Kay Francis

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kay Francis,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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2005
William Powell: A True Gentleman
Movie
2003
Complicated Women
Movie Self (archive footage)
1999
Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults
Movie (archive footage)
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1975
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Movie Self (archive footage)
1950
Prudential Family Playhouse
TV show
1950
Lux Video Theatre
TV show Alice
1947
Blow-Ups of 1947
Movie Self
1946
Wife Wanted
Movie Carole Raymond
1945
Allotment Wives
Movie Sheila Seymour
1945
Divorce
Movie Diane Carter
1944
Four Jills in a Jeep
Movie Kay Francis
1943
Show-Business at War
Movie Self
1942
Between Us Girls
Movie Christine 'Chris' Bishop
1942
Always in My Heart
Movie Marjorie Scott
1941
The Feminine Touch
Movie Nellie Woods

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1941
Charley's Aunt
Movie Donna Lucia
1941
The Man Who Lost Himself
Movie Adrienne Scott
1941
Play Girl
Movie Grace Herbert
1940
Little Men
Movie Josephine "Jo" Bhaer
1940
When the Daltons Rode
Movie Julie King
1940
It's a Date
Movie Georgia Drake
1939
Breakdowns of 1939
Movie Self
1939
In Name Only
Movie Maida Walker
1939
Women in the Wind
Movie Janet Steele
1939
King of the Underworld
Movie Dr. Carole Nelson
1938
Breakdowns of 1938
Movie Lady Chase-Wayne / Claire Landin (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
Comet Over Broadway
Movie Eve Appleton
1938
Secrets of an Actress
Movie Fay Carter
1938
My Bill
Movie Mary Colbrook
1938
Women Are Like That
Movie Claire King Landin
1937
Breakdowns of 1937
Movie Self
1937
First Lady
Movie Lucy Chase Wayne
1937
Confession
Movie Vera Kowalska
1937
Another Dawn
Movie Julia Ashton Wister
1937
Stolen Holiday
Movie Nicole Picot
1936
Breakdowns of 1936
Movie Self
1936
Give Me Your Heart
Movie Belinda 'Linda' Warren, aka 'Bill'
1936
The White Angel
Movie Florence Nightingale
1935
Things You Never See on the Screen
Movie Self