Kathryn Crosby, the actress who was married to Bing Crosby, has died. She was 90.
A consultant for the Crosby household confirmed the EW she died Friday night at her house in Hillsborough, California, surrounded by her household.
The late star was born Olive Catherine Grandstaff in West Columbia, Texas in November 1933.
Her earliest appearing roles included the 1950 movies Operation Mad Ball, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Anatomy of a Homicide, and The Massive Circus.
She normally makes use of the stage names Catherine Grant and Catherine Grandstaff.
Within the Sixties, Catherine nearly retired from appearing. She grew to become a registered nurse in 1963 after learning at Queen of Angels Hospital in Los Angeles.
Catherine was 23 when she married Bing, then 54, in a Las Vegas church in October 1957.
“We saved courting after which we deliberate to get married, and he would have a kidney stone or one thing terrible,” Catherine mentioned Smashing Interviews Magazine in 2014. “We saved ready and I saved working. Later we lastly acquired married which was a secret.
Catherine additionally addressed the problem of the couple’s 30-year age hole, saying: “After I was requested about it, I assume it occurred, however I did not hear it. By the point we have been courting, I knew I appreciated him so much and he appreciated me so much.
She added: “Once we acquired married I noticed I might survive with out him and he realized he did not need to outlive with out me I appreciated that. It is a good perspective to get into a wedding.”
Catherine and Bing had three youngsters collectively, Harry, 66, Mary, 65, and Nathaniel, 62.
Whereas married to Bing, Catherine was a visitor on The Bing Crosby Present within the Sixties.
She additionally hosted her personal native daytime present, The Katherine Crosby Present, within the Seventies.
after The death of Bing in 1977, on the age of 74, Catherine returned to performing and notably performed the lead within the 1966 Broadway musical revival of State Honest.
It additionally hosted the Crosby Nationwide Charity Golf Match in North Carolina for 16 years till 2001.
Catherine married her second husband Maurice William Sullivan in 2000.
Ten years later, Sullivan died in a automobile accident within the Sierra Nevada. He was 85.
Catherine is survived by her three youngsters and several other grandchildren.
