Kathryn Grayson (born February 9, 1922) is an American actress and singer who was born Zelma Kathryn Elisabeth Hedrick in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... LeAnn Rimes singing in concert A singer is a type of musician who uses his or her voice to produce music. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

She married twice: first to actor John Shelton; secondly to actor/singer Johnnie Johnston. She has one daughter. Throughout the 1950's she carried on an affair with mogul Howard Hughes, and was briefly engaged to him, although this was not included in the film The Aviator. For other people named Howard Hughes, see Howard Hughes (disambiguation). ... The Aviator is a 2004 biographical drama film, directed by Martin Scorsese. ...

One of the most unique sopranos with a high, coloratura, Miss Grayson has many admirers in the world of professional vocalists. Though she started out as MGM's answer to Deanna Durbin (with films such as Seven Sweethearts and Anchors Aweigh), she proved herself a decent star in the film versions of the Broadway hits Show Boat (1951) and Kiss Me, Kate (1953). Grayson also appeared in a duo of films with tenor Mario Lanza, and Howard Keel, whom she teamed successufully with in a highly lauded cabaret act in the 1960's. Deanna Durbin Deanna Durbin (born Edna Mae Durbin on December 4, 1921 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada to Ukrainian immigrant parents) was a popular young singer and actress in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s. ... Original sheet music cover Anchors Aweigh is the song of the United States Navy, composed in 1906 by Charles A. Zimmerman with lyrics by Alfred Hart Miles. ... Broadway theatre is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... Show Boat is a musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II (with the notable exception of Bill, the lyrics of which were written by P. G. Wodehouse). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Kiss Me, Kate is a stage musical by Samuel and Bella Spewack (book) and Cole Porter (music and lyrics) that ran for 1,077 performances and was first performed in New York on December 30, 1948. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Lanza in The Toast of New Orleans Mario Lanza (31 January 1921 – 7 October 1959) was an Italian-American operatic tenor and Hollywood movie star who enjoyed success in the 1950s. ... Howard Keel on the tv show dallas Howard Keel, born Harry Clifford Keel (April 13, 1919–November 7, 2004) was an American actor who starred in many of the classic film musicals of the 1950s. ...

With the end of MGM's great era of musicals, so ended Miss Grayson's film career. Kathryn was on stage in numerous stage musicals such as Show Boat, Rosalinda, Kiss Me Kate, Naughty Marietta, and The Merry Widow, for which she was nominated for Chicago's Sarah Siddons Award. This lead to her as a replacement for Julie Andrews on Broadway in 1962 in Camelot, scoring a great success, before going on to star in the National tour for over sixteen months, before leaving the show due to health problems. During her period with the Camelot tour, all box-office records were broken and she gained uniformly excellent notices. She would later play the role of Guenevere during that decade. Grayson had a lifelong dream of being an opera star, and she appeared number of operas in the '60s, such as La Boheme, Madame Butterfly, Orpheus in the Underworld and La Traviata. Her dramatic and comedy stage roles included Night Watch, Noises Off, Love Letters and Something's Afoot as Dottie Otterling. Show Boat is a musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II (with the notable exception of Bill, the lyrics of which were written by P. G. Wodehouse). ... Rosalinda is a telenovela from Mexico that was first broadcast on Televisa in 1999. ... Kiss Me, Kate is a stage musical by Samuel and Bella Spewack (book) and Cole Porter (music and lyrics) that ran for 1,077 performances and was first performed in New York on December 30, 1948. ... Naughty Marietta is a musical comedy, with libretto by Rida Johnson Young and music by Victor Herbert, which opened on Broadway on November 7, 1910: one of its best-known songs is Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life. ... The Merry Widow is a musical comedy or operetta of 1905, by the Austro-Hungarian composer, Franz Lehár. ... Julie Andrews as Maria, with the Von Trapp children in The Sound of Music. ... Camelot is the name of the stronghold of the legendary King Arthur, from which he fought many of the battles that made up his life. ... La Bohème, French for The Bohemian Life, is an opera in four acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on La Vie de Bohème by Henri Murger. ... Madama Butterfly (or sometimes Madame Butterfly in English) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, set in Japan. ... Orphée aux enfers is an operetta in two acts by Jacques Offenbach. ... La traviata, an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, takes as its basis the novel La dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, fils, published in 1848. ... Noises Off is a stage play by British author Michael Frayn which premièred at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London, in 1982 (ISBN 1400031605); and a 1992 comedy film directed by Peter Bogdanovich based on Frayns play, with a screenplay by Marty Kaplan. ... Somethings Afoot is a murder mystery musical that spoofs all-things-detective, mainly the works of Agatha Christie. ...

She also appeared on television occasionally, most recently appearing in several episodes of Angela Lansbury's long-running series Murder, She Wrote in the late 1980s. Her first TV appearances were in the 1950s and she received an Emmy nomination in 1956 for her performance in the General Electric Theater episode Shadow on the Heart with John Ericson. Angela Lansbury, CBE (born October 16, 1925) is a British-born actress, the granddaughter of British Labour politician George Lansbury. ... Murder, She Wrote is an American mystery television series, starring Angela Lansbury as the lead character, Jessica Fletcher. ... General Electric Theater was a half-hour CBS television anthology broadcast every Sunday evening beginning February 1, 1953 and ending May 27, 1962. ... Illustration of John Ericsson John Ericsson (July 31, 1803 – March 8, 1889) was a Swedish inventor and mechanical engineer, as was his brother, Nils Ericson. ...

Never to be overshadowed these days by other talented or exciting MGM contemporaries such as Jane Powell, Ann Miller, Cyd Charisse, Esther Williams and Ann Blyth, Miss Grayson has gained cult status among a large, and wildly devoted, crowd of fans. Today, Kathryn supervises the Voice and Choral Studies Program at the Indiana State University. Jane Powell (born April 1, 1928) is an American actress. ... Ann Miller was born on April 12, 1923 (some sources still indicate 1919) and died on January 22, 2004. ... Cyd Charisse Cyd Charisse is an American dancer and actress. ... Esther Jane Williams (born August 8, 1921) is a United States swimmer and movie star famous for her musical films that featured elaborate performances with swimming and diving. ... Ann Blyth Ann Marie Blyth (born August 16, 1928 in Mount Kisco, New York) is an American actress and singer, most often cast in Hollywood musicals, but who also succeeded in the dramatic roles she was given. ... Indiana State University (ISU) is a public university that is located in Terre Haute, Indiana. ...

Filmography

• Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941)
• The Vanishing Virginian (1942)
• Rio Rita (1942)
• Seven Sweethearts (1942)
• Thousands Cheer (1943)
• Anchors Aweigh (1945)
• Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
• Two Sisters from Boston (1946)
• Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
• It Happened to Brooklyn (1947)
• The Kissing Bandit (1948)
• That Midnight Kiss (1949)
• The Toast of New Orleans (1950)
• Grounds for Marriage (1951)
• Show Boat (1951)
• Lovely to Look At (1952)
• The Desert Song (1953)
• So This Is Love (1953)
• Kiss Me, Kate (1953)
• The Vagabond King (1956)
• The Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena (1977) (documentary)
• A Century of Cinema (1994) (documentary)

For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... This article is about the year. ... Rio Rita is an Abbott and Costello movie released in 1942 by MGM. Abbott & Costello star as Doc & Wishey who run into who want to smuggle bombs into the USA from a Mexican border hotel. ... This article is about the year. ... This article is about the year. ... Thousands Cheer was an American musical-comedy released by MGM in 1943. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ... Original sheet music cover Anchors Aweigh is the song of the United States Navy, composed in 1906 by Charles A. Zimmerman with lyrics by Alfred Hart Miles. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ziegfeld Follies (MGM) is a 1946 Hollywood musical comedy film starring many of MGM leading talents, including Fred Astaire, Lucille Bremer, Judy Garland, Kathryn Grayson, Lena Horne, Gene Kelly, Victor Moore, William Powell, Red Skelton , and Esther Williams. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Till The Clouds Roll By is an American musical-biographical film released by MGM in 1946. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... The screen debut of tenor Mario Lanza, this 1949 MGM production also starred Kathryn Grayson. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Lanza in The Toast of New Orleans The Toast of New Orleans is a 1950 film directed by Norman Taurog and starring Mario Lanza, Kathryn Grayson, David Niven, and Rita Moreno. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Show Boat is a musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II (with the notable exception of Bill, the lyrics of which were written by P. G. Wodehouse). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Desert Song was a notable 1926 operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach, respectively. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Kiss Me, Kate is a stage musical by Samuel and Bella Spewack (book) and Cole Porter (music and lyrics) that ran for 1,077 performances and was first performed in New York on December 30, 1948. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... A Century of Cinema is a 1994 documentary directed by Caroline Thomas about the art of filmmaking (coinciding with cinemas 100th anniversary), containing numerous interviews with some of the most influential characters of the twentieth century. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV in Roman) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...

External links

• Classic Movies (1939 - 1969): Kathryn Grayson