Kathryn Grant
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Born:
Nov 25, 1933

Died:
Sep 20, 2024

Age: 90 Deceased

From:
West Columbia, Texas, USA

Department:
Acting

Total Credits: 41

Avg Rating: 6.5

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Kathryn Grant

Also known as: Olive Kathryn Grandstaff, Kathryn Grant Crosby, Kathryn Grant-Crosby, Kathryn Crosby, Kathryn Grandstaff

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.

She largely retired after their marriage, but did have a featured role in the courtroom drama Anatomy of a Murder. She also played the part of "Mama Bear" alongside her husband and children in Goldilocks and starred with Jack Lemmon in Operation Mad Ball in 1957.

In the mid-1970s, she hosted The Kathryn Crosby Show, a 30-minute local talk-show on KPIX-TV in San Francisco. Husband Bing appeared as a guest occasionally.

After Bing Crosby's death in 1977, she took on a few smaller roles and the l...

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