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- Category: Motion pictures
- Star rank: 1127
- Address:
6792 Hollywood Blvd - Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing west
- GPS location:
34.101431, -118.338059
Kay Francis
Biography
Kay Francis (January 13, 1905 – August 26, 1968) was an American stage and film actress. 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 at the Warner Brothers studio, and the highest-paid American film actress. Some of her film-related material and personal papers are available to scholars and researchers in the Wesleyan University Cinema Archives.
Fact file
- Born: Katharine Edwina Gibbs January 13, 1905 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.
- Died: August 26, 1968 (aged 63) New York City, New York, U.S.
- Occupation: actress
- Years active: 1925–1948
- Spouse: James Dwight Francis (1922–1924; divorced) William Gaston (divorced) Eric Barnekow (1939 – 19??; divorced) John Meehan (divorced) Kenneth MacKenna (1931–1933) (divorced)
Read more about Kay Francis at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database
In the news
DVDs: Tough Women and Flawed Men
NY Times Movies, 2010-09-03 15:19:03
Frank Borzage’s “Stranded” with Kay Francis and George Brent (embracing) and Patricia Ellis
Hollywood Blvd, south side, between Highland and McCadden
- Go east and cross McCadden
- Go west and cross Highland
- Cross to the north side of Hollwood near Highland
- Cross to the north side of Hollwood near McCadden
Nearby you will also find Ray Bolger, Dennis Muren, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Judy Garland, and many others.