Kathryn Grant
Known for Acting · 40 credits
- Born
- 1933-11-25
- Died
- 2024-09-20
- Place of birth
- West Columbia, Texas, USA
- Also known as
- Olive Kathryn Grandstaff · Kathryn Grant Crosby · Kathryn Grant-Crosby · Kathryn Crosby · Kathryn Grandstaff
Biography
Kathryn Crosby (November 25, 1933 - September 20, 2024) was an American actress and singer who also performed under the stage-name Kathryn Grant.
Born Olive Kathryn Grandstaff in Houston, Texas, she graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1955. Two years later she became Bing Crosby's second wife. The couple had three children, Harry, Mary Frances, and Nathaniel. She appeared as a guest star on her husband's 1964–1965 ABC sitcom The Bing Crosby Show.
She largely retired after their marriage, but did have a featured role in the courtroom drama Anatomy of a Murder. She also played the part of "Mama Bear" alongside her husband and children in Goldilocks and starred with Jack Lemmon in Operation Mad Ball in 1957.
In the mid-1970s, she hosted The Kathryn Crosby Show, a 30-minute local talk-show on KPIX-TV in San Francisco. Husband Bing appeared as a guest occasionally.
After Bing Crosby's death in 1977, she took on a few smaller roles and the lead in the short-lived 1996 Broadway musical State Fair.
Known For
TV Shows (6)
Movies (34)
Rear Window
1954
as Girl at Songwriter's Party (uncredited)
Anatomy of a Murder
1959
as Mary Pilant
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
1958
as Princess Parisa
Tight Spot
1955
as Girl Honeymooner (uncredited)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
1991
as actress 'Anatomy of a Murder' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Casanova's Big Night
1954
as Girl on Bridge (uncredited)
Gunman's Walk
1958
as Cecily "Clee" Chouard
Unchained
1955
as Sally Haskins
The Phenix City Story
1955
as Ellie Rhodes
Mister Cory
1957
as Jen Vollard
Reprisal!
1956
as Taini
The Brothers Rico
1957
as Norah Malaks Rico
Living It Up
1954
as Manicurist (uncredited)
Operation Mad Ball
1957
as Lt. Betty Bixby
Storm Center
1956
as Hazel Levering
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
2014
as Self
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
1957
as Anne Martin
5 Against the House
1955
as Jean, Young Woman in Nightclub (uncredited)
The Initiation of Sarah
1978
as Mrs. Goodwin
Queen of the Lot
2010
as Elizabeth Lambert
So This Is Love
1953
as Showgirl (uncredited)
A Bing Crosby Christmas
1998
as Self / Narrator
The Big Circus
1959
as Jeannie Whirling
Cell 2455 Death Row
1955
as Jo-Anne
The Night the World Exploded
1957
as Laura 'Hutch' Hutchinson
1001 Arabian Nights
1959
as Princess Yasminda (voice)
Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas
1977
as Self
The Wild Party
1956
as Honey
Goldilocks
1970
as Self / Mama Bear (voice)
The Magic of Bing Crosby
1991
as Self
Bing Crosby: The Christmas Years
1978
as Herself
Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials
2010
as Self
Bing Crosby's Sun Valley Christmas Show
1973
A Princess for Magoo
1959
About Kathryn Grant
Kathryn Crosby (November 25, 1933 - September 20, 2024) was an American actress and singer who also performed under the stage-name Kathryn Grant. Born Olive Kathryn Grandstaff in Houston, Texas, she graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1955. Two years later she became Bing Crosby's second wife. The couple had three children, Harry, Mary Frances, and Nathaniel. She appeared as a guest star on her husband's 1964–1965 ABC sitcom The Bing Crosby Show. She largely retired after their marriage, but did hav… With 40 credits spanning from 1950 to 2014, Kathryn Grant has appeared in 34 films and 6 TV shows.
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Most Popular Kathryn Grant Movies
- Rear Window (1954) — as Girl at Songwriter's Party (uncredited)
- Anatomy of a Murder (1959) — as Mary Pilant
- The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) — as Princess Parisa
- Tight Spot (1955) — as Girl Honeymooner (uncredited)
- Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991) — as actress 'Anatomy of a Murder' (archive footage) (uncredited)
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