Kathryn Givney (October 27, 1896 – March 16, 1978) was an American actress on stage and in films.
Biography
In 1928, Givney was a member of the S. E. Cochran Repertory Company. In 1930, she appeared in ''Stepping Sisters'' at the Hollywood Playhouse.
She appeared in the films ''
Follow Thru
''Follow Thru'' is a 1930 American pre-Code musical romantic comedy film photographed entirely in Technicolor. It was the second all-color all-talking feature to be produced by Paramount Pictures. The film was based on the hit 1929 Broadway mu ...
'', ''
Isn't It Romantic?
"Isn't It Romantic?" is a popular song and part of the Great American Songbook. The music was composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Lorenz Hart. It has a 32-bar chorus in A–B–A–C form. Alec Wilder, in his book ''American Popular Song: ...
'', ''
My Friend Irma
''My Friend Irma'' is a media franchise that was spawned by a top-rated, long-running radio situation comedy created by writer-director-producer Cy Howard. The radio show was so popular in the late 1940s that its success escalated the films, ...
'', ''
'', ''
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
''Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town'' is a 1950 American comedy film directed by Charles Lamont. It is the second installment of Universal-International's ''Ma and Pa Kettle'' series starring Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride.
Plot
At the conclusion of ...
'', ''
Operation Pacific
''Operation Pacific'' is a 1951 black-and-white World War II submarine war drama from Warner Bros. Pictures, produced by Louis Edelman, and written as well as directed by George Waggner. John Wayne and Patricia Neal star and Ward Bond and Philip ...
'', ''
Valentino'', ''
A Place in the Sun'', ''
Lightning Strikes Twice'', ''
Double Crossbones'', ''
Little Egypt'', ''
Too Young to Kiss
''Too Young to Kiss'' (also ''All Too Young'') is a 1951 American comedy film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Van Johnson and June Allyson. The film, in which the 34-year-old Allyson's Cynthia Potter masquerades as a 14-year-old child prodi ...
'', ''
The Kid from Left Field'', ''
Let's Do It Again'', ''
Three Coins in the Fountain'', ''
Daddy Long Legs'', ''
Count Three and Pray'', ''
Lady Godiva of Coventry
''Lady Godiva of Coventry'' is a 1955 American Technicolor historical drama film, directed by Arthur Lubin. It starred Maureen O'Hara in the title role. Alec Harford, the English actor who portrayed Tom the Tailor, died eight months before the f ...
'', ''
Guys and Dolls
''Guys and Dolls'' is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It is based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" (1933) and "Blood Pressure", which are two short stories by Damon Runyon, and also bo ...
'', ''
Congo Crossing
''Congo Crossing'' is a 1956 American adventure film directed by Joseph Pevney and starring Virginia Mayo and George Nader. Most of the exterior sequences were shot in the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden.
Plot
Congotanga, West ...
'', ''
The Wayward Bus
''The Wayward Bus'' is a novel by American author John Steinbeck, published in 1947. The novel's epigraph is a passage from 15th-century English play ''Everyman'', with its archaic English intact; the quotation refers to the transitory nature of ...
'', ''
A Certain Smile
''A Certain Smile'' was originally published in French as ''Un certain sourire'' by the Paris publisher Juillard in 1956. It was the second novel by Françoise Sagan and was written in two months. Two translations into English then followed in 195 ...
'', ''
The Man in the Net
''The Man in the Net'' is a 1959 American film noir starring Alan Ladd and Carolyn Jones. The taut drama was directed by Michael Curtiz. The supporting cast features Diane Brewster.
Plot
Commercial artist John Hamilton (Alan Ladd) and wife Lin ...
'', ''
From the Terrace
''From the Terrace'' is a 1960 American DeLuxe Color romantic drama film in CinemaScope directed by Mark Robson from a screenplay by Ernest Lehman, based on the 1958 novel of the same name by John O'Hara. The film stars Paul Newman, Joanne Woodw ...
'', ''
That Touch of Mink
''That Touch of Mink'' is a 1962 American romantic comedy film directed by Delbert Mann and starring Cary Grant, Doris Day, Gig Young, and Audrey Meadows.
Plot
Cathy Timberlake, an unemployed New York City career woman, goes to the unemploymen ...
'', ''
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are figures in the Christian scriptures, first appearing in the Book of Revelation, a piece of apocalypse literature written by John of Patmos.
Revelation 6 tells of a book or scroll in God's right hand tha ...
'' and ''
Once You Kiss a Stranger''.
On Broadway, Givney appeared in ''This, Too, Shall Pass'' (1946), ''Good Night, Ladies'' (1945), ''Wallflower'' (1944), ''Tomorrow the World'' (1943), ''The Flowers of Virtue'' (1942), ''Little Dark Horse'' (1941), ''The Happiest Days'' (1939), ''One Thing After Another'' (1937), ''Fulton of Oak Falls'' (1937), ''If This Be Treason'' (1935), ''Lost Horizons'' (1934), ''Absent Father'' (1932), ''Peter Flies High'' (1931), ''The Behavior of Mrs. Crane'' (1928), ''Nightstick'' (1927), ''We All Do'' (1927), and ''Ballyhoo'' (1927).
Marriage
Givney was married to Francis Connolly.
Death
On March 16, 1978, Givney died at her home in Hollywood at age 81.
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1896 births
1978 deaths
20th-century American actresses
American film actresses
American stage actresses
Actresses from Wisconsin