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Career

Williams was placed under contract with

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in 1943 but appeared in uncredited bit parts for the remainder of the decade.

Personal life

Williams was married four times. Her first marriage to Charles Capps lasted from 1937 to 1939, after which she was married to

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, an Argentinian cattle tycoon, from 1942 to 1943. She was married to Adolph Bernard Spreckels II, a sugar heir, from 1945 until 1952, with whom she had two children (including Bunker Spreckels). Williams was married to actor

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from 1955 until his death in 1960. The couple had one child, a son, who was born after his father's death.

Death

Williams, who had battled heart ailments during her life, left California to receive treatment at Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas, where she died of heart failure on May 25, 1983.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Kay 1916 births 1983 deaths 20th-century American actresses Actresses from Pennsylvania Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract players Actors from Erie, Pennsylvania