Kay Francis (1905 - 1968) كاى فرانسيس
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American actress and producer, who was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. She received a star on the Walk of Fame in 1960 for her films. She was married 3 times, to William Gaston, James Dwight Francis, and Kenneth MacKenna. Among her most important works are Trouble in...Read more Paradise (1932), One Way Passage (1932), and Confession (1937). She was very popular and was nicknamed the 'Queen of Warner Bros.' as she was their highest-paid actress in the mid-thirties. She began her career selling real estate and arranging lavish social parties. She began her artistic career in 1925 on stage by playing the role of the queen in the play Hamlet and continued her theatrical performances until the end of the twenties. She signed a contract with Paramount to work in cinema, then moved to Warner Bros. She was known as an elegant woman and spent a lot on her clothes. During the forties, she entered the world of production and then retired in the early fifties. She donated some of her fortune to The Seeing Eye, an organization that trains guide dogs for the blind. She died on August 26, 1968, in New York City, New York, USA of cancer.
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- Nationality:
- US
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- Date of Birth:
- 13 January 1905
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- Asal Masmoum
- 2024 - Series
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- Ma' Wa Did
- 2018 - Program
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- Wife Wanted
- 1946 - Movie
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- Four Jills in a Jeep
- 1944 - Movie
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- Always in My Heart
- 1942 - Movie
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- Charley's Aunt
- 1941 - Movie
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- One Way Passage
- 1932 - Movie
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- 24 Hours
- 1931 - Movie
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- Raffles
- 1930 - Movie
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- Street of Chance
- 1930 - Movie
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American actress and producer, who was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. She received a star on the Walk of Fame in 1960 for her films. She was married 3 times, to William...Read more Gaston, James Dwight Francis, and Kenneth MacKenna. Among her most important works are Trouble in Paradise (1932), One Way Passage (1932), and Confession (1937). She was very popular and was nicknamed the 'Queen of Warner Bros.' as she was their highest-paid actress in the mid-thirties. She began her career selling real estate and arranging lavish social parties. She began her artistic career in 1925 on stage by playing the role of the queen in the play Hamlet and continued her theatrical performances until the end of the twenties. She signed a contract with Paramount to work in cinema, then moved to Warner Bros. She was known as an elegant woman and spent a lot on her clothes. During the forties, she entered the world of production and then retired in the early fifties. She donated some of her fortune to The Seeing Eye, an organization that trains guide dogs for the blind. She died on August 26, 1968, in New York City, New York, USA of cancer.
- Nationality:
- US
- Date of Birth:
- 13 January 1905
