Katherine Margaret Griffith (September 10, 1915 – December 10, 2002) was an American film actress from 1936 to 1940 who appeared in Western films and serials. She made 14 films, the last being Covered Wagon Days (1940) in which she was the female lead alongside The Three Mesquiteers.[1]
Kay Griffith | |
|---|---|
| Born | Katherine Margaret Griffith September 10, 1915 |
| Died | December 10, 2002 (aged 87) San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1936–1940 |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
Griffith was born in Chicago and grew up in San Francisco. In 1938 she was signed by 20th Century Fox.[2]
Griffith married actor Broderick Crawford[3] on November 21, 1940,[4] and made no further films herself. She had two children with Crawford[citation needed] but the marriage ended in divorce on July 8, 1957.[5]
Filmography edit
- Easy to Take (1936) as Mary (uncredited)
- College Holiday (1936) as dancer (uncredited)
- Kentucky Moonshine (1938) as telephone operator (uncredited)
- Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) as autograph seeker (uncredited)
- Always Goodbye (1938) as nurse (uncredited)
- My Lucky Star (1938) as Ethel
- Five of a Kind (1938) as airplane stewardess (uncredited)
- Wife, Husband and Friend (1939) as Nancy Sprague
- It Could Happen to You (1939) as minor role (uncredited)
- Hotel for Women (1939) as model (uncredited)
- Swanee River (1939) as bit role (uncredited)
- Free, Blonde and 21 (1940) as clerk (uncredited)
- Star Dust (1940) as stenographer (uncredited)
- Covered Wagon Days (1940) as Maria
References edit
- ^ "Covered Wagon Days". BFI. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
- ^ "Kay Griffith Given Big Screen Chance". Los Angeles Times. October 1, 1938. p. 25. Retrieved January 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Births". Billboard. August 4, 1951. p. 41. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
- ^ "Kay Griffith weds". The Palm Beach Post. Associated Press. November 22, 1940. p. 20. Retrieved January 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Actress Kay Griffith Divorces Crawford". The Macon News. p. 9. Retrieved January 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
External links edit
- Kay Griffith at AllMovie
- Kay Griffith at IMDb
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