrets of an Actress
1938 • as Fay Carter
★ 6.0
The White Angel
The White Angel
1936 • as Florence Nightingale
★ 7.3
When the Daltons Rode
When the Daltons Rode
1940 • as Julie King
★ 6.2
Passion Flower
Passion Flower
1930 • as Dulce Morado
★ 5.4
Jewel Robbery
Jewel Robbery
1932 • as Baroness Teri Hohenfels
★ 6.5
Wonder Bar
Wonder Bar
1934 • as Liane Renaud
★ 6.0
First Lady
First Lady
1937 • as Lucy Chase Wayne
★ 6.6
Four Jills in a Jeep
Four Jills in a Jeep
1944 • as Kay Francis
★ 6.8
Show-Business at War
Show-Business at War
1943 • as Self
★ 7.0
King of the Underworld
King of the Underworld
1939 • as Dr. Carole Nelson
★ 6.4
Ladies' Man
Ladies' Man
1931 • as Norma Page
★ 4.6
I Found Stella Parish
I Found Stella Parish
1935 • as Stella Parish
★ 7.3
The House on 56th Street
The House on 56th Street
1933 • as Peggy Martin Van Tyle / Peggy Stone
★ 5.2
Another Dawn
Another Dawn
1937 • as Julia Ashton Wister
★ 6.4
Always in My Heart
Always in My Heart
1942 • as Marjorie Scott
★ 6.3
British Agent
British Agent
1934 • as Elena Moura
★ 5.8
Mary Stevens, M.D.
Mary Stevens, M.D.
1933 • as Mary Stevens
★ 6.2
Women in the Wind
Women in the Wind
1939 • as Janet Steele
★ 6.8
Give Me Your Heart
Give Me Your Heart
1936 • as Belinda 'Linda' Warren, aka 'Bill'
★ 5.9
Man Wanted
Man Wanted
1932 • as Lois Ames
★ 5.5
I Loved a Woman
I Loved a Woman
1933 • as Laura McDonald
★ 4.8
One Way Passage
One Way Passage
1932 • as Joan Ames
★ 7.3
Stranded
Stranded
1935 • as Lynn Palmer
★ 6.0
The Keyhole
The Keyhole
1933 • as Anne Vallee Brooks
★ 5.0
Things You Never See on the Screen
★ 5.2
Comet Over Broadway
Comet Over Broadway
1938 • as Eve Appleton
★ 5.7
A Notorious Affair
A Notorious Affair
1930 • as Countess Olga Balakireff
★ 4.5
Girls About Town
Girls About Town
1931 • as Wanda Howard
★ 6.6
The Man Who Lost Himself
The Man Who Lost Himself
1941 • as Adrienne Scott
★ 5.4
Divorce
Divorce
1945 • as Diane Carter
★ 6.0
Wife Wanted
Wife Wanted
1946 • as Carole Raymond
★ 7.8
Strangers in Love
Strangers in Love
1932 • as Diana Merrow
★ 5.5
Blow-Ups of 1947
Blow-Ups of 1947
1947 • as Self
★ 6.3
Breakdowns of 1936
Breakdowns of 1936
1936 • as Self
Guilty Hands
Guilty Hands
1931 • as Marjorie West
★ 6.0
Scandal Sheet
Scandal Sheet
1931 • as Edith Flint
★ 10.0
Women Are Like That
Women Are Like That
1938 • as Claire King Landin
★ 6.8
Charley's Aunt
Charley's Aunt
1941 • as Donna Lucia
★ 6.3
Living on Velvet
Living on Velvet
1935 • as Amy Prentiss
★ 5.9
Paramount on Parade
Paramount on Parade
1930 • as Carmen
★ 5.9
The Feminine Touch
The Feminine Touch
1941 • as Nellie Woods
★ 5.1
Breakdowns of 1938
Breakdowns of 1938
1938 • as Lady Chase-Wayne / Claire Landin (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 5.8
Breakdowns of 1937
Breakdowns of 1937
1937 • as Self
★ 6.0
Cynara
Cynara
1932 • as Clemency Warlock
★ 5.1
Let's Go Native
Let's Go Native
1930 • as Constance Cook
★ 7.7
For the Defense
For the Defense
1930 • as Irene Manners
★ 5.7
Behind the Make-Up
Behind the Make-Up
1930 • as Kitty Parker
★ 6.9
Little Men
Little Men
1940 • as Josephine "Jo" Bhaer
★ 5.5
The Virtuous Sin
The Virtuous Sin
1930 • as Marya Ivanova Sablin
★ 4.8
Between Us Girls
Between Us Girls
1942 • as Christine 'Chris' Bishop
★ 7.5
Gentlemen of the Press
Gentlemen of the Press
1929 • as Myra May
★ 6.7
Street of Women
Street of Women
1932 • as Natalie 'Nat' Upton
★ 5.0
Dr. Monica
Dr. Monica
1934 • as Dr. Monica Braden
★ 5.0
My Bill
My Bill
1938 • as Mary Colbrook
★ 6.6
Dangerous Curves
Dangerous Curves
1929 • as Zara Flynn
★ 6.6
Mandalay
Mandalay
1934 • as Tanya Borodoff aka Spot White / Marjorie Lang
★ 5.8
Confession
Confession
1937 • as Vera Kowalska
★ 6.2
Allotment Wives
Allotment Wives
1945 • as Sheila Seymour
★ 6.7
The Vice Squad
The Vice Squad
1931 • as Alice Morrison
★ 6.8
Transgression
Transgression
1931 • as Elsie Maury
★ 4.3
Breakdowns of 1939
Breakdowns of 1939
1939 • as Self
★ 6.5
Play Girl
Play Girl
1941 • as Grace Herbert
★ 6.4
It's a Date
It's a Date
1940 • as Georgia Drake
★ 6.4
Raffles
Raffles
1930 • as Gwen
★ 6.1
Stolen Holiday
Stolen Holiday
1937 • as Nicole Picot
★ 6.4
Street of Chance
Street of Chance
1930 • as Alma Marsden
★ 6.8
The Marriage Playground
The Marriage Playground
1929 • as Lady Wrench
★ 6.0
movie
Movies on Sundays
1935 • as Herself (uncredited)
The False Madonna
The False Madonna
1931 • as Tina
★ 7.0
Illusion
Illusion
1929 • as Zelda Paxton
★ 9.0