Kathryn Grant


Actor
Kathryn Grant

About

Also Known As
Kathryn Crosby, Kathy Grant, Olive Kathryn Grandstaff, Kathryn Grandstaff
Birth Place
Houston, Texas, USA
Born
November 25, 1933

Photos & Videos

Cell 2455, Death Row - Lobby Card Set
The Guns of Fort Petticoat - Movie Posters
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad - British Color Still Set

Family & Companions

Bing Crosby
Companion
Singer, actor. Died 1977.

Biography

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

The Initiation of Sarah (1978)
The Big Circus (1959)
Jeannie Whirling
1001 arabian nights (1959)
Princess Yasminda
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Mary Pilant
Gunman's Walk (1958)
Cecily "Clee" Chouard
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
Princess Parisa
The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
The Brothers Rico (1957)
Norah Rico
The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957)
Ann Martin
Operation Mad Ball (1957)
Lt. Betty Bixby
The Night the World Exploded (1957)
Laura "Hutch" Hutchinson
Mister Cory (1957)
Jen Vollard
Reprisal! (1956)
Taini
Storm Center (1956)
Hazel
The Wild Party (1956)
Honey
My Sister Eileen (1955)
Young hopeful
5 Against the House (1955)
Girl
Cell 2455, Death Row (1955)
Joanne
The Phenix City Story (1955)
Ellie Rhodes
Tight Spot (1955)
Girl honeymooner
Unchained (1955)
Sally Haskins
Casanova's Big Night (1954)
Girl on bridge
Living It Up (1954)
Manicurist
Forever Female (1954)
Young hopeful
Rear Window (1954)
Party girl
Arrowhead (1953)
Miss Mason

Cast (Special)

The 1993 Crosby Clambake (1993)
The 1992 Crosby Clambake (1992)
The Magic of Bing Crosby (1992)
Bob Hope Special: Happy Birthday, Bob! (1983)
Women of Russia (1981)
Bob Hope Special: The Bob Hope Christmas Special (1979)
Bob Hope Special: Happy Birthday, Bob! (1978)
Bing!... A 50th Anniversary Gala (1977)
Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas (1977)
Bing Crosby's White Christmas (1976)
Bing Crosby's Sun Valley Christmas Show (1973)
Christmas With the Bing Crosbys (1972)
Bing Crosby and the Sounds of Christmas (1971)

Life Events

Photo Collections

Cell 2455, Death Row - Lobby Card Set
Here is a set of Lobby Cards from Cell 2455, Death Row (1955), starring William Campbell. Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.
The Guns of Fort Petticoat - Movie Posters
Here are a variety of movie posters for Columbia Pictures' The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957), starring Audie Murphy and Kathryn Grant.
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad - British Color Still Set
Here is a set of British "Front of House" color stills from Columbia Pictures' The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958), featuring visual effects by Ray Harryhausen.
Operation Mad Ball - Lobby Cards
Here are several Lobby Cards from Columbia's Operation Mad Ball (1957), starring Jack Lemmon and Mickey Rooney. Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad - Color Still Set
Here is a set of color stills from Columbia Pictures' The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958). For certain prestigious color productions, studios would send out sets of color stills as promotional material.

Videos

Movie Clip

Operation Mad Ball (1957) -- (Movie Clip) You Rhumba, Lieutenant? Privates Hogan (Jack Lemmon) and Widowskas (pre-Moondoggie James Darren) on patrol, Captain Lock (Ernie Kovacs) escorting fetching new nurse Bixby (Kathryn Grant), opening director Richard Quine's post-war comedy Operation Mad Ball, 1958.
Phenix City Story, The (1955) -- (Movie Clip) My First Shot At a Major About-to-be crusading Alabama crime fighter John Patterson (Richard Kiley), until recently an Army officer and prosecutor, comes looking for thug Clem (John Larch), crime boss Tanner (Edward Andrews) and hench-girl Cassie (Jean Carson) looking on, in The Phenix City Story, 1955.
Phenix City Story, The (1955) -- (Movie Clip) It's Gotta Happen Tonight Hostess and informant Ellie (Kathryn Grant), still working for crime boss Tanner (Edward Andrews) calls lawyer Paterson (John McIntire), newly nominated as Alabama Attorney General, with his son (Richard Kiley), observed by casino runner Cassie (Jean Carson), trouble brewing, in The Phenix City Story, 1955.
Phenix City Story, The (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Thou Shalt Not Kill Big spoiler here, as Paterson (Richard Kiley) and Zeke (James Edwards) who both had family members murdered, have failed to stop the thugs killing their informant Ellie, and clash over how to deal with the now-exposed local vice boss Tanner (Edward Andrews), in Phil Karlson’s fact-based The Phenix City Story, 1955.
7th Voyage of Sinbad, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Land It Is! Terrific opening art and Bernard Hermann music roaring, as the sailors marvel at the courage and skill of their captain (Kerwin Matthews) in The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, 1958.
7th Voyage of Sinbad, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Follow! Kill! Hard to say who's winning here, Cyclops, Dragon, special effects guru Ray Harryhausen or composer Bernard Hermann, as Kerwin Matthews and Kathryn Grant flee in The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, 1958.
7th Voyage of Sinbad, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) I Bid You Genie... Trouble with a big two-headed Roc (by Ray Harryhausen) just as tiny Parisa (Kathryn Grant) tells Sinbad (Kerwin Matthews) the incantation, and Sokurah (Torin Thatcher) moves in, from The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, 1958.
Wild Party, The (1956) -- (Movie Clip) No Way Out Excellent beatnik banter from Honey (Kathryn Grant) who's less worried than Erica (Carol Ohmart) about being locked in a warehouse by her thug buddies in The Wild Party, 1956.
Wild Party, The (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Kicks After credits, Nehemiah Persoff (who'll portray the pianist "Kicks") provides hip narration over genuine L-A night-life footage, from The Wild Party, 1956, starring Anthony Quinn and Carol Ohmart.
Wild Party, The (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Two Strangers Ex-football star "Big Tom" Kupfen (Anthony Quinn) squeezes victim-to-be Erica (Carol Ohmart) while Kicks (Nehemiah Persoff) jams with clarinet stalwart Buddy De Franco and band in The Wild Party, 1956.
Brothers Rico, The -- (Movie Clip) Another Rico Mob accountant Eddie (Richard Conte) finds his brother Johnny (James Darren) and new wife Norah (Kathryn Grant), in director Phil Karlson's The Brothers Rico, 1957, from a novel by Georges Simenon.
Guns Of Fort Petticoat -- (Movie Clip) Strongest Woman Of Them All Texan and Union cavalry deserter Frank Hewitt (Audie Murphy) tries to warn first Hanna (Hope Emerson) then boyish Ann (Kathryn Grant) about Indian revenge raids, in The Guns Of Fort Petticoat, 1957.

Family

Mary Crosby
Daughter
Actor.
Nathaniel Crosby
Son

Companions

Bing Crosby
Companion
Singer, actor. Died 1977.

Bibliography