Kathryn Crosby
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| Kathryn Crosby | |
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| Born | Olive Kathryn Grandstaff November 25, 1933 Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Other names | Kathryn Grandstaff Kathryn Grant Kathryn Crosby |
| Years active | 1953–2009 |
| Spouse |
Bing Crosby (1957–1977) (his death) 3 children Maurice William Sullivan (2000–2010) his death |
Kathryn Crosby (born November 25, 1933) is an American actress and singer who also performed under the stage-name Kathryn Grant.
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[edit] Early life and career
Born Olive Kathryn Grandstaff in Houston, Texas, she graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1955. Two years later she became Bing Crosby's second wife. The couple had three children, Harry, Mary Frances, and Nathaniel.[1] She appeared as a guest star on her husband's 1964–1965 ABC sitcom The Bing Crosby Show.
She largely retired after their marriage, but did have a featured role in the courtroom drama Anatomy of a Murder (1959). She also played the part of "Mama Bear" alongside her husband and children in Goldilocks and starred with Jack Lemmon in Operation Mad Ball (1957).
In the mid-1970s, she hosted The Kathryn Crosby Show, a 30-minute local talk-show on KPIX-TV in San Francisco. Husband Bing appeared as a guest occasionally.
Since Bing Crosby's death in 1977, she has taken on a few smaller roles and the lead in the short-lived 1996 Broadway musical State Fair.
For 16 years ending in 2001, Crosby hosted the Crosby National Golf Tournament at Bermuda Run Country Club in Bermuda Run, North Carolina. A nearby bridge carrying U.S. Route 158 over the Yadkin River is named for Crosby.[2]
On November 4, 2010, Crosby was seriously injured in an automobile accident in the Sierra Nevada that killed her 85-year-old husband, Maurice William Sullivan.[3]
[edit] Filmography
- So This Is Love (1953)
- Arrowhead (1953)
- Forever Female (1953)
- Casanova's Big Night (1954)
- Living It Up (1954)
- Rear Window (1954)
- Unchained (1955)
- Tight Spot (1955)
- Cell 2455 Death Row (1955)
- 5 Against the House (1955)
- My Sister Eileen (1955)
- The Phenix City Story (1955)
- Storm Center (1956)
- Reprisal! (1956)
- The Wild Party (1956)
- Mister Cory (1957)
- The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957)
- The Night the World Exploded (1957)
- Operation Mad Ball (1957)
- The Brothers Rico (1957)
- Gunman's Walk (1958)
- The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
- Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
- The Big Circus (1959)
- 1001 Arabian Nights (1959) (voice)
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[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Bing Crosby biography
- ^ Jim Sparks, "Crews to Start Work on Bridge," Winston-Salem Journal, November 21, 2007.
- ^ Martin Griffith (December 2, 2010). "Bing Crosby's widow recovering from accident". Associated Press. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/dec/2/bing-crosbys-widow-recovering-from-accident.
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