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Kay Christopher

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Kay Christopher

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Overview

  • Born
    June 3, 1926 · New Rochelle, New York, USA
  • Died
    June 18, 2012 · Williamsburg, Virginia, USA (diabetes complications)
  • Height
    1.71 m

Biography

    • Following her high school graduation, Kay Christopher entered the fashion world as a professional model and pin-up girl which led to entries in several beauty contests that welcomed a rich assortment of accolades. After signing a contract with RKO Radio Pictures in 1945 she made her screen debut as a bridesmaid in Le médaillon (1946). She later had appearances in Desperate (1947) , Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947), If You Knew Susie (1948), I Cheated the Law (1949), Code of the Silver Sage (1950), and Gasoline Alley (1951). She also starred in television on Doctor I.Q. followed by Lux Video Theatre. With sixteen titles to her credit and several accolades for modeling she left the profession in 1954 to focus on marriage.
      - IMDb mini biography by: Georgia

Family

  • Spouse
      Donald Griffin(February 14, 1954 - June 18, 2012) (her death, 3 children)

Trademarks

  • Minnie Mouse like voice
  • Dimples
  • Green Eyes
  • Blonde Hair

Trivia

  • Won a beauty contest for Universal Studios in 1945.
  • Was a guest presenter at the 1955 and 1956 Emmy Awards.
  • Her mother was a librarian and her father a successful newspaper editor.
  • She mothered three children.
  • In October 1977 she appeared, uncredited and unrecognizable, in a television advertisement for Woolworth and Woolco's Annual Halloween sale. The commercial of her in this can be found on YouTube.

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