Francis, Kay, 1905-1968

LC control no.	n 87847007
Personal name heading	Francis, Kay, 1905-1968 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Gibbs, Katherine, 1905-1968 Francis, Katherine, 1905-1968
Found in	Behind the make-up [MP] 1930: credits (the players, Kay Francis) Halliwell's Filmgoer's companion, 1983 (Kay Francis; b. 1899 d. 1968; AKA Katherine Gibbs) Inter. film necrology, 1981 (Kay Francis; actress; b. Jan. 13, 1905, Oklahoma City, Okla.; d. Aug. 26, 1968) IMDb, Aug. 11, 2006 (Kay Francis; b. Jan. 13, 1899, Oklahoma City, Okla.; d. Aug. 26, 1968, New York, N.Y.; sometimes credited as Katherine Francis; birth name: Katherine Edwina Gibbs; birth year has been in speculation for some time, with sources stating the year as anywhere between 1899-1908; studio records (which occasionally were used to her detriment when the studio got mad at her) reflect the year of birth as 1899; however, her listing in the U.S. Census taken in April 1910, when she was living at a convent school, gives her age as five years)