Kay Francis

Birth name: Katharine Edwina Gibbs
Birth: 13 January 1905
Died: 26 August 1968
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Hollywood Walk Star: Yes
Kay Francis

Career / Biography

Kay Francis started her career on the Broadway stage in the 1920's before moving into films and by the mid 1930's she was one of Hollywood's highest paid actresses. However these became more a vehicle for her fame (lavish clothes and sets) rather than good plots and characters. Her popularity declined during WW2 and an accident led to her retiring from films. She was married 5 times but had no children.

Films

Wife Wanted (1946)
Between Us Girls (1942)
The Feminine Touch (1941)
Charley's Aunt (1941)
Women In The Wind (1939)
In Name Only (1939)
Stolen Holiday (1937)
Give Me Your Heart (1936)
The Goose And The Gander (1935)
Wonder Bar (1934)
Mandalay (1934)
Mary Stevens MD (1933)
Street Of Women (1932)
Trouble In Paradise (1932)
Man Wanted (1932)
Strangers In Love (1932)
Jewel Robbery (1932)
The Vice Squad (1931)
Girls About Town (1931)
Transgression (1931)
Guilty Hands (1931)
24 Hours (1931)
Ladies' Man (1931)
A Notorious Affair (1930)
Street Of Chance (1930)
For The Defense (1930)
Raffles (1930)
Dangerous Curves (1929)
The Marriage Playground (1929)
Gentlemen Of The Press (1929)

Oscars

None

Quote

I not only do not enjoy seeing myself on the screen, but I don’t even see myself any more when I look in the mirror at home. Even the pleasures of a woman’s vanity, the fun of ‘prinking’ are mine no longer. It has all become mechanical, impersonal, and boring. I look in the mirror, and I know there’s a face there. And it’s probably mine. I know that I must go through the motions of pulling it together, and I do, but I have no personal pleasure or interest in the process.