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
1946 Wife wanted Monogram Pictures Corporation 2539 16mm B&W sound
1946 Wife Wanted. Phil Karlson 8 reels 35mm B&W sound
1945 Allotment Wives. William Nigh 8 reels B&W
1945 Divorce. William Nigh 7 reels
1944 Four Jills In A Jeep. William A. Seiter 7 618 ft. B&W
1942 Always In My Heart. Jo Graham 92 min. B&W
1942 Between Us Girls. Henry Koster 9 reels B&W
1941 CHARLEY'S AUNT Archie Mayo 80 min B&W
1941 Charley's Aunt. Archie Mayo 7 275 ft. B&W
1941 Little Men. Norman Z. McLeod 84 min. B&W
1941 Play Girl. Frank Woodruff 77 min.
1941 The Man Who Lost Himself. Edward Ludwig 8 reels B&W
1940 It's A Date. William A. Seiter 3400 16mm B&W Sound
1940 When The Daltons Rode. George Marshall 9 reels 16mm B&W Sound
1939 In Name Only John Cromwell 94 min B&W
1939 KING OF THE UNDERWORLD. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 8 reels B&W
1939 WOMEN IN THE WIND. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 7 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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