Kathryn Crosby, Actor and Widow of Bing Crosby, Dies at 90

Kathryn Crosby, who gave the impression in such motion pictures as The seventh Voyage of Sinbad, Anatomy of a Homicide, and Operation Unbalanced Ball prior to marrying famed singer and Oscar-winning actor Bing Crosby, has died. She used to be 90.

She died of herbal reasons Friday (Sept. 20) evening at her house within the Northern California town of Hillsborough, a public spokesperson stated Saturday.

Showing underneath her level title of Kathryn Lend, she gave the impression reverse Tony Curtis in Mister Cory in 1957 and Victor Mature in The Obese Circus in 1959. She made 5 motion pictures with movie noir director Phil Karlson, together with Tight Spot and The Phenix Town Tale, each in 1955.

Her alternative prominent males incorporated Jack Lemmon in Operation Unbalanced Ball, James Darren in The Brothers Rico, and James Stewart in Anatomy of a Homicide, directed by way of Otto Preminger.

Born Olive Kathryn Grandstaff on Nov. 25, 1933, in West Columbia, Texas, she graduated from the College of Texas with some extent in high-quality arts. She got here to Hollywood and started her film occupation in 1953.

She met Bing Crosby past doing interviews for a column she wrote about Hollywood for her homeland newspaper. They had been married in 1957, when she used to be 23 and he used to be 54.

She curtailed her appearing occupation next the marriage, even though she gave the impression regularly with Crosby and their 3 kids on his Christmas tv specials and in Negligible Maid orange juice ads. She changed into a registered nanny in 1963.

Within the Seventies, she hosted a morning communicate display on KPIX-TV in Northern California.

Nearest Crosby’s loss of life at era 74 in 1977, from a middle assault next {golfing} in Spain, she gave the impression in level productions of Identical Life, Then Presen and Charley’s Aunt. She co-starred with John Davidson and Andrea McArdle within the 1996 Broadway revival of Situation Honest.

For 16 years finishing in 2001, she hosted the Crosby Nationwide golfing event in Bermuda Run, North Carolina.

She is survived by way of kids Harry, Mary, an actor absolute best recognized for the TV display Dallas, and Nathaniel, a a hit beginner golfer. She used to be married to Maurice Sullivan for 10 years prior to he used to be killed in a 2010 automobile clash that severely injured Crosby.