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Kathryn Grayson (February 9, 1922 February 17, 2010[1]) was an American actress and operatic soprano singer. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
From the age of twelve, Grayson trained as an opera singer. She was under contract to MGM by the early 1940s soon establishing a career in films, mainly musicals. After several supporting roles, she was a lead performer in such films as Anchors Aweigh with Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly (1945), Show Boat (1951) and Kiss Me Kate (1953) with Howard Keel.
When the production of film musicals declined, she worked in theatre appearing in productions of Camelot from 1962 until 1964. Later in the decade, she performed in several operas, including La bohème, Madama Butterfly, Orpheus in the Underworld and La traviata.
Background
She was born Zelma Kathryn Elisabeth Hedrick in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The Hedrick family later moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where she was discovered singing on the empty stage of the St. Louis Municipal Opera House by a janitor, who introduced her to Frances Marshall of the Chicago Civic Opera, who gave the twelve-year-old girl voice lessons.
Career
Her first film appearance was in Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941) as Andy Hardy's secretary Kathryn Land.[7][8] Though she began as MGM's response to Deanna Durbin box-office appeal in films such as Seven Sweethearts (1942) and Anchors Aweigh (1945), she became a top star in Thousands Cheer, Anchors Aweigh and Two Sisters from Boston, and in the film versions of the Broadway hit Kiss Me Kate (1953), in which she re-teamed with Howard Keel, with whom she had starred in the 1951 Technicolor remake of Show Boat, and in 1952's Lovely to Look At, a 1952 Technicolor version of Roberta. She and Keel also appeared together in a highly successful cabaret act in the 1960s. She also appeared in a duo of films with tenor Mario Lanza, That Midnight Kiss (1949) and The Toast of New Orleans (1950).
Grayson appeared on television occasionally. Her first TV appearances were in the 1950s, and she received an Emmy nomination in 1956 for her performance in the General Electric Theater episode Shadow on the Heart with John Ericson. More recently, she appeared in several episodes of Angela Lansbury's series Murder, She Wrote in the late 1980s.
Stage career
With the end of MGM's great era of musicals, so ended Grayson's film career. She was on stage in numerous stage musicals such as Show Boat, Rosalinda, Kiss Me, Kate, Naughty Marietta, and The Merry Widow, for which she was nominated for Chicago's Sarah Siddons Award. This led to her as a replacement for Julie Andrews on Broadway in 1962 in Camelot, scoring a great success as Queen Guenevere, before going on to star in the national tour of the United States for over sixteen months, after which she left the show owing to health problems. During her period with the Camelot tour, all box-office records were broken and she gained uniformly excellent notices. Grayson had a lifelong dream of being an opera star, and she appeared in a number of operas in the 1960s, such as La bohème, Madama Butterfly, Orpheus in the Underworld and La traviata. Her dramatic and comedy stage roles included Night Watch, Noises Off, Love Letters and Something's Afoot as Dottie Otterling.
Grayson supervised the Voice and Choral Studies Program at the Idaho State University.[9][10]
[edit] Personal life
In Hollywood she married twice, first to the actor John Shelton and then to the actor/singer Johnnie Johnston. Both marriages ended in divorce. Her second marriage produced her only child, her daughter Patricia Kathryn Johnston (b. October 7, 1948).
Grayson died in her sleep at her home in Los Angeles, California on February 17, 2010, at the age of 88.[1]
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Ein Freund hat mir diese
wunderbare Stimme nahe gebracht.
Mrs. Grayson hat sich in
die ❤️❤️❤️ der Menschen
gesungen.
Wir danken dem Himmel
für diese einzigartige Frau!
Gives me goosebumps and brings tears to my eyes.
So beautiful.
I saw the movie in 1951 when I was young and dating. One of my favorite movies along with my #1 movie(The Quiet Man). Too bad musicals seem to be gone as that was an Era when GOOD movies were made. All you see today are movies that are nothing but Violence. Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel were good together in the movies they made together. Too bad they are both gone now and too soon I might add. May they both RIP. All the good actors and actresses, in the past, are all gone now.
What a voice - what a beauty - what a gal! She had it all, God bless her.
A voice from Heaven, and a woman from Heaven. I fell in love with her when I first saw "Showboat" at age 11, and I haven't fallen out since. Every time I see and hear her the same shivers run down my spine, and I can't take my eyes off the screen.
God bless you, Kathryn.
What a wonderful voice - and she was someone with the talent to project it on the big screen - a really outstanding performer in every way. God bless her.
Kathryn's talent and genuine lovely spirit became my hero at the age of 13 and because of her I came to love opera. I will always love her because my life is filled still with her music!
Such beautiful singing, phrasing, and emotion/feeling! Outstanding interpretation! Today's singers have no training and composers do not know how to write melodies which will stand the test of time. Kathryn Grayson what a great artist, you will be missed for a long time!
My favorite song by Kathryn
She was do very talented snd beautiful
I had this song on my mind today and looked here to find it; thank you for uploading this song and wonderful tribute!
so beautiful. so romantic. wonderful. makes one want to fall in love.
People, people, don't loose hope. Fear not, such voices will return once again to grace our silver screens. Its just waiting to happen.
Heavenly! A most Amazing Voice!!
Thanks for sharing this song with everyone. KUDOS to you. :)
a rousing thank you for such a posting. i also saw show boat at a young age and never
forgot it.
Showboat. Best musical EVER!!
can't imagine any of todays actors and actresses will be so loved and remembered as those of 70-80 years ago. so many seem to be there just to accompany the special effects people which has replaced acting a good story
Great trio Grayson, Kern and Hammerstein. Now throw in Keel and you have one of the screen's great duets singing a very special song.
Bravo ! Wonderful! Thanks for uploading.
just heaven listening to her
She will always be cherished by fans who were mesmerized by her talent and beauty I love her too. Another fantastic piece she sings I love is Voices of Spring check it out if you haven`t already thanks.
Kathryn Grayson, her like will never be seen or heard again.
I grew up listening to her. Ever since was 3 yrs old I was born in 1955. And my love for music started with her voice.
Compare this to what we have NOW! OMGawd!
Wished i had her voice.
her voice reminds me of silver bells ... complimenting his deeeeep one. love it
voice of an angle