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{{shortShort description|American actress (born 1933)}}
{{for|the woman crowned Miss Alabama 2003|Catherine Crosby}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Bing and Kathryn Crosby in 1976.JPG
| caption = Kathryn with her husband Bing Crosby on hisin 1976 Christmas special
| name = Kathryn Crosby
| birthname = Olive Kathryn Grandstaff
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| years_active = 1953–2010
| othername = Kathryn Grandstaff<br />Kathryn Grant
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{Marriage|[[Bing Crosby]]<br />|1957|1977|end=died}} <br />
* {{Marriage|Maurice William Sullivan|2000|2010|end=died}}
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| children = {{Hlist | [[Harry Crosby (businessman)|Harry Crosby]] <br /> [[Mary Crosby]] <br /> [[Nathaniel Crosby]]}}
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'''Kathryn Crosby''' (born '''Olive Kathryn Grandstaff'''; November 25, 1933)<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/kathryn_grant|title = Kathryn Grant|website = [[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher = [[Fandango Media]]|accessdate = July 10, 2022}}</ref> is a retired American 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>
 
==Early Lifelife and career education==
Born Olive Kathryn Grandstaff on November 25, 1933 in [[West Columbia, Texas]] to Delbert Emery Grandstaff, sheSr. and Olive Catherine Grandstaff (née Stokely). Kathryn has four siblings. 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 thirty30 years his junior. The couple had three children, [[Harry Crosby (businessman)|Harry]], [[Mary Crosby|Mary Frances]], and [[Nathaniel Crosby|Nathaniel]].<ref>{{CitationCite needednews |datetitle=JuneBing 2021}}Crosby's SheFormer appearedCalifornia asEstate aIs guestfor starSale onfor her$13.8 husband'sMillion 1964–1965 [[American Broadcasting|url=https://people.com/home/bing-crosbys-former-california-estate-is-for-sale-for-13-8-million-see-inside/ Company|ABC]]date=29 sitcomMarch ''[[The2021 Bing|periodical=People Crosby Show (1964 TV series)|Theaccessdate=3 BingOctober Crosby Show]]''.2023}}</ref>
 
==Career==
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]]''.▼
[[File:Kathryn Grant with her husband Bing Crosby, 1958.jpg|thumb|Crosby with her husband [[Bing Crosby]], 1958]]
[[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]]''.
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 Jr. | last2=Thackrey |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>▼
 
▲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" alongsidewith her husband and children in ''[[Goldilocks (TV)|Goldilocks]]'', and she 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]]''.
 
▲On June 16, 1963, Crosby received her nurse's cap, signifying her becomingbecame 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 Jr. | last2=Thackrey |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>
 
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 second husband, Maurice William Sullivan, whom she had married in 2000.<ref name = Griffith>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/dec/2/bing-crosbys-widow-recovering-from-accident|title=Bing Crosby's widow recovering from accident|author=Martin Griffith|agency=Associated Press|date=December 2, 2010|access-date=March 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221052441/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/dec/2/bing-crosbys-widow-recovering-from-accident/|archive-date=February 21, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
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>
 
== Filmography ==
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