Kathryn Grayson, Star of Kiss Me, Kate and Show Boat, Dies at 88

[dayao]

Kathryn Grayson, Star of Kiss Me, Kate and Show Boat, Dies at 88#1

Posted: 2/18/10 at 6:58pm

Kathryn Grayson, who starred in such classic movie musicals as Show Boat and Kiss Me Kate, has died, according to published reports. She was 88.

Among Grayson's other film credits are Anchors Aweigh, Lovely to Look At, Rio Rita, The Vagabond King and The Desert Song.

http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/02-2010/kathryn-grayson-star-of-kiss-me-kate-and-show-boat_25092.html

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[MrMidwest]

Kathryn Grayson, Star of Kiss Me, Kate and Show Boat, Dies at 88#2

Posted: 2/18/10 at 7:02pm

Pics of Kathryn in Camelot: http://www.kathryngrayson.com/kgcam.htm

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[CurtainPullDowner]

Kathryn Grayson, Star of Kiss Me, Kate and Show Boat, Dies at 88#2

Posted: 2/18/10 at 7:17pm

Loved her voice.
Sad.

[alterego]

Kathryn Grayson, Star of Kiss Me, Kate and Show Boat, Dies at 88#3

Posted: 2/18/10 at 9:10pm

May she Rest In Peace. The MGM ranks are looking very thin these days. Who's left? Mickey Rooney, Debbie Reynolds and...?

[Ed_Mottershead]

Kathryn Grayson, Star of Kiss Me, Kate and Show Boat, Dies at 88#4

Posted: 2/18/10 at 9:19pm

Don't foget Elizabeth Taylor, who had a lengthy stay (16 years) at MGM.

BroadwayEd

[miss pennywise]

Kathryn Grayson, Star of Kiss Me, Kate and Show Boat, Dies at 88#5

Posted: 2/19/10 at 1:55am

And Jane Powell!

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[allofmylife]

Kathryn Grayson, Star of Kiss Me, Kate and Show Boat, Dies at 88#6

Posted: 2/19/10 at 2:59am

My dear friend John Ericson, star of many MGM dramas in the early 50s (and the evil Nazi in "Bedknobs and Broomsticks") who did several films with Ms Taylor is stile hale and hearty in his 80s, living happily in retirement out in New Mexico.

http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=972787#3631451 http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=963561#3533883 http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955158#3440952 http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954269#3427915 http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955012#3441622 http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954344#3428699

[best12bars]

Kathryn Grayson, Star of Kiss Me, Kate and Show Boat, Dies at 88#7

Posted: 2/19/10 at 9:34am

Very few of the old MGM folks left. Most of them were child or teen stars:

Mickey Rooney
Jane Powell
Debbie Reynolds
Elizabeth Taylor
Margaret O'Brien
Esther Williams (age 88 )
Lena Horne (who will be 93 in June)
Luise Rainer (who turned 100 in January!)
Jackie Cooper
Leslie Caron
Betty Garrett (age 90)
Angela Lansbury
Russ Tamblyn
Marge Champion
Dean Stockwell

... I think I just ran out of names.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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Updated On: 2/20/10 at 09:34 AM

[allofmylife]

Kathryn Grayson, Star of Kiss Me, Kate and Show Boat, Dies at 88#8

Posted: 2/19/10 at 8:57pm

Clearly less starts than there are in the heavens.....

http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=972787#3631451 http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=963561#3533883 http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955158#3440952 http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954269#3427915 http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=955012#3441622 http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.cfm?thread=954344#3428699

[best12bars]

Kathryn Grayson, Star of Kiss Me, Kate and Show Boat, Dies at 88#9

Posted: 2/19/10 at 9:29pm

*cries*

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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[alterego]

Kathryn Grayson, Star of Kiss Me, Kate and Show Boat, Dies at 88#10

Posted: 2/20/10 at 7:24am

Still, more than I remembered.

[WishingOnlyWounds2]

Kathryn Grayson, Star of Kiss Me, Kate and Show Boat, Dies at 88#11

Posted: 2/20/10 at 2:02pm

May she rest in peace.

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