Kay Medford

Kay Medford

Nacimiento : 1919-09-14, New York City, New York, USA

Muerte : 1980-04-10

Historia

Margaret Kathleen Regan (born September 14, 1919 – April 10, 1980), better known as Kay Medford, was an American actress. For her performance as Rose Brice in the musical Funny Girl and the film adaptation of the same name, she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

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Películas

Ventanas
Ida Marx
Dos mujeres viven solas en el aristocrático barrio neoyorkino de Brooklyn. Una de ella, una madura lesbiana, alquila los servicios de un taxista para que, haciendo uso de su actitud agresiva y violenta, consiga cuanto antes los objetivos que se ha marcado. (FILMAFFINITY)
More Than Friends
Gertie
Matty Perlman and Alan Corkus are old friends. He wants them to be more than friends. Sometimes she does too.
Fire Sale
Ruth Fikus
Benny and his wife Ruthie are getting set to drive down to Florida, but Benny needs someone to look after his department store while he's gone. Though he doesn't think much of him, Benny hands the responsibility over to his son, Russell. While Russell doesn't get much respect from his parents, he's better off than his brother, Ezra, whom Benny has gone so far as to disown. Ezra is currently battling with his work (coach of a high school basketball team that hasn't won in ages) and his wife (who keeps nagging him that she wants to have a baby as soon as possible) at the same time.
No Place to Run
Landlady
An adopted boy's parents are killed, and to keep him from returning to the state's custody, he and his grandfather run away.
But I Don't Want to Get Married!
Hallie
An accountant is widowed after 18 years of marriage. He is dumbfounded to have a herd of marriage-minded women descend upon him.
Lola
Mrs. Wardman-Scott's mother
Scott Wardman, un escritor norteamericano de novelas pornográficas que reside en Londres, se enamora apasionadamente de una joven de dieciseis años con la que acaba contrayendo matrimonio. Tras la boda, se trasladan a Estados Unidos, donde empezarán a surgir problemas entre ellos.
Angel in My Pocket
Racine
The new minister in a small town faces the challenge of winning over its eccentric citizens.
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Self (uncredited)
A Classic Holiday Celebration with Dean and Friends.
Una chica divertida
Rose Brice
La cómica Fanny Brice deja atrás sus humildes orígenes para triunfar en Broadway. Sin embargo, la fama no evitará que se enamore de un jugador autodestructivo.
Un millón en un cadáver
Ma Norton
George Norton, un tipo bastante torpe que trabaja para un importante jefe de la mafia, descubre un gran robo y se ve implicado en la muerte del guardián del dinero. Como su jefe empieza a sospechar de él, Norton tendrá que buscar por su cuenta al verdadero ladrón y asesino.
Un loco maravilloso
Mrs. Fish
Samson Shillitoe es un poeta misógino, cuyo trabajo se ve constantemente interrumpido por las mujeres que entran y salen de su vida. Esta situación lo hunde en una depresión nerviosa, de la que intenta salir buscando ayuda médica, pero el remedio acaba siendo peor que la enfermedad. (FILMAFFINITY)
¡Valiente marino!
Head Nurse
1945, Segunda Guerra Mundial. Morton, el capitán de un buque mercante norteamericano que navega por el Océano Pacífico, aspira a ser comandante, razón por la cual es muy exigente y severo con la tripulación. Pero los marineros están más que hartos y a punto de amotinarse. Secuela de la conocida "Escala en Hawai" (Mister Roberts, 1955), de John Ford y Mervin LeRoy.
Two Tickets to Paris
Aggie
In this musical, fairly light movie, two young people, Joey and Piper are in love. They embark on a cruise to Paris to get married, with the acerbic but kind Aggie as a chaperon. Along the way, their sweet innocent romance runs into trouble when Coco, a french dancer uses Joey to make her straying boyfriend jealous.
Girl of the Night
Rowena Claiborne
Bobbie is a sensitive, lonely call girl who is manipulated and ultimately used by her madam.
Una mujer marcada
Happy
Gloria Wandrous, una modelo de lujo de Nueva York, de moral un tanto dudosa, se despierta una mañana en la lujosa casa del millonario Weston Liggett con un sobre que contiene 250 dólares. Se siente tan humillada que decide no volver a verlo, pero su amor es tan fuerte que acaba aceptando una nueva cita.
Perdidos en la gran ciudad
"Soda" Gallo
Pete es un saxofonista que llega a Nueva York para ganarse la vida. Allí conoce a una bailarina que necesita un sitio donde dormir. Él propone compartir un piso que dividen con una cortina.
Jamboree!
Grace Show
Jamboree adheres to the usual formula of late-1950s rock&roll films: A plethora of musical numbers linked together by the wispiest of plotlines. Kay Medford heads the cast as manipulative showbiz agent Grace Shaw. Hoping to land pop singer Pete Porter (Paul Carr), Grace connives to break up Pete's romance with female vocalist Honey Wynn (Freda Holloway). But who cares? The audience came to see such musical faves as Fats Domino, Count Basie, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jodie Sands, Ron Coby, Slim Whitman, Carl Perkins, Frankie Avalon, Charlie Gracie and the Four Coins. As a promotional tie-in, Jamboree also features appearances by 21 of North America's top rock-and-roll deejays.
Un rostro en la multitud
First Mrs. Rhodes
Una cadena de televisión convierte en estrella televisiva a un vagabundo. La sorprendente reacción del público hacia el personaje cambiará su vida por completo, convirtiéndolo en una víctima de los medios de comunicación.
Singing in the Dark
Luli
Leo, a holocaust survivor who suffers from total amnesia, comes to the U.S. and works as a hotel desk clerk. One night while a comedian who owns a bar in the hotel gives him a drink, he breaks out in song and discovers a great voice. Under a psychiatrist's treatment, and because of a blow to the head by some hoodlums, he realizes his name is David and that he was the son of a great Jewish Cantor, and gradually recovers his memory of losing his parents. He gives up a promising career singing in nightclubs to return to the synagogue.
Mr. Walkie Talkie
Marge
Military comedy about two sergeant buddies constantly getting into trouble.
La bisarca
Anna Paperiska
Un barbero está prometido con su bella manicura, pero sus celos le llevan a enfrentarse con los clientes, lo cual repercute en su negocio.
Guilty Bystander
Angel
A drunken ex-cop gets a shot at redemption when his young son is kidnapped after a smuggling deal goes belly up.
Relato Criminal
Gladys LaVerne
El jefe de la organización criminal más importante de la ciudad es sospechoso de haber evadido impuestos. La operación para atraparle es asignada al agente del Tesoro Frank Warren. El y su compañero pretenden apoderarse de los libros de contabilidad del cabeza de la banda para poder acusarle de fraude fiscal. A pesar de todas las dificultades, entre las que se incluyen las amenazas de muerte a Judith, la mujer de Frank, los dos policías deciden seguir adelante con su trabajo.
Raíces de pasión
Caller (uncredited)
Drama ambientado en la guerra de secesión americana. Morna pertenece a una familia que tiene una plantación en el Sur, pero sus ideas les inclinan a la Unión. En cambio Clay, el prometido de Morna, se va a alistar en el ejército confederado. Para complicar las cosas, Keith, un periodista local, se enamora de Morna.
Aventura
Red (uncredited)
Un marino mercante que lleva una vida bastante despreocupada se enamora de una dulce y sumisa bibliotecaria, pero muy pronto se da cuenta de que no puede seguir con ella porque su vida es el mar.
Return from Nowhere
Waitress (uncredited)
In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, a man recovers his lost memories when he is forced to relive events in his dreams.
Swing Shift Maisie
Ann Wilson
Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin. Breezy, however, falling in love with and getting engaged to Maisie's conniving roommate Iris, doesn't realize she's using him and it's up to Maisie to convince him.
Slightly Dangerous
Girl getting off bus (uncredited)
Una chica de pueblo cambia de identidad para triunfar en Nueva York, y su novio resulta sospechoso de su "desaparición".
Northwest Rangers
Girl in Casino
Boyhood friends grow up into different professions: one a dedicated Canadian Mountie, the other a notorious gambler.
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
Flossie Jones
Wealthy American society matron, Stella Hadley refuses to sacrifice her material comforts to aid the war effort until she realizes that her selfishness is cheating the boys overseas who are fighting for her freedom.
Maisie Gets Her Man
Woman in Audience (Uncredited)
Struggling performers, Sothern and Skelton's lives are thrown off gear when they are caught with a bagful of hard cash robbed by a goon. With Skelton in prison, how will Sothern prove their innocence?