Kay Francis
Actress
63 years (Jan 13, 1905 – Aug 26, 1968)Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Across changing tastes and formats, Kay Francis has stayed an American actress who arrived well before the current crop and stayed. 'The Cocoanuts' is the other credit that tends to come up. Neither the cinema nor the television half of the career can be called the side project. The most visible line on the filmography is 'Trouble in Paradise' (Mariette).
Kay Francis
Actress
Across changing tastes and formats, Kay Francis has stayed an American actress who arrived well before the current crop and stayed. 'The Cocoanuts' is the other credit that tends to come up. Neither the cinema nor the television half of the career can be called the side project. The most visible line on the filmography is 'Trouble in Paradise' (Mariette).
68 Movies
Plays Mariette
Trouble in Paradise
1932
Plays Penelope
The Cocoanuts
1929
Plays Maida Walker
In Name Only
1939
Plays Julie King
When the Daltons Rode
1940
Plays Dulce Morado
Passion Flower
1930
Plays Elena Moura
British Agent
1934
Plays Joan Ames
One Way Passage
1932
Plays Liane Renaud
Wonder Bar
1934
Plays Dr. Carole Nelson
King of the Underworld
1939
Plays Constance Cook
Let's Go Native
1930
Plays Lois Ames
Man Wanted
1932
Plays Lucy Chase Wayne
First Lady
1937
Plays Georgiana Summers
The Goose and the Gander
1935
Plays Georgia Drake
It's a Date
1940
Plays Marjorie Scott
Always in My Heart
1942
Plays Carole Raymond
Wife Wanted
1946
Plays Julia Ashton Wister
Another Dawn
1937
Plays Belinda 'Linda' Warren, aka 'Bill'
Give Me Your Heart
1936
Plays Peggy Martin Van Tyle / Peggy Stone
The House on 56th Street
1933
Plays Stella Parish
I Found Stella Parish
1935
Plays Kitty Parker
Behind the Make-Up
1930
Plays Laura McDonald
I Loved a Woman
1933
Plays Baroness Teri Hohenfels
Jewel Robbery
1932
Plays Kay Francis
Four Jills in a Jeep
1944
Plays Gwen
Raffles
1930
Plays Eve Appleton
Comet Over Broadway
1938
Plays Josephine "Jo" Bhaer
Little Men
1940
Plays Adrienne Scott
The Man Who Lost Himself
1941
Plays Elsie Maury
Transgression
1931
Plays Vera Kowalska
Confession
1937
Plays Myra May
Gentlemen of the Press
1929
Plays Dr. Monica Braden
Dr. Monica
1934
Plays Mary Stevens
Mary Stevens, M.D.
1933
Plays Janet Steele
Women in the Wind
1939
Plays Wanda Howard
Girls About Town
1931
Plays Zara Flynn
Dangerous Curves
1929
Plays Irene Manners
For the Defense
1930
Plays Tanya Borodoff aka Spot White / Marjorie Lang
Mandalay
1934
Plays Florence Nightingale
The White Angel
1936
Plays Anne Vallee Brooks
The Keyhole
1933
Plays Carmen
Paramount on Parade
1930
Plays Marya Ivanova Sablin
The Virtuous Sin
1930
Plays Fay Carter
Secrets of an Actress
1938
Plays Amy Prentiss
Living on Velvet
1935
Plays Nicole Picot
Stolen Holiday
1937
Plays Donna Lucia
Charley's Aunt
1941
Plays Claire King Landin
Women Are Like That
1938
Plays Clemency Warlock
Cynara
1932
Plays Marjorie West
Guilty Hands
1931
Producer
Plays Sheila Seymour
Allotment Wives
1945
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The Feminine Touch
Full Filmography
Lux Video Theatre
Alice
1950Season 1
Wife Wanted
Carole Raymond
1946
Allotment Wives
Sheila Seymour
1945
Divorce
Diane Carter
1945
Four Jills in a Jeep
Kay Francis
1944
Between Us Girls
Christine 'Chris' Bishop
1942
Always in My Heart
Marjorie Scott
1942
The Feminine Touch
Nellie Woods
1941
Charley's Aunt
Donna Lucia
1941
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Kay Francis still alive?
Kay Francis passed away on August 26, 1968 at age 63.
What are the most famous roles of Kay Francis?
Kay Francis is best known for roles in Trouble in Paradise, The Cocoanuts, One Way Passage.
How many movies has Kay Francis been in?
Over a 39-year career (since 1929), Kay Francis has appeared in 68 movies and 1 TV shows.
What was Kay Francis's first movie?
The career of Kay Francis began with Gentlemen of the Press (1929).
What is Kay Francis's most recent movie or series?
Kay Francis's most recent release is Prudential Family Playhouse, which premiered on October 10, 1950.
What TV shows has Kay Francis appeared in?
On television, Kay Francis has appeared in Lux Video Theatre, Prudential Family Playhouse.
Kay Francis
1905-01-13 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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.Kay Francis,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.