Kathryn Grant

Kathryn Grant

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 lead in the short-lived 1996 Broadway musical State Fair. For 16 years ending in 2001, Crosby hosted the Crosby National Golf Tournament at Bermuda Run Country Club in Bermuda Run, North Carolina. A nearby bridge carrying U.S. Route 158 over the Yadkin River is named for Crosby. On November 4, 2010, Crosby was seriously injured in an automobile accident in the Sierra Nevada that killed her 85-year-old husband, Maurice William Sullivan.
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    West Columbia, Texas, USA
    Birthday
    25 November 1933
Anatomy of a Murder
Anatomy of a Murder
7.829
Rear Window
Rear Window
8.34
The Initiation of Sarah
The Initiation of Sarah
5.613
Cell 2455 Death Row
Cell 2455 Death Row
5.588
Bing Crosby's Sun Valley Christmas Show
Bing Crosby's Sun Valley Christmas Show
8
The Brothers Rico
The Brothers Rico
6.308
The Phenix City Story
The Phenix City Story
6.554
Gunman's Walk
Gunman's Walk
6.698
Operation Mad Ball
Operation Mad Ball
6.739
The Night the World Exploded
The Night the World Exploded
5.133
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
6.9
1001 Arabian Nights
1001 Arabian Nights
6.1
5 Against the House
5 Against the House
5.893
Storm Center
Storm Center
6.913
Queen of the Lot
Queen of the Lot
2.6
Goldilocks
Goldilocks
8
The Wild Party
The Wild Party
6.6
Mister Cory
Mister Cory
6
The Big Circus
The Big Circus
6.563
Casanova's Big Night
Casanova's Big Night
6.053
Reprisal!
Reprisal!
7.143
Tight Spot
Tight Spot
6.529
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
6.314
A Bing Crosby Christmas
A Bing Crosby Christmas
10
A Princess for Magoo
0
Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials
Bing Crosby: The Television Specials Volume 2 – The Christmas Specials
0
The Magic of Bing Crosby
The Magic of Bing Crosby
0
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
7
So This Is Love
So This Is Love
4.333
Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas
Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas
5.3
Living It Up
Living It Up
6.543
Bing Crosby: The Christmas Years
Bing Crosby: The Christmas Years
0
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
8
Unchained
Unchained
7