Timeline Kay Francis

American actress, a glamorous star of pre-Code melodramas and comedies.

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1905 Kay Francis born in Oklahoma City Kay Francis is born in Oklahoma City.
1929 Kay Francis in The Cocoanuts She appears in the Marx Brothers' first film.
1929 Kay Francis's film debut She makes her debut in Gentlemen of the Press.
1932 Kay Francis in One Way Passage She stars with William Powell.
1932 Kay Francis in Trouble in Paradise She stars in Ernst Lubitsch's comedy.
1935 Kay Francis in I Found Stella Parish She stars in the Warner melodrama.
1937 Kay Francis in Confession She stars in the Warner melodrama.
1938 Kay Francis demoted by Warner Bros. A contract dispute leaves her in B films.
1941 Kay Francis in Charley's Aunt She appears in the comedy with Jack Benny.
1942 Kay Francis tours with the USO She entertains troops in the Second World War.
1944 Kay Francis in Four Jills in a Jeep She appears in the film based on her USO tour.
1946 Kay Francis's last film She retires after Wife Wanted.
1968 Kay Francis dies in New York Kay Francis dies aged 63.