Kay Francis

Kay Francis

American actress (1905–1968)

Kay Francis 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 and highest-paid actress at Warner Bros. studio. She adopted her mother's maiden name (Francis) as her professional surname.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 65 films (1929–1946) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 4 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1929 DANGEROUS CURVES. Paramount Famous Lasky Corp 8 reels B&W
1929 The Cocoanuts Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation 1:36:00 16mm B&W sound
1930 A NOTORIOUS AFFAIR. Vitaphone Corp. 1 reel B&W
1930 BEHIND THE MAKE-UP. Paramount Famous Lasky Corp 8 reels B&W
1930 For the defense. Paramount Publix Corp. 7 reels 16mm B&W silent
1930 LET'S GO NATIVE. Paramount Publix Corp. 77 min B&W
1930 PARAMOUNT ON PARADE Paramount Publix Corp. 102 min 16mm B&W sound
1930 Paramount on Parade Paramount Publix Corporation 102 min 16mm B&W sound
1930 PASSION FLOWER. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 9 reels B&W
1930 RAFFLES. Samuel Goldwyn 8 reels B&W
1930 STREET OF CHANCE. Paramount Famous Lasky Corp 76 min B&W
1930 THE VIRTUOUS SIN. Paramount Publix Corp. 80 min B&W
1931 24 HOURS. Paramount Publix Corp. 7 reels B&W
1931 GIRLS ABOUT TOWN. Paramount Publix Corp. 9 reels B&W
1931 GUILTY HANDS. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 8 reels B&W
1931 Ladies' man. Paramount Publix Corp. 8 reels 16mm B&W sound
1931 Scandal Sheet John Cromwell 77 min B&W
1931 THE FALSE MADONNA. Paramount Publix Corp. B&W
1931 TRANSGRESSION. RKO Radio Pictures Inc. 8 reels B&W
1932 CYNARA. Samuel Goldwyn 9 reels 16mm B&W sound
1932 JEWEL ROBBERY. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 7 reels B&W
1932 MAN WANTED. Vitaphone Corp. 7 reels B&W
1932 One Way Passage Tay Garnett 69 min 16mm B&W sound
1932 ONE WAY PASSAGE. Vitaphone Corp. 7 reels B&W
1932 STRANGERS IN LOVE. Paramount Publix Corp. 76 min B&W
1932 STREET OF WOMEN. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 7 reels B&W
1932 Trouble In Paradise Inst Of Life Insurance 83 min 16mm B&W sound
1932 Trouble in Paradise Criterion Collection: Distributor | Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor | Paramount Publix Corporation: Publisher | Swank Motion Pictures Inc.: Distributor 83 16mm B&W sound
1933 I LOVED A WOMAN. Vitaphone Corp. 90 min B&W
1933 STORM AT DAYBREAK. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 8 reels B&W
1933 THE HOUSE ON 56th STREET. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 7 reels B&W
1933 THE KEYHOLE. Vitaphone Corp. 69 min B&W
1934 BRITISH AGENT. Vitaphone Corp. 9 reels B&W
1934 Wonder Bar warner brothers 84 min 16mm B&W sound
1934 Wonder bar. Vitaphone Corp. 10 reels 16mm B&W sound
1935 I FOUND STELLA PARISH. Vitaphone Corp. 9 reels B&W
1935 LIVING ON VELVET. Vitaphone Corp. 8 reels
1935 THE GOOSE AND THE GANDER. Vitaphone Corp. 7 reels B&W
1936 GIVE ME YOUR HEART. Vitaphone Corp. 9 reels B&W
1936 THE WHITE ANGEL. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 9 reels 16mm B&W Sound
1937 ANOTHER DAWN. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 10 reels B&W
1937 CONFESSION. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 10 reels
1937 FIRST LADY. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 8 reels B&W
1937 STOLEN HOLIDAY. Vitaphone Corp. 10 reels B&W
1937 WOMEN ARE LIKE THAT. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 10 reels B&W
1938 COMET OVER BROADWAY. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 7 reels B&W
1938 MY BILL. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 7 reels B&W
1938 SECRETS OF AN ACTRESS. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 8 reels B&W
1939 In Name Only John Cromwell 94 min B&W
1939 KING OF THE UNDERWORLD. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 8 reels B&W