Kathryn Grayson

Person · Open Library

Born

1922

Died

2010

Works

1

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Film & TV

Acting · Winston-Salem - North Carolina - USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Kathryn Grayson  (February 9, 1922 – February 17, 2010) was an American actress and operatic soprano singer. From the age of twelve, Grayson trained as an opera singer. She was under contract to MGM by the early 1940s, soon establishing a career principally through her work in musicals. After several supporting roles, she was a lead performer in such films…

Known for

• Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical — Self (archive)2009
• Cole Porter in Hollywood: Too Darn Hot — Self2003
• Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer — Self (archive footage)2002
• That's Entertainment! III — (archive footage)1994
• Nelson and Jeanette: America's Singing Sweethearts — Self (uncredited)1992
• That's Dancing! — From 'Kiss Me Kate' (archive footage)1985
• Murder, She Wrote — Ideal Molloy1984
• Mario Lanza: The American Caruso — Self1983
• That's Entertainment, Part II — (archive footage)1976
• The Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena — Psychic Detective1976

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Female

Country

United States

Active from

1922

Active to

2010

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

4,847

Total plays

24,975

Kathryn Grayson (born February 9, 1922 - died February 17, 2010) was an American actress and singer who was born Zelma Kathryn Elisabeth Hedrick in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The Hedrick family later moved to Franlin, St Louis, where she was discovered singing on the empty stage of the St Louis Municipal Opera House by a janitor, who introduced her to Frances Marshall of the Chicago Civic Opera, who gave the twelve-year-old-girl voice lessons. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Kathryn+Grays

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

   · 2021 · cited 43,514x

2. A global reference for human genetic variation

   · 2015 · cited 17,770x

3. Ferroptosis: An Iron-Dependent Form of Nonapoptotic Cell Death

   · 2012 · cited 16,829x

4. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

   · 2020 · cited 15,951x

5. Accurate structure prediction of biomolecular interactions with AlphaFold 3

   · 2024 · cited 15,161x

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Music

Quotes

• “I must be the oldest living child soprano.”
• “Louis B Mayer created a situation that was just like a very big family, but with love and loyalty for everyone.”

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Key facts

Born

Zelma Kathryn Elisabeth Hedrick , ( 1922-02-09 ) February 9, 1922, Winston-Salem, North Carolina , U.S.

Died

February 17, 2010 (2010-02-17) (aged 88), Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Occupations

Actress, singer

Years active

1941–1998

Spouses

John Shelton , ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1941 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1946 ) ​ Johnnie Johnston , ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1947 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1951 ) ​

Relatives

Frances Raeburn (sister) , Kristin Towers-Rowles (granddaughter)

Website

kathryngrayson .com

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Official website

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