Kay Griffith

Katherine Margaret Griffith (September 10, 1915 – December 10, 2002

Early life and career Born and raised in Chicago, Griffith was the eldest of two daughters born to Florence Brown and Lawrence Griffith. After attending the University of Chicago,

In 1936, a Superior Court judge in Los Angeles approved a contract for her to work for Paramount. In 1938 she was signed by 20th Century Fox.

Personal life Griffith's parents died in 1932, at which time she began to care for and support her younger sister, Rita. In 1940 she went to court in Los Angeles to become the legal guardian of Rita, who was then 15 years old.

Griffith married actor Broderick Crawford on November 21, 1940, in Hollywood, California. When they applied for the marriage license, Griffith said that she would cease acting so that the marriage would last.

On November 2, 1941, she gave birth prematurely to a girl, Kathleen Crawford, who died six days later, despite a blood transfusion from the father. Griffith and Crawford later had two sons, the older of whom was adopted. The marriage ended in divorce on July 8, 1957.

Filmography Easy to Take (1936) as Mary (uncredited) College Holiday (1936) as dancer (uncredited)

Kentucky Moonshine (1938) as telephone operator (uncredited) Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) as autograph seeker (uncredited) Always Goodbye (1938) as nurse (uncredited) My Lucky Star (1938) as Ethel Five of a Kind (1938) as airplane stewardess (uncredited) Wife, Husband and Friend (1939) as Nancy Sprague It Could Happen to You (1939) as minor role (uncredited) Hotel for Women (1939) as model (uncredited) Swanee River (1939) as bit role (uncredited) Free, Blonde and 21 (1940) as clerk (uncredited) Star Dust (1940) as stenographer (uncredited) Covered Wagon Days (1940) as Maria