Kathryn Crosby (born November , ) is an American retired actress and
singer who performed in films under the stage names Kathryn Grant and
Kathryn Grandstaff.Born Olive Kathryn Grandstaff in West Columbia,
Texas, she graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a
Bachelor of Fine Arts in . Two years later she became Bing Crosby's
second wife, being more than thirty years his junior. The couple had
three children, Harry, Mary Frances, and Nathaniel. She appeared as a
guest star on her husband's â€" ABC sitcom The Bing Crosby Show.Crosby
largely retired from acting after her marriage, but did have featured
roles as Princess Parisa in The th Voyage of Sinbad (), and in the
courtroom drama Anatomy of a Murder (). She also played the part of
"Mama Bear" alongside her husband and children in Goldilocks and
co-starred with Jack Lemmon in the comedy Operation Mad Ball (), with
Tony Curtis in the drama Mister Cory () and as a trapeze artist in The
Big Circus (). In the mid-s, she hosted The Kathryn Crosby Show, a
-minute local talk-show on KPIX-TV in San Francisco. Husband Bing
appeared as a guest occasionally. Since Bing Crosby's death in , she
has taken on a few smaller roles and the lead in the short-lived
Broadway musical State Fair.
singer who performed in films under the stage names Kathryn Grant and
Kathryn Grandstaff.Born Olive Kathryn Grandstaff in West Columbia,
Texas, she graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a
Bachelor of Fine Arts in . Two years later she became Bing Crosby's
second wife, being more than thirty years his junior. The couple had
three children, Harry, Mary Frances, and Nathaniel. She appeared as a
guest star on her husband's â€" ABC sitcom The Bing Crosby Show.Crosby
largely retired from acting after her marriage, but did have featured
roles as Princess Parisa in The th Voyage of Sinbad (), and in the
courtroom drama Anatomy of a Murder (). She also played the part of
"Mama Bear" alongside her husband and children in Goldilocks and
co-starred with Jack Lemmon in the comedy Operation Mad Ball (), with
Tony Curtis in the drama Mister Cory () and as a trapeze artist in The
Big Circus (). In the mid-s, she hosted The Kathryn Crosby Show, a
-minute local talk-show on KPIX-TV in San Francisco. Husband Bing
appeared as a guest occasionally. Since Bing Crosby's death in , she
has taken on a few smaller roles and the lead in the short-lived
Broadway musical State Fair.
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