Kathryn Crosby, Leading Actor In The 7th Voyage Of Badminton, Dies At The Age Of 90

Kathryn Crosby (Fox)

JAKARTA - A well-known actress in a film such as "The 7th Voyage ofmen," "Anatomy of a Murder" and "Operation Mad Ball", Kathryn Crosby, has died at the age of 90. She is also the wife of famous singer and Oscar-winning actor Bing Crosby.

"He died of natural causes on Friday night at his home in the town of Hillsborough, Northern California," a family spokesman said on Saturday, September 21, quoted by VOI from Forbes.

Appearing on the stage name Kathryn Grant, she performed with Tony Curtis in "Mister Cory" in 1957 and Victor Mate in "The Big Circes" in 1959. She made five films with noir film director Phil Karlson, including "Tight Spot" and "The Phenix City Story," both in 1955.

Born with the name Olive Kathryn Grandstaff on November 25, 1933 in West Columbia, Texas, Kathryn graduated from the University of Texas at Austin before winning a beauty pageant with a prize in the form of a screen test in Hollywood with William totaling.

Di televisi, Kathryn tampil sebagai bintang tamu termasuk sitkom Father Knows Best dan lima episode anthologi The Ford Television Theater.

Kathryn met Bing Crosby during a column interview about the film industry in her hometown newspaper, which led her to an interview on the set of Crosby's White Christmas. They got married in 1957, when Kathryn was 23 years old and Crosby was 54 years old, and Kathryn started performing with Crosby and their children Harry, Mary, and Nathaniel at the special Christmas show Crosby and the Minute Maid orange juice ad.

She became a registered nurse in 1963, and married Bing Crosby until she died in 1977.

For 16 years, until 2001, Kathryn Crosby hosted the Crosby National Golf Tournament at theungka Run Country Club in North Carolina.