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| name = Kathryn Crosby
| birthname = Olive Kathryn Grandstaff
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| birth_place = [[West Columbia, Texas]], U.S.
| education = [[University of Texas at Austin]] (BFA)▼
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|singer}}
| years_active = 1953–2010▼
| othername = Kathryn Grandstaff<br />Kathryn Grant
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{Marriage|[[Bing Crosby]]<br />|1957|1977|end=died}} * {{Marriage|Maurice William Sullivan|2000|2010|end=died}} }}
| children = {{Hlist | [[Harry Crosby (businessman)|Harry Crosby]] <br /> [[Mary Crosby]] <br /> [[Nathaniel Crosby]]}}
▲| years_active = 1953–2010
▲| education = [[University of Texas at Austin]] (BFA)
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'''Kathryn Crosby''' (born '''Olive Kathryn Grandstaff'''; November 25, 1933)<ref>{{cite
==Early life and education==
▲'''Kathryn Crosby''' (born '''Olive Kathryn Grandstaff''') is an American retired actress and singer who performed in films under the stage names '''Kathryn Grant''' and '''Kathryn Grandstaff'''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/SearchResult.aspx?s=&retailCheck=&Type=PN&CatID=DATABIN_CAST&ID=92690&AN_ID=17798&searchedFor=Kathryn_Grant_ | title=Kathryn Grant | access-date=September 1, 2014}}</ref>
Born Olive Kathryn Grandstaff on November 25, 1933 in
==Career==
[[File:Kathryn Grant with her husband Bing Crosby, 1958.jpg|thumb|Crosby with her husband [[Bing Crosby]], 1958]]
▲Born Olive Kathryn Grandstaff in [[West Columbia, Texas]], she graduated from the [[University of Texas at Austin]] with a [[Bachelor of Fine Arts]] degree in 1955. Two years later she became [[Bing Crosby]]'s second wife, being more than thirty years his junior. The couple had three children, [[Harry Crosby (businessman)|Harry]], [[Mary Crosby|Mary Frances]], and [[Nathaniel Crosby|Nathaniel]].{{Citation needed |date=June 2021}} She appeared as a guest star on her husband's 1964–1965 [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] sitcom ''[[The Bing Crosby Show (1964 TV series)|The Bing Crosby Show]]''.
[[File:Bing Crosby & Kathryn 1960 Com L09-0188-0003.tif|thumb|Kathryn and Bing Crosby in 1960]]
Crosby appeared as a guest star on her husband's 1964–1965 sitcom ''[[The Bing Crosby Show (1964 TV series)|The Bing Crosby Show]]''.
Crosby largely retired from acting after her marriage, but did have featured roles as Princess Parisa in ''[[The 7th Voyage of Sinbad]]'' (1958), and in the courtroom drama ''[[Anatomy of a Murder]]'' (1959). She also played the part of "Mama Bear" alongside her husband and children in ''[[Goldilocks (TV)|Goldilocks]]'' and co-starred with [[Jack Lemmon]] in the comedy ''[[Operation Mad Ball]]'' (1957), with [[Tony Curtis]] in the drama ''[[Mister Cory]]'' (1957) and as a trapeze artist in ''[[The Big Circus]]'' (1959). In the mid-1970s, she hosted ''The Kathryn Crosby Show'', a 30-minute local talk-show on [[KPIX-TV]] in San Francisco. Husband Bing appeared as a guest occasionally. Since Bing Crosby's death in 1977, she has taken on a few smaller roles and the lead in the short-lived 1996 Broadway musical ''[[State Fair (musical)|State Fair]]''.▼
▲Crosby largely retired from acting after her marriage, but did have featured roles as Princess Parisa in ''[[The 7th Voyage of Sinbad]]'' (1958)
On June 16, 1963, Crosby received her nurse's cap, signifying her becoming a registered nurse after studying at [[Queen of Angels Hospital]] in Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://outlet.historicimages.com/products/rsd99527|title=1963 Press Photo Kathryn Crosby wife Bing Crosby nurse cap Queen Angels School|website=Historic Images|access-date=December 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015194530/https://outlet.historicimages.com/products/rsd99527|archive-date=October 15, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="LAT Obit">{{cite news |last1=West |first1=Richard |first2=Ted |last2=Thackrey, Jr. |title=From the Archives: Bing Crosby Dies at 73 on Golf Course |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-bing-crosby-19771015-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=October 15, 1977 |access-date=December 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217051654/https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-bing-crosby-19771015-story.html |archive-date=December 17, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>▼
▲On June 16, 1963, Crosby
For 16 years ending in 2001, Crosby hosted the Crosby National Golf Tournament at Bermuda Run Country Club in [[Bermuda Run, North Carolina]]. A nearby bridge carrying [[U.S. Route 158]] over the [[Yadkin River]] is named for Kathryn Crosby.<ref>Jim Sparks, "Crews to Start Work on Bridge," ''Winston-Salem Journal'', November 21, 2007.</ref>
On November 4, 2010, Crosby was seriously injured in an automobile accident in the Sierra Nevada that killed her second husband, 85-year-old
On June 1, 2014, Crosby sang in a [[Rodgers and Hart]] tribute.<ref name="mercurynews/crosby-rodgers-hart">{{cite news |title=Saratoga: Kathryn Crosby to sing in Rodgers and Hart tribute |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2014/05/21/saratoga-kathryn-crosby-to-sing-in-rodgers-and-hart-tribute/ |access-date=24 March 2023 |work=The Mercury News |date=21 May 2014}}</ref>
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