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Kay Francis (born Katharine Edwina Gibbs; January 13, 1905 – August 26, 1968) was an American stage and film actress. [1] After a brief period on Broadway in the late 1920s, she moved to film and achieved her greatest success between 1930 and 1936, when she was the number one female star and highest-paid actress at Warner Bros. studio. [2]
13 de dic. de 2014 · Kay Francis died on April 26, 1968 in her New York apartment. Her seven page will left bequests to twelve people, while the majority of her nearly two-million dollar estate was left to The Seeing Eye of Morristown, New Jersey.
Kay Francis, one of the foremost motion picture actresses of the 1930s, died yesterday of cancer in her apartment on East 64th Street. She was 63 years old. Miss Francis had returned to her home on Saturday after having been a patient at New York Hospital. At her request, there will be no funeral service.
Kay Francis ( Oklahoma City; 13 de enero de 1905- Nueva York; 26 de agosto de 1968) fue una actriz estadounidense de cine y teatro, enormemente popular en la década de 1930. Su belleza morena y su esbelta figura, la convertirían en todo un referente de elegancia para sus contemporáneos. Tras una breve experiencia teatral en Broadway, Kay ...
This is the story of Kay Francis. Katharine Edwina Gibbs was born in Oklahoma City on Friday, January 13, 1905. Faced with bitterly cold temperatures, that week’s edition of the Daily Oakie had reported that one citizen had frozen to death that Wednesday (PL). On the day Katharine was born, the local forecast was zero with a high of 14 (PL).
Kay Francis is possibly the biggest of the 'forgotten stars' from Hollywood's Golden Era. Yet, for a while in the 1930s she ranked as one of America's most popular actresses, tagged the 'Queen of Warner Brothers'. By 1935, she earned a yearly salary of $115,000 (compared to Bette Davis with $18,000). The daughter of actress Katherine Clinton and businessman Joseph Gibbs, Kay did not start her ...
Kay Francis, Actress, Dies at 63; Epitome of Glamour in the '30's; Her 50 Films Included 'Give Me Your Heart,' 'Raffles' and '1 Found Stella Parish'
