Kay Francis

Kay Francis, born Katharine Naomi Gibbs on January 13, 1899, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Katharine Edwina Gibbs, who would establish the Katharine Gibbs system of vocational schools, which exist and thrive to this very day, after her marriage ended and she had a child to raise. She lived in and was educated at Catholic convent schools.

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One of the top film stars of the 1930s, the dark, talented beauty appeared in many films between 1929 and 1946 when she retired from acting after years of turbulence, studio mistreatment and public disfavour, including the films The Cocoanuts (with the Marx Brothers), Trouble in Paradise, Jewel Robbery, and In Name Only.

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She died of cancer at the age of 69 on August 26, 1968, in New York City and left most of her very large estate to the companies that provide seeing eye dogs to the blind.

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She was married 5 times, but it was an open secret in Hollywood that she was a lesbian. As Marjorie Main told Boze Hadleigh when he interviewed her for his book on 10 Hollywood lesbians: "I always heard she was queer for the ladies".

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January 13: January 13 is the 13th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. It is still celebrated as New Year's Eve by those on the Julian calendar. There are 352 days remaining (353 in a leap year)....

1899: 1899 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar)....

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: Oklahoma City is the capital and the largest city of the state of Oklahoma in the United States of America. It is the county seat of Oklahoma County. The city's name is sometimes abbreviated to 'OKC.' Non-residents often refer to Oklahoma City as 'Oak City,' but locals never use this name. Residents...

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Confession Kay Francis 1937	Kay Francis and Herbert Marshall: Haute Pègre 1932	Mandalay Kay Francis Ricardo Cortez 1934	Another Dawn Kay Francis Errol Flynn 1937
Another Dawn Kay Francis Errol Flynn 1937	The Cocoanuts Kay Francis 1929	In Name Only Kay Francis Cary Grant Carole Lombard 1939	Women are Like That Kay Francis Pat O'Brien on Midget Window Card 1938
Mary Stevens M.D. Glenda Farrell Kay Francis Lyle Talbot on Midget Window Card 1933	Trouble in Paradise Miriam Hopkins Kay Francis Herbert Marshall on Midget Window Card 1932	Charley's Aunt Jack Benny Kay Francis 1941	Francis Bacon