Kathryn Grant

Kathryn Crosby (November 25, 1933 - September 20, 2024) was an American actress and singer who also performed under the stage-name Kathryn Grant. Born Olive Kathryn Grandstaff in Houston, Texas, she graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1955. Two years later she became Bing Crosby's second wife. The couple had three children, Harry, Mary Frances, and Nathaniel. She appeared as a guest star on her husband's 1964–1965 ABC sitcom The Bing Crosby Show. She largely retired after their marriage, but did have a featured role in the courtroom drama Anatomy of a Murder. She also played the part of "Mama Bear" alongside her husband and children in Goldilocks and starred with Jack Lemmon in Operation Mad Ball in 1957. In the mid-1970s, she hosted The Kathryn Crosby Show, a 30-minute local talk-show on KPIX-TV in San Francisco. Husband Bing appeared as a guest occasionally. After Bing Crosby's death in 1977, she took on a few smaller roles and the lead in the short-lived 1996 Broadway musical State Fair. For 16 years ending in 2001, Crosby hosted the Crosby National Golf Tournament at Bermuda Run Country Club in Bermuda Run, North Carolina. A nearby bridge carrying U.S. Route 158 over the Yadkin River is named for Crosby. On November 4, 2010, Crosby was seriously injured in an automobile accident in the Sierra Nevada that killed her 85-year-old husband, Maurice William Sullivan.

Kathryn Grant, nascuda Olive Kathryn Grandstaff (West Columbia, Texas, 25 de novembre de 1933) és una actriu i cantant nord-americana retirada que va actuar en pel·lícules sota els noms artístics Kathryn Crosby i Kathryn Grandstaff. Va estar casada amb Bing Crosby.

Kathryn Crosby (25. November 1933 – 20. September 2024) war eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin und Sängerin, die auch unter dem Künstlernamen Kathryn Grant auftrat. Geboren als Olive Kathryn Grandstaff in Houston, Texas, schloss sie 1955 ihr Studium der Schönen Künste an der University of Texas in Austin ab. Zwei Jahre später heiratete sie Bing Crosby. Das Paar hatte drei Kinder: Harry, Mary Frances und Nathaniel. Sie hatte einen Gastauftritt in der ABC-Sitcom „The Bing Crosby Show“ ihres Mannes (1964–1965). Nach ihrer Heirat zog sie sich weitgehend aus dem Showgeschäft zurück, hatte aber eine wichtige Rolle in dem Gerichtsdrama „Anatomy of a Murder“. Sie spielte außerdem die Rolle der „Mama Bär“ an der Seite ihres Mannes und ihrer Kinder in Goldlöckchen und war 1957 mit Jack Lemmon in Operation Mad Ball zu sehen. Mitte der 1970er-Jahre moderierte sie die „Kathryn Crosby Show“, eine 30-minütige lokale Talkshow auf KPIX-TV in San Francisco. Ihr Ehemann Bing war gelegentlich zu Gast. Nach Bing Crosbys Tod im Jahr 1977 übernahm sie einige kleinere Rollen und die Hauptrolle in dem kurzlebigen Broadway-Musical „State Fair“ von 1996. 16 Jahre lang, bis 2001, veranstaltete Crosby das Crosby National Golf Tournament im Bermuda Run Country Club in Bermuda Run, North Carolina. Eine nahegelegene Brücke, die den U.S. Highway 158 über den Yadkin River führt, ist nach ihr benannt. Am 4. November 2010 wurde Crosby bei einem Autounfall in der Sierra Nevada schwer verletzt, bei dem ihr 85-jähriger Ehemann Maurice William Sullivan ums Leben kam.

Kathryn Crosby (25 de novembro de 1933 – 20 de setembro de 2024) foi uma atriz e cantora norte-americana que também atuou sob o nome artístico de Kathryn Grant. Nascida Olive Kathryn Grandstaff, em Houston, Texas, formou-se pela Universidade do Texas em Austin com um Bacharelado em Belas Artes em 1955. Dois anos depois, tornou-se a segunda esposa de Bing Crosby. O casal teve três filhos: Harry, Mary Frances e Nathaniel. Ela participou como atriz convidada da sitcom da ABC The Bing Crosby Show (1964–1965), estrelada por seu marido. Kathryn aposentou-se em grande parte após o casamento, mas ainda interpretou um papel de destaque no drama judicial Anatomia de um Crime (Anatomy of a Murder). Também viveu a personagem Mamãe Ursa ao lado do marido e dos filhos em Goldilocks, além de contracenar com Jack Lemmon na comédia Operation Mad Ball (1957). Em meados da década de 1970, apresentou o programa de entrevistas The Kathryn Crosby Show, exibido pela emissora KPIX-TV, de São Francisco. Bing Crosby fazia participações especiais ocasionalmente. Após a morte de Bing Crosby, em 1977, Kathryn voltou a atuar em alguns papéis menores e protagonizou o musical da Broadway State Fair, em 1996, cuja temporada foi curta. Durante 16 anos, até 2001, apresentou o Crosby National Golf Tournament, realizado no Bermuda Run Country Club, em Bermuda Run, Carolina do Norte. Uma ponte próxima, que leva a U.S. Route 158 sobre o rio Yadkin, recebeu seu nome em homenagem.