Acting
Kay Francis
- Titles
- 80movies2TV shows
- Career
Active from 1929 to 1999, with a break from 1947 to 1998, busiest in 1930 and 1931 with 8 main titles each.
- Leading roles
- 62top three billing
- Average score
58/100
- Highest rated
In Name Only85/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 23 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.3average 2.6
- Romance6.2average 3.8
- Nostalgia5.8average 3.7
- Wit & Wordplay5.0average 3.7
- Class & Capitalism4.4average 3.3
- Wholesome4.1average 3.3
- Crime4.0average 3.7
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.7, average 5.4
- Violence2.1, average 4.2
- Scare0.9, average 2.6
- Adrenaline3.3, average 4.9
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Character-Driven 5
- Classic Hollywood 5
- Nostalgic 4
- Social Commentary 4
- Moral Dilemma 3
- 1930s 3
- Melodrama 3
- Forbidden Love 3
- Historical Setting 3
- Period Piece 3
- Classic Melodrama 2
- Psychological Drama 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- SSidney HickoxCinematographerSecrets of an Actress, King of the Underworld, I Found Stella Parish, Always in My Heart, Women in the Wind, +6 more
Ian HunterActorSecrets of an Actress, The White Angel, I Found Stella Parish, Another Dawn, Comet Over Broadway, +2 more
William PowellActorJewel Robbery, Ladies' Man, One Way Passage, For the Defense, Behind the Make-Up, +1 more
George BrentActorThe Goose and the Gander, Secrets of an Actress, Give Me Your Heart, Stranded, The Keyhole, +1 more- WW. Franke HarlingComposerTrouble in Paradise, The Keyhole, Scandal Sheet, Behind the Make-Up, Dangerous Curves, +1 more
- BBernhard KaunComposerJewel Robbery, The House on 56th Street, British Agent, Man Wanted, I Loved a Woman, +1 more
Ernest HallerCinematographer24 Hours, The House on 56th Street, British Agent, A Notorious Affair, Girls About Town, +1 more
John CromwellDirectorIn Name Only, Scandal Sheet, For the Defense, The Vice Squad, Street of Chance- JJames GibbonEditorGive Me Your Heart, Man Wanted, Comet Over Broadway, Street of Women, Confession
John LeipoldComposer24 Hours, Ladies' Man, Strangers in Love, Behind the Make-Up, The False Madonna
Lothar MendesDirectorLadies' Man, Strangers in Love, Dangerous Curves, The Marriage Playground, Illusion
Heinz RoemheldComposerThe White Angel, King of the Underworld, I Found Stella Parish, British Agent, Stranded
Movies and TV shows
721990s
1 title
as (archive footage)
1950s
2 titles
TV show · as Alice
1940s
13 titles · average score 58
as Carole Raymond
as Diane Carter
as Sheila Seymour
as Kay Francis
as Marjorie Scott
as Nellie Woods
as Donna Lucia
as Adrienne Scott
as Grace Herbert
as Julie King
as Josephine "Jo" Bhaer
as Georgia Drake
1930s
51 titles · average score 58
as Maida Walker
as Dr. Carole Nelson
as Fay Carter
as Julia Ashton Wister
as Georgiana Summers
as Liane Renaud
as Elena Moura
as Peggy Martin Van Tyle / Peggy Stone
as Mariette
as Baroness Teri Hohenfels
as Joan Ames
as Fanny Towner
1920s
5 titles · average score 67
as Zara Flynn
as Myra May
as Lady Wrench
as Zelda Paxton
as Penelope