Kay Francis
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 13, 1905, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
- Died
- August 26, 1968
- Movies
- 83
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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.
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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2005 | William Powell: A True Gentleman | |
| 2003 | Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) |
| 1999 | Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults | (archive footage) |
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1975 | Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | Self (archive footage) |
| 1947 | Blow-Ups of 1947 | Self |
| 1946 | Wife Wanted | Carole Raymond |
| 1945 | Allotment Wives | Sheila Seymour |
| 1945 | Divorce | Diane Carter |
| 1944 | Four Jills in a Jeep | Kay Francis |
| 1943 | Show-Business at War | Self |
| 1942 | Between Us Girls | Christine 'Chris' Bishop |
| 1942 | Always in My Heart | Marjorie Scott |
| 1941 | The Feminine Touch | Nellie Woods |
| 1941 | Charley's Aunt | Donna Lucia |
| 1941 | The Man Who Lost Himself | Adrienne Scott |
| 1941 | Play Girl | Grace Herbert |
| 1940 | Little Men | Josephine "Jo" Bhaer |
| 1940 | When the Daltons Rode | Julie King |
| 1940 | It's a Date | Georgia Drake |
| 1939 | Breakdowns of 1939 | Self |
| 1939 | In Name Only | Maida Walker |
| 1939 | Women in the Wind | Janet Steele |
| 1939 | King of the Underworld | Dr. Carole Nelson |
| 1938 | Breakdowns of 1938 | Lady Chase-Wayne / Claire Landin (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Comet Over Broadway | Eve Appleton |
| 1938 | Secrets of an Actress | Fay Carter |
| 1938 | My Bill | Mary Colbrook |
| 1938 | Women Are Like That | Claire King Landin |
| 1937 | Breakdowns of 1937 | Self |
| 1937 | First Lady | Lucy Chase Wayne |
| 1937 | Confession | Vera Kowalska |
| 1937 | Another Dawn | Julia Ashton Wister |
| 1937 | Stolen Holiday | Nicole Picot |
| 1936 | Breakdowns of 1936 | Self |
| 1936 | Give Me Your Heart | Belinda 'Linda' Warren, aka 'Bill' |
| 1936 | The White Angel | Florence Nightingale |
| 1935 | Things You Never See on the Screen | Self |
| 1935 | I Found Stella Parish | Stella Parish |
| 1935 | The Goose and the Gander | Georgiana Summers |
| 1935 | Stranded | Lynn Palmer |
| 1935 | Living on Velvet | Amy Prentiss |
| 1935 | Movies on Sundays | Herself (uncredited) |
| 1934 | British Agent | Elena Moura |
| 1934 | Dr. Monica | Dr. Monica Braden |
| 1934 | Wonder Bar | Liane Renaud |
| 1934 | Mandalay | Tanya Borodoff aka Spot White / Marjorie Lang |
| 1933 | The House on 56th Street | Peggy Martin Van Tyle / Peggy Stone |
| 1933 | I Loved a Woman | Laura McDonald |
| 1933 | Mary Stevens, M.D. | Mary Stevens |
| 1933 | Storm at Daybreak | Irina Radovic |
| 1933 | The Keyhole | Anne Vallee Brooks |
| 1932 | Cynara | Clemency Warlock |
| 1932 | Trouble in Paradise | Mariette |
| 1932 | One Way Passage | Joan Ames |
| 1932 | Jewel Robbery | Baroness Teri Hohenfels |
| 1932 | Street of Women | Natalie 'Nat' Upton |
| 1932 | Man Wanted | Lois Ames |
| 1932 | Strangers in Love | Diana Merrow |
| 1931 | The False Madonna | Tina |
| 1931 | Girls About Town | Wanda Howard |
| 1931 | 24 Hours | Fanny Towner |
| 1931 | Guilty Hands | Marjorie West |
| 1931 | Transgression | Elsie Maury |
| 1931 | The Vice Squad | Alice Morrison |
| 1931 | Ladies' Man | Norma Page |
| 1931 | Scandal Sheet | Edith Flint |
| 1930 | Passion Flower | Dulce Morado |
| 1930 | The Virtuous Sin | Marya Ivanova Sablin |
| 1930 | Let's Go Native | Constance Cook |
| 1930 | For the Defense | Irene Manners |
| 1930 | Raffles | Gwen |
| 1930 | A Notorious Affair | Countess Olga Balakireff |
| 1930 | Paramount on Parade | Carmen |
| 1930 | Street of Chance | Alma Marsden |
| 1930 | Behind the Make-Up | Kitty Parker |
| 1929 | The Marriage Playground | Lady Wrench |
| 1929 | Illusion | Zelda Paxton |
| 1929 | Dangerous Curves | Zara Flynn |
| 1929 | The Cocoanuts | Penelope |
| 1929 | Gentlemen of the Press | Myra May |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1945 | Allotment Wives | Producer |
| 1945 | Divorce | Producer |
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