Kay Francis Movie Rankings
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Kay Francis scores a combined 2.9679 out of 4 stars for Trouble in Paradise
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High class European thief Gaston Monesque meets his soul mate Lily, a pickpocket masquerading as a countess. The two join forces and come under the employ of Mme. Colet, the beautiful owner of the Colet perfume company. Gaston works as Mme. ... more about Trouble in Paradise
DVD from $19.99 
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Kay Francis scores a combined 2.8218 out of 4 stars for I Loved a Woman
2.8218
Art student John Hayden interrupts his studies in Greece to head his father's meat packing business on his father's death. He marries social climber Martha who taunts him for his ideals regarding worker happiness and meat purity. ... more about I Loved a Woman
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Kay Francis scores a combined 2.7213 out of 4 stars for Secrets of an Actress
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Kay Francis fights off tears, deprivations and a mediocre script in Warner Bros.' Secrets of an Actress. La Francis plays Fay Carter, a popular Broadway star romantically involved with architect Dick Orr (George Brent), who has put up the money for her latest production. ... more about Secrets of an Actress
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Kay Francis scores a combined 2.6665 out of 4 stars for Stolen Holiday
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Nicole Picot is working as a model in a Paris dress salon when she is picked by Stefan Orloff to help him convince a wealthy investor that he is well connected. She is to wear an expensive dress and dine with them because she has "class. ... more about Stolen Holiday
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Kay Francis scores a combined 2.6026 out of 4 stars for Another Dawn
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Colonel John Wister, on duty with the British army in the desert region of Dubik, returns to England on leave. ... more about Another Dawn
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Kay Francis scores a combined 2.6026 out of 4 stars for Comet Over Broadway
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Eve Appleton (Kay Francis), wife of small-town garage owner Bill Appleton (John Litel), has theatrical ambitions. Bill gets into an argument with a visiting actor over her, kills him accidently and is sent to prison. ... more about Comet Over Broadway
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Kay Francis scores a combined 2.5752 out of 4 stars for Always in My Heart
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After many years, MacKenzie Scott is pardoned from prison, but his wife is already involved with another man. Nevertheless, he travels incognito to his family's town. ... more about Always in My Heart
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Kay Francis scores a combined 2.5752 out of 4 stars for Storm at Daybreak
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Sarajevo June 28, 1914. Dushan, the Serbian mayor of a Hungarian town, has come to see the parade of Archduke Ferdinand. ... more about Storm at Daybreak
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Kay Francis scores a combined 2.5752 out of 4 stars for Stranded
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Kay Francis scores a combined 2.5478 out of 4 stars for Mary Stevens
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Mary Stevens (Kay Francis) and her old friend Don Andrews (Lyle Talbot) find themselves graduating from medical school at the same time. They decide to set up their respective medical offices in the same building. ... more about Mary Stevens
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Kay Francis scores a combined 2.4839 out of 4 stars for My Bill
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Francis is the mother of four kids, three of whom are ungrateful to their widowed mom and move in with their wealthy aunt. Only Moore remains faithful to his mother. ... more about My Bill
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Kay Francis scores a combined 2.4565 out of 4 stars for Mandalay
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Russian refugee Tanya Borisoff is suddenly abandoned penniless in Rangoon, Burma, by her lover, Tony Evans, who accepted a gunrunning deal from Nick, the owner of an amoral nightclub. ... more about Mandalay
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Kay Francis scores a combined 2.3561 out of 4 stars for Transgression
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When an English husband goes off to India for a year-long business trip, he also sends his wife to live in Paris to alleviate her loneliness and boredom. ... more about Transgression
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Kay Francis scores a combined 2.3287 out of 4 stars for Confession
2.3287
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Kay Francis scores a combined 2.2876 out of 4 stars for In Name Only
2.2876
While out riding in the country, wealthy New Yorker Alec Walker meets young widow Julie Eden, and a relationship quickly develops. ... more about In Name Only
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Kay Francis scores a combined 2.2739 out of 4 stars for One Way Passage
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Suave Dan Hardesty, a convicted murderer, is apprehended by Steve Burke, a police detective, in Hong Kong and accompanied on the SS Maloa headed for San Francisco. On board, Dan romances Joan Ames, a terminally ill socialite. ... more about One Way Passage
Not Available on DVD
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Kay Francis scores a combined 2.2008 out of 4 stars for Dr. Monica
2.2008
Dr. Monica Brayden, a successful physician, is the central character in this story. Unbeknownst to her, her successful journalist husband has had an affair with one of her acquaintances, Mary Hathaway. ... more about Dr. Monica
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Kay Francis scores a combined 2.1415 out of 4 stars for Man Wanted
2.1415
Lois is the editor of the 400 Magazine and is a work-a-holic. When Tom comes to her office to sell her a rowing machine, he leaves as her personal secretary. ... more about Man Wanted
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Kay Francis scores a combined 2.0821 out of 4 stars for Wonder Bar
2.0821
Harry and Inez are a dance team at the Wonder Bar. Inez loves Harry, but he is in love with Liane, the wife of a wealthy business man. Al Wonder and the conductor/singer Tommy are in love with Inez. ... more about Wonder Bar
Not Available on DVD
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Kay Francis scores a combined 1.8264 out of 4 stars for Guilty Hands
1.8264
Richard Grant is a lawyer who believes that murder under certain circumstances is justifiable. Richard's daughter, Barbara, takes her dad to a dinner party hosted by Richard's old friend, wealthy playboy, Gordon Rich. ... more about Guilty Hands
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Kay Francis scores a combined 1.6620 out of 4 stars for It's a Date
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An aspiring actress is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a more seasoned performer, expects the same part. The situation is further complicated when they both become involved with the same man. ... more about It's a Date
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Kay Francis scores a combined 1.5981 out of 4 stars for Jewel Robbery
1.5981
When a baroness is present during a robbery at a jewellers in Vienna, she finds the gang's debonair leader more attractive than either her husband or her lover. ... more about Jewel Robbery
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Kay Francis scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for 24 Hours
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Kay Francis scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Behind the Make-Up
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Gardoni, a down-on-his-luck vaudeville performer, is taken in by a fellow performer, a clown who has a bicycle riding act. Gardoni shows his appreciation by stealing the clown's act and his girlfriend, whom he marries. ... more about Behind the Make-Up
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Kay Francis scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Between Us Girls
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Carrie (Diana Barrymore), ambitious young actress and her manager Mike Kilinsky (Andy Devine), travel east from Chicago to Long Island so Carrie can see the new mansion that her mother Chris (Kay Francis) has just purchased. ... more about Between Us Girls
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Kay Francis scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Charley's Aunt
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Charley Wyckham and Jack Chesney pressure fellow student Fancourt Babberly to pose as Charley's Brazilian Aunt Donna Lucia. Their purpose is to have a chaperone for their amorous visits with Amy and Kitty, niece and ward of crusty Stephen Spettigue. ... more about Charley's Aunt
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Kay Francis scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Cynara
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Kay Francis scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Divorce
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Kay Francis scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Feminine Touch
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John Hathaway is a professor of psychology at Digby College. His students are bored as he is with the students. He leaves college to go to New York to have his manuscript on jealousy published. ... more about Feminine Touch
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Kay Francis scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for First Lady
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Kay Francis scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for House on 56th Street
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This movie opens in 1905, when showgirl and daughter of a deceased gambler Peggy Martin falls in love with Monte Van Tyle and breaks the news to lover Fiske that she is leaving him. ... more about House on 56th Street
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Kay Francis scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Illusion
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Kay Francis scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Keyhole
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Anne Brooks is being blackmailed by her old dancing partner Maurice. They married when she was young but broke up after which he said he was getting a quickie divorce. ... more about Keyhole
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Kay Francis scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for King of the Underworld
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Niles and Carol Niles are married doctors who save one of ganglord Gurney's men. Gurney exploits them, then kills Niles leaving Carol to take the fall. He next kidnaps writer Bill Forrest to write his biography. ... more about King of the Underworld
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Kay Francis scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Ladies' Man
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A society gigolo goes after a rich mother and her daughter, but tries to find true happiness with his girlfriend, who is neither rich nor in "society. ... more about Ladies' Man
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Kay Francis scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Let's Go Native
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Dress designer Joan Wood, who's heavily in debt, has created costumes for a Broadway show that is exported to Argentina. With the money she wants to pay her debts, but there was a mistake: she is receiving the money in Buenos Aires, not in New York. ... more about Let's Go Native
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Kay Francis scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Little Men
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Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. When Dan, a tough street kid, comes to the school, he wins Jo's heart despite his hard edge, and she defends him when he is falsely accused. ... more about Little Men
DVD from $4.09 
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Kay Francis scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Man Who Lost Himself
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John Evans encounters his lookalike, Malcolm Scott. When Scott is killed in an accident, Evans finds himself mistaken for Scott and decides to do some good in his new role. ... more about Man Who Lost Himself
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Kay Francis scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Play Girl
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The fascinating Grace Herbert has many years' experience as a professional gold-digger. ... more about Play Girl
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Kay Francis scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Raffles
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A distinguished English gentleman has a secret life--he is the notorious jewel thief the press has dubbed "The Amateur Cracksman". ... more about Raffles
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Kay Francis scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for When the Daltons Rode
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Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing their land to a crooked development company. ... more about When the Daltons Rode
DVD from $4.88 
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Kay Francis scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Wife Wanted
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Career-slipping movie star Carole Raymond (Kay Francis) buys in as a real estate partner of Jeff Caldwell (Paul Cavanagh). ... more about Wife Wanted
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Kay Francis
Birthdate:
January 13, 1899
Death date:
August 26, 1968

Kay Francis

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Career Span:

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# Movies
Movie Score
1920s
4
No Reviews
1930s
50
total ranking of 4.0000  4.0000
1940s
14
total ranking of 1.5805  1.5805
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score:
2.7866
Kay Francis is ranked overall as 2.7866 of of 4 stars
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