Kay Huang
Kay Huang is known for Lost in the Stars (2022), Xiao bai chuan (2023) and Jiang he zhi shang.
Kay Hughes
This "B"-level actress was one of the more wholesomely attractive, if minor, co-stars of westerns, crimers and serials of the late 30s. Her less-than-half-decade leading lady film career playing both vulnerable and resourceful ladies stretched just slightly into World War II territory. Kay was born Catherine Mary Rhoads in Los Angeles on January 16, 1914, and lived part of her childhood in her father's native Ohio. The child suffered a near fatal bout of pleurisy at the age of six which left her health extremely challenged. As a teenager she would be prone to sickness as well undergoing extensive rib surgery due to her severe infections. The family returned to California when she was 9. Kay's hopes of being a dancer were dashed due to her fragile health. Undeterred, she pursued modeling and acting roles and broke into film in feature-length dramas and musicals, including Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935) (her debut: as a dancer), After the Dance (1935), George White's 1935 Scandals (1935), Fighting Youth (1935) and Strike Me Pink (1936) (as a Goldwyn Girl). Finally moving into small, featured roles in such secondary films as Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936), Every Saturday Night (1936) and Brides Are Like That (1936), Ruth was signed by Republic and immediately moved up to co-star status opposite Robert Livingston in the 12-part action adventure serial The Vigilantes Are Coming (1936) with Livingston playing a Zorro-like masked hero dubbed "The Eagle." Thereafter, Ruth moved up to "prairie flower" status in such westerns as The Three Mesquiteers (1936) and Ghost Town Gold (1936), which reunited her with Livingston; and two westerns Ride, Ranger, Ride (1936) and The Big Show (1936) opposite Gene Autry. She eventually broke her contract with Republic and moved to Universal. Lovely Kay, who would occasionally be billed as Catherine Hughes in later years, appeared in the crimers The Mandarin Mystery (1936), A Man Betrayed (1936) and Trouble at Midnight (1937); co-starred in another popular serial Radio Patrol (1937) starring heroic Grant Withers as a radio cop out to bust a crime syndicate; and enjoyed her most popular role, if rather overlooked, as girlfriend Gwen Andrews in her final serial Dick Tracy (1937) starring Ralph Byrd as the clench-jawed master detective. In the 1940s her career took a decidedly secondary position following her marriage to an MGM still photographer and two children, the first born in 1940. She ended her career with a few "B" fare movies, including the westerns Riders of the Badlands (1941) starring Charles Starrett and Russell Hayden; Enemy of the Law (1945) starring Tex Ritter and Dave O'Brien; and Fighting Bill Carson (1945) starring Buster Crabbe and Al St. John. Divorced from her first husband in the mid 1940's, Kay would marry twice more (in 1947 and 1965) and would be twice widowed. She lived in the mid-West with husband #2 and Reno with husband #3. Living much of her later life in Desert Hot Springs, California, Kay underwent heart surgery in December of 1997, and died the following April at the age of 84.
Kay Johnson
The personification of class and cultivation on the movie screen, comely actress Kay Johnson forsook a prominent stage and film career in order to play wife to actor John Cromwell and mother to their two children. Still and all, the elegant actress, reminiscent in looks and style to that of Irene Dunne and Judith Anderson, contributed to a number of important '30s and early '40s films and is deserving of a richer place in Hollywood history than has been acknowledged thus far. Born Catherine Townsend Johnson, the daughter of a Michigan architect (Thomas R. Johnson--who worked in the firm of Cass Gilbert the architect of the impressive Woolworth Building in NYC), Kay received her early education at the Drew Seminary for Young Women and later, intent on becoming an actress, studied at Sargent's Dramatic School of the American Academy of Dramatic Art (AADA). Her first professional role came with the Theatre Guild's Chicago production of "R.U.R." in the role of Helena, a robot. From there she appeared on Broadway in "Go West, Young Man" and continued on with stage roles in "The Morning After," "One of the Family," "No Trespassing" and "Crime". Kay met actor/producer/director Cromwell while she was appearing in the play "A Free Soul" in 1928 and he was involved in another play. They married later that year (October) and moved to California, where he directed her in a stage production of "The Silver Cord". Her showy role as Christine earned the attention of none other than Cecil B. DeMille, who cast her in his film Dynamite (1929) opposite Charles Bickford and Conrad Nagel. While the movie received lukewarm reviews, Kay, who suffered from appendicitis and had surgery during filming, was instantly noticed. She continued on with The Ship from Shanghai (1930), This Mad World (1930) (directed by William C. de Mille, the brother of C.B.), The Spoilers (1930) (opposite Gary Cooper), the title role as Madam Satan (1930) (again for C.B. DeMille), and Billy the Kid (1930) starring Johnny Mack Brown as the legendary gunslinger. Kay alternated between stage and film parts in the following years. She toured with another production of "The Silver Cord" and appeared as Roxanne opposite Richard Bennett's lead in "Cyrano de Bergerac". Later she was on stage in "When Ladies Meet" and "Living Dangerously". On screen Kay appeared in the mediocre films The Single Sin (1931) and The Spy (1931) before glowing onscreen in such fare as American Madness (1932) and This Man Is Mine (1934), the latter directed by husband Cromwell. Kay's most noteworthy career assignment came with the screen role of Nora in W. Somerset Maugham's classic Of Human Bondage (1934)--again, directed by her husband Cromwell--with Leslie Howard and Bette Davis completing the romantic triangle. Cromwell went on to direct Kay on screen again in Village Tale (1935), Jalna (1935) and Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942). Other notable Kay Johnson films included White Banners (1938), Mr. Lucky (1943) and her last, The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944). Her final acting appearance was in a prime role opposite Ralph Bellamy in a stage production of "State of the Union" in 1945. Kay never aggressively pursued her career, instead focusing on her marriage to Cromwell and the raising of their two children. The couple's first child was adopted in 1938; their second son, born in January of 1940, became the noted character actor James Cromwell. Following her divorce from Cromwell in the late '40s, Kay decided to remain out of the limelight. She died just short of her 71st birthday at her Waterford, CT., home on November 17, 1975, long forgotten.
Kay Kay Menon
Kay Kay Menon was born on October 2, 1966 in Kerala, India. He is an actor, known for Haider (2014), Black Friday (2004) and Gulaal (2009). He is married to Nivedita Bhattacharya.
Kay Kemp
Kay Kemp is an actress, known for Lamb (2015).
Kay Kendall
Kay Kendall was born on May 21, 1927 in Withernsea, Yorkshire, England. She was an actress, known for Les Girls (1957), The Reluctant Debutante (1958) and Simon and Laura (1955). She was married to Rex Harrison. She died on September 6, 1959 in London, England.
Kay Kirtland
Kay Kirtland is known for Suburban Secrets (2004) and The Sexy Adventures of Van Helsing (2004).
Kay Krasin
Kay Krasin is known for Rabbit Hole (2022).
Kay LaVergne Jaz
Kay LaVergne Jaz is known for Second Nature (2016), 7 Witches (2017) and Revelation (2012).
Kay Langlois
Kay Langlois is known for Marooned Awakening (2022).
