Kathryn Crosby, actor and widow of famed singer and Oscar-winning actor Bing Crosby, dies at 90

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kathryn Crosby, who appeared in such motion pictures as “The seventh Voyage of Sinbad”, “Anatomy of a Homicide,” and “Operation Mad Ball” earlier than marrying famed singer and Oscar-winning actor Bing Crosby, has died. She was 90.

She died of pure causes Friday night time at her house within the Northern California metropolis of Hillsborough, a household spokesperson mentioned Saturday.

Showing below her stage identify of Kathryn Grant, she appeared reverse Tony Curtis in “Mister Cory” in 1957 and Victor Mature in “The Huge Circus” in 1959. She made 5 motion pictures with movie noir director Phil Karlson, together with “Tight Spot” and “The Phenix Metropolis Story,” each in 1955.

Her different main males included Jack Lemmon in “Operation Mad Ball,” James Darren in “The Brothers Rico,” and James Stewart in “Anatomy of a Homicide,” directed by Otto Preminger.

Born Olive Kathryn Grandstaff on Nov. 25, 1933, in West Columbia, Texas, she graduated from the College of Texas with a level in fantastic arts. She got here to Hollywood and commenced her film profession in 1953.

She met Bing Crosby whereas doing interviews for a column she wrote about Hollywood for her hometown newspaper. They have been married in 1957, when she was 23 and he was 54.

She curtailed her appearing profession after the marriage, though she appeared typically with Crosby and their three kids on his Christmas tv specials and in Minute Maid orange juice commercials. She turned a registered nurse in 1963.

Within the Nineteen Seventies, she hosted a morning discuss present on KPIX-TV in Northern California.

After Crosby’s dying at age 74 in 1977, from a coronary heart assault after {golfing} in Spain, she appeared in stage productions of “Similar Time, Subsequent Yr” and “Charley’s Aunt.” She co-starred with John Davidson and Andrea McArdle within the 1996 Broadway revival of “State Truthful.”

For 16 years ending in 2001, she hosted the Crosby Nationwide golf match in Bermuda Run, North Carolina.

She is survived by kids Harry, Mary, an actor finest identified for the TV present “Dallas,” and Nathaniel, a profitable beginner golfer. She was married to Maurice Sullivan for 10 years earlier than he was killed in a 2010 automotive accident that critically injured Crosby.