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Kathryn Grayson

1922 - 2010

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Kathryn Grayson (born Zelma Kathryn Elisabeth Hedrick; February 9, 1922 – February 17, 2010) was an American actress and coloratura soprano. From the age of 12, Grayson trained as an opera singer. She was under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by the early 1940s, soon establishing a career principally through her work in musicals. After several supporting roles, she was a lead performer in such films as Thousands Cheer (1943), Anchors Aweigh (1945) with Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly and Show Boat (1951) and Kiss Me Kate (1953), both with Howard Keel. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Kathryn Grayson is the 5,376th most popular actor (down from 4,977th in 2024), the 8,353rd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,264th in 2019) and the 2,461st most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Kathryn Grayson ranks 5,376 out of 13,578. Before her are Roscoe Lee Browne, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Xavier Dolan, Jennifer Ehle, Sanjay Dutt, and Greta Gerwig. After her are Robert Harron, Claudia Gerini, Catherine McCormack, Billy Campbell, Mary Beth Peil, and Mike Farrell.

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Among people born in 1922, Kathryn Grayson ranks 338. Before her are Damon Knight, Bhimsen Joshi, Irina Antonova, John Eisenhower, Roscoe Lee Browne, and Elsa Joubert. After her are Milton H. Greene, María Luisa Bemberg, Ria Baran, Per Olof Sundman, Margaret Leighton, and Jean Malaurie. Among people deceased in 2010, Kathryn Grayson ranks 324. Before her are Philippe Séguin, Eva Ibbotson, Nena, Isabella Abbott, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, and David Brown. After her are Jorge González, Roy Ward Baker, Fríða Á. Sigurðardóttir, Giovanni Pettenella, William B. Lenoir, and Joseph Serge Miot.

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Among people born in United States, Kathryn Grayson ranks 8,354 out of 20,380. Before her are Kia Stevens (1977), Sonny Clark (1931), Rebecca Miller (1962), James M. Cox (1870), and Greta Gerwig (1983). After her are Samuel J. Tilden (1814), James Wilkinson (1757), Dave Weckl (1960), Carl Osburn (1884), Robert Harron (1893), Nick Offerman (1970), and Bruce M. Metzger (1914).

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Among actors born in United States, Kathryn Grayson ranks 2,462. Before her are James Eckhouse (1955), David Wayne (1914), Ruth Brown (1928), Roscoe Lee Browne (1922), Jennifer Ehle (1969), and Greta Gerwig (1983). After her are Robert Harron (1893), Billy Campbell (1959), Mary Beth Peil (1940), Mike Farrell (1939), Kevin Conway (1942), and Fanny Brice (1891).

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