Kay Thompson (born Catherine Louise Fink; November , â€" July , ) was
an American author, singer, vocal arranger, vocal coach, composer,
musician, dancer and actress. She is best known as the creator of the
Eloise children's books and for her role in the movie Funny
Face.Thompson was born Catherine Louise Fink in St. Louis, Missouri,
in , the second of the four children of Leo George Fink (â€"), a
Jewish, Austrian-born pawnbroker and jeweler, and his American born
wife, Harriet Adelaide "Hattie" Tetrick, a Christian (died ).
Thompson's parents were married on November , , in East St. Louis, St.
Clair County, Illinois.Thompson's siblings were: Blanche Margaret Hurd
(â€"), George "Bud" Fink, Jr. (â€") and Marian Antoinette Doenges
(â€").
an American author, singer, vocal arranger, vocal coach, composer,
musician, dancer and actress. She is best known as the creator of the
Eloise children's books and for her role in the movie Funny
Face.Thompson was born Catherine Louise Fink in St. Louis, Missouri,
in , the second of the four children of Leo George Fink (â€"), a
Jewish, Austrian-born pawnbroker and jeweler, and his American born
wife, Harriet Adelaide "Hattie" Tetrick, a Christian (died ).
Thompson's parents were married on November , , in East St. Louis, St.
Clair County, Illinois.Thompson's siblings were: Blanche Margaret Hurd
(â€"), George "Bud" Fink, Jr. (â€") and Marian Antoinette Doenges
(â€").
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