Kay Medford


Actor
Kay Medford

About

Also Known As
Maggie O'Regin
Birth Place
New York City, New York, USA
Born
September 14, 1914
Died
April 10, 1980

Biography

Tart-tongued, sardonic actress best known for playing mothers and all-knowing busy-bodies. Medford earned an Oscar nomination playing Fanny Brice's mom in "Funny Girl" (1968)....

Photos & Videos

The Undercover Man - Behind-the-Scenes Photos

Biography

Tart-tongued, sardonic actress best known for playing mothers and all-knowing busy-bodies. Medford earned an Oscar nomination playing Fanny Brice's mom in "Funny Girl" (1968).

Life Events

1942

Film debut, "The War Against Mrs. Hadley"

1955

TV debut, "Star Tonight" (ABC)

1958

TV series debut, "Kitty Foyle" (NBC)

1968

Played Fanny Brice's mother in film "Funny Girl"

Photo Collections

The Undercover Man - Behind-the-Scenes Photos
The Undercover Man - Behind-the-Scenes Photos

Videos

Trailer

Face in the Crowd, A - (Original Trailer) Television turns a folk-singing drifter (Andy Griffith) into a media celebrity in Elia Kazan's A Face in the Crowd (1957).
Ensign Pulver - (Original Trailer) In the sequel to Mister Roberts, Ensign Pulver (1964) takes his turn battling his ship's captain.
Rationing - (Original Trailer) A small-town butcher (Wallace Beery) has problems coping with meat rationing during World War II in Rationing (1944).
Rat Race, The - (Original Trailer) A musician (Tony Curtis) newly arrived in New York takes in a taxi dancer (Debbie Reynolds) in the drama The Rat Race (1960).
Northwest Rangers - (Original Trailer) A Mountie (William Lundigan) tracks a childhood friend gone bad in Northwest Rangers (1943).
Three Hearts for Julia - (Original Trailer) When wife Ann Sothern threatens him with divorce, reporter Melvyn Douglas courts her again in Three Hearts for Julia (1942).
Lost Angel - (Original Trailer) A girl (Margaret O'Brien) raised to be a genius gets lost and discovers the simple pleasure of life in Lost Angel (1943).
Pilot No. 5 - (Original Trailer) While their buddy (Franchot Tone) flies a suicide mission, World War II airmen recall the events that led him to this noble sacrifice in Pilot No. 5 (1943).
BUtterfield 8 -- (Original Trailer) Elizabeth Taylor won her first Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Butterfield 8 (1960).
Slightly Dangerous - (Original Trailer) Lana Turner changes her identity to make it in New York, leaving Robert Young a suspect in her "disappearance" in the comedy Slightly Dangerous (1943).
Funny Girl -- (2001 Re-issue Trailer) Comedienne Fanny Brice (Barbra Streisand) fights to prove that she can be the greatest star in the musical Funny Girl (1968).
Mrs. Parkington - (Original Trailer) Greer Garson is a servant girl who marries mine owner Walter Pidgeon in Mrs. Parkington (1944).

Bibliography