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Cynara (1932) -- A loving husband who has had a brief extramarital love affair must face his wife's condemnation and hope for forgiveness. Cynara is a beautifully told romantic tragedy with bittersweet overtones.
Little Men (1940) -- Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. When Dan, a tough street kid...

Overview

Date of Birth:
13 January 1905, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA more
Date of Death:
26 August 1968, New York City, New York, USA more
Trivia:
After divorcing Kay, her husband James Dwight Francis married Lesley Frost... more
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Down 9% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.
Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Votd: 1937 Warner Bros Blooper Reel
 (From Slash Film. 29 September 2009, 1:00 AM, PDT)
More Noir! "I Wake Up Dreaming" Stays Extra 6 Days!
 (From JustPressPlay. 27 May 2009, 4:06 PM, PDT)
Alternate Names:
Katherine Francis

Filmography

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Actress
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Year Gross (USD) Rating
- 1. "Lux Video Theatre" (1950)   (1 episode, 1951) 1951 - 6.4 (31)
AKAs:
  • Summer Video Theatre (USA: summer title)
- 2. "The Prudential Family Playhouse" (1950)   (1 episode, 1950) 1950 - -
AKAs:
  • Prudential Family Theater
- 3. Wife Wanted (1946)   Carole Raymond 1946 - 6.3 (22)
AKAs:
  • Shadow of Blackmail (UK)
- 4. Allotment Wives (1945)   Sheila Seymour 1945 - 7.3 (123)
AKAs:
  • Allotment Wives, Inc.
  • Woman in the Case (UK)
- 5. Divorce (1945) Diane Carter 1945 - 7.1 (118)
- 6. Between Us Girls (1942)   Christine 'Chris' Bishop 1942 - 6.9 (11)
AKAs:
  • Love and Kisses, Caroline (USA: reissue title)
- 7. Always in My Heart (1942) Marjorie 'Mudge' Scott 1942 - 6.3 (135)
- 8. The Feminine Touch (1941) Nellie Woods 1941 - 6.6 (256)
- 9. Charley's Aunt (1941)   Donna Lucia d'Alvadorez 1941 - 7.1 (187)
AKAs:
  • Charley's American Aunt (UK)
- 10. The Man Who Lost Himself (1941) Adrienne Scott 1941 - 7.4 (6)
- 11. Play Girl (1941) Grace Herbert 1941 - 7.4 (77)
- 12. Little Men (1940) Jo March 1940 - 5.8 (85)
- 13. When the Daltons Rode (1940) Julie King 1940 - 6.8 (151)
- 14. It's a Date (1940) Georgia Drake 1940 - 6.5 (141)
- 15. In Name Only (1939) Maida Walker 1939 - 7.1 (809)
- 16. Women in the Wind (1939) Janet Steele 1939 - 6.0 (54)
- 17. King of the Underworld (1939) Dr. Carole Nelson 1939 - 6.3 (277)
- 18. Comet Over Broadway (1938) Eve Appleton/Eve Wilson 1938 - 7.1 (139)
- 19. Secrets of an Actress (1938) Fay Carter 1938 - 7.6 (136)
- 20. My Bill (1938) Mary 'Sweetheart' Colbrook 1938 - 7.0 (109)
- 21. Women Are Like That (1938) Claire Landin/Miss Claire King 1938 - 6.0 (62)
- 22. First Lady (1937) Lucy Chase Wayne 1937 - 7.0 (173)
- 23. Confession (1937) Vera Kowalska 1937 - 8.1 (491)
- 24. Another Dawn (1937) Julia Ashton Wister 1937 - 5.8 (168)
- 25. Stolen Holiday (1937) Nicole 'Nicky' Picot 1937 - 6.5 (121)
- 26. Give Me Your Heart (1936)   Belinda 'Bill' 'Linda' Warren 1936 - 6.9 (56)
AKAs:
  • Sweet Aloes (UK)
- 27. The White Angel (1936) Florence 'Flo' Nightingale 1936 - 6.2 (60)
- 28. I Found Stella Parish (1935) Stella Parish/Elsa Jeffords/Aunt Lumilla Evans 1935 - 6.9 (121)
- 29. The Goose and the Gander (1935) Georgiana Summers 1935 - 6.5 (103)
- 30. Stranded (1935) Lynn Palmer 1935 - 6.9 (168)
- 31. Living on Velvet (1935) Amy Prentiss Parker 1935 - 6.2 (83)
- 32. British Agent (1934)   Elena Moura 1934 - 6.0 (115)
AKAs:
  • Brutal Agent
- 33. Dr. Monica (1934) Dr. Monica Braden 1934 - 5.9 (96)
- 34. Wonder Bar (1934) Liane Renaud 1934 - 6.8 (267)
- 35. Mandalay (1934) Tanya Borodoff/Spot White/Marjorie Lang 1934 - 6.9 (193)
- 36. The House on 56th Street (1933) Peggy Martin Van Tyle/Peggy Stone 1933 - 7.3 (188)
- 37. I Loved a Woman (1933) Laura McDonald 1933 - 5.6 (74)
- 38. Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933) Dr. Mary Stevens 1933 - 6.4 (124)
- 39. Storm at Daybreak (1933) Irina Radovic 1933 - 5.9 (81)
- 40. The Keyhole (1933) Ann Brooks 1933 - 6.3 (146)
- 41. Cynara (1932)   Clemency Warlock 1932 - 6.9 (216)
AKAs:
  • I Was Faithful (USA: reissue title)
- 42. Trouble in Paradise (1932) Madame Mariette Colet 1932 - 8.3 (4,239)
- 43. One Way Passage (1932) Joan 1932 - 8.3 (1,204)
- 44. Jewel Robbery (1932) Baroness Teri von Horhenfels 1932 - 7.5 (438)
- 45. Street of Women (1932) Natalie 'Nat' Upton 1932 - 6.3 (89)
- 46. Man Wanted (1932) Lois Ames 1932 - 6.7 (142)
- 47. Strangers in Love (1932) Diana Merrow 1932 - 7.8 (17)
- 48. The False Madonna (1931)   Tina 1931 - 8.2 (39)
AKAs:
  • The False Idol (UK)
- 49. Girls About Town (1931) Wanda Howard 1931 - 8.0 (214)
- 50. 24 Hours (1931)   Fanny Towner 1931 - 8.1 (86)
AKAs:
  • The Hours Between (UK)
- 51. Guilty Hands (1931) Marjorie West 1931 - 7.3 (180)
- 52. Transgression (1931) Elsie Maury 1931 - 6.5 (144)
- 53. The Vice Squad (1931) Alice Morrison 1931 - 7.8 (14)
- 54. Ladies' Man (1931) Norma Page 1931 - 6.1 (25)
- 55. Scandal Sheet (1931) Edith Flint 1931 - 8.2 (19)
- 56. Passion Flower (1930) Dulce Morado 1930 - 6.7 (102)
- 57. The Virtuous Sin (1930)   Marya Ivanova Sablin 1930 - 5.7 (24)
AKAs:
  • Cast Iron
- 58. Galas de la Paramount (1930) Carmen - Epsiode 'The Toreador' 1930 - -
- 59. Let's Go Native (1930) Constance Cook 1930 - 8.0 (47)
- 60. Raffles (1930) Gwen 1930 - 7.3 (219)
- 61. For the Defense (1930) Irene Manners 1930 - 7.2 (16)
- 62. A Notorious Affair (1930) Countess Olga Balakireff 1930 - 5.3 (85)
- 63. Paramount on Parade (1930) Carmen (Isadore the Toreador)/Party Girl (Impulses) 1930 - 6.4 (101)
- 64. Street of Chance (1930) Alma Marsden 1930 - 7.4 (38)
- 65. Behind the Make-Up (1930) Kitty Parker 1930 - 7.6 (19)
- 66. The Marriage Playground (1929) Lady Wrench 1929 - 6.4 (10)
- 67. Illusion (1929) Zelda Paxton 1929 - 8.0 (5)
- 68. Dangerous Curves (1929) Zara Flynn 1929 - 6.4 (45)
- 69. Gentlemen of the Press (1929) (as Katherine Francis) Myra May 1929 - 8.0 (18)
- 70. The Cocoanuts (1929) Penelope 1929 - 7.1 (2,587)
Soundtrack
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- 1. Always in My Heart (1942) ("Happy Birthday to You" (1893)) 1942 - 6.3 (135)
- 2. The Feminine Touch (1941) ("Happy Days Are Here Again" (1929)) 1941 - 6.6 (256)
- 3. Play Girl (1941) ("Sonata No.14 in C#-, Op.27 No.2 (Moonlight Sonata)") 1941 - 7.4 (77)
- 4. It's a Date (1940) ("Gypsy Lullaby") 1940 - 6.5 (141)
- 5. Confession (1937) (performer: "One Hour of Romance", "Mazurka") 1937 - 8.1 (491)
- 6. I Found Stella Parish (1935) ("The Pig and the Cow (and the Dog and Cat)" (uncredited)) 1935 - 6.9 (121)
- 7. The Goose and the Gander (1935) ("Isle of Capri" (1934) (uncredited)) 1935 - 6.5 (103)
- 8. Living on Velvet (1935) ("Isle of Capri" (1934)) 1935 - 6.2 (83)
- 9. Mandalay (1934) (performer: "When Tomorrow Comes" (uncredited)) 1934 - 6.9 (193)
- 10. I Loved a Woman (1933) (performer: "Home on the Range" (1904)) ("Home on the Range" (1904)) 1933 - 5.6 (74)
- 11. Storm at Daybreak (1933) (performer: "Two Lips Like Cherries") ("Roses From the South") 1933 - 5.9 (81)
- 12. Guilty Hands (1931) ("Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms") 1931 - 7.3 (180)
Producer
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- 1. Wife Wanted (1946)   (producer) 1946 - 6.3 (22)
AKAs:
  • Shadow of Blackmail (UK)
- 2. Allotment Wives (1945)   (co-producer) 1945 - 7.3 (123)
AKAs:
  • Allotment Wives, Inc.
  • Woman in the Case (UK)
- 3. Divorce (1945) (producer) 1945 - 7.1 (118)
Self
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- 1. Four Jills in a Jeep (1944) Herself 1944 - 6.8 (165)
- 2. Show Business at War (1943)   Herself 1943 - 8.2 (130)
AKAs:
  • The March of Time Volume IX, Issue 10
- 3. Breakdowns of 1938 (1938) (uncredited) Herself (First Lady/Women Are Like That outtakes) 1938 - 7.3 (48)
- 4. Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 3 (1936) Herself - Observer 1936 - -
- 5. Paramount op parade (1930) Herself 1930 - -
Archive Footage
- 1. Complicated Women (2003) (TV) (uncredited) Herself
- 2. Hidden Hollywood II: More Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Vaults (1997) (TV) Herself
- 3. Gunfighters of the Old West (1992) (V) (uncredited) Julie

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Based On Play | Party | Self Sacrifice | Marriage more

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