Kathryn Grant

Personal Info

Birthday

November 25, 1933

Day of Death

2024-09-20

(90 years old)

Place of Birth

West Columbia, Texas, USA

Also Known As

Olive Kathryn Grandstaff

Kathryn Grant Crosby

Kathryn Grant-Crosby

Kathryn Crosby

Kathryn Grandstaff

Kathryn Grant

Biography

Kathryn Crosby (November 25, 1933 - September 20, 2024) was an American actress and singer who also performed under the stage-name Kathryn Grant. Born Olive Kathryn Grandstaff in Houston, Texas, she graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1955.

Two years later she became Bing Crosby's second wife. The couple had three children, Harry, Mary Frances, and Nathaniel. She appeared as a guest star on her husband's 1964–1965 ABC sitcom The Bing Crosby Show.

Known For

Father Knows Best

Rear Window

Anatomy of a Murder

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

The Guns of Fort Petticoat

Tight Spot

The Initiation of Sarah

Casanova's Big Night

Filmography

2014
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
as Self
2010
Queen of the Lot
as Elizabeth Lambert
Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials
as Self
1998
A Bing Crosby Christmas
as Self / Narrator
1991
The Magic of Bing Crosby
as Self
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
as actress 'Anatomy of a Murder' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1978
Bing Crosby: The Christmas Years
as Herself
The Initiation of Sarah
as Mrs. Goodwin
1977
Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas
as Self
1970
Goldilocks
as Self / Mama Bear (voice)
1959
1001 Arabian Nights
as Princess Yasminda (voice)
The Big Circus
as Jeannie Whirling
Anatomy of a Murder
as Mary Pilant
1958
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
as Princess Parisa
Gunman's Walk
as Cecily "Clee" Chouard
1957
The Brothers Rico
as Norah Malaks Rico
Operation Mad Ball
as Lt. Betty Bixby
The Night the World Exploded
as Laura 'Hutch' Hutchinson
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
as Anne Martin
Mister Cory
as Jen Vollard
1956
The Wild Party
as Honey
Reprisal!
as Taini
Storm Center
as Hazel Levering
1955
Unchained
as Sally Haskins
The Phenix City Story
as Ellie Rhodes
5 Against the House
as Jean, Young Woman in Nightclub (uncredited)
Cell 2455 Death Row
as Jo-Anne
Tight Spot
as Girl Honeymooner (uncredited)
1954
Living It Up
as Manicurist (uncredited)
Rear Window
as Girl at Songwriter's Party (uncredited)
Casanova's Big Night
as Girl on Bridge (uncredited)
1953
So This Is Love
as Showgirl (uncredited)