Kay Starr(1922-2016)

Actress
Music Department
Soundtrack

Kay Starr was born on 21 July 1922 in Dougherty, Oklahoma, USA. She was an actress, known for The Nice Guys (2016), L.A. Confidential (1997) and Shutter Island (2010). She was married to Earl Spencer Callicutt, George Alfred Mellen, Vic Schoen, Harold Solomon (Stanley), Roy E. Davis and Woody Gunther. She died on 3 November 2016 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Known for

The Nice Guys

7.4

Soundtrack

2016

L.A. Confidential

8.2

Soundtrack

1997

Shutter Island

8.2

Soundtrack

2010

Jason Clarke, Harry Melling, Bill Skarsgård, Robert Pattinson, Sebastian Stan, Mia Wasikowska, Riley Keough, and Tom Holland in The Devil All the Time (2020)

The Devil All the Time

7.1

Soundtrack

2020

Credits

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Actress

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
7.4
TV Series
- Katie McGraw
- 1962
Kay Starr in Paris
TV Movie
- Singer
- 1961
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
5.7
TV Movie
- John's Mother
- 1957
Producers' Showcase
7.2
TV Series
- 1956
The Honeymooners
8.6
TV Series
- Hucklebuck Singer (voice, uncredited)
- 1956
When You're Smiling
6.7
- Kay Starr
- 1950
Make Believe Ballroom
6.7
- Singer Kay Starr
- 1949

Music Department

Soundtrack

The Lowdown
7.3
TV Series
- performer: "Wheel of Fortune"
- 2025
Rivals
7.9
TV Series
- performer: "The Man with the Bag" (uncredited)
- 2024
Sexy Beast
6.5
TV Series
- performer: "C'est Magnifique"
- 2024
Love Lies Bleeding
6.6
- performer: "Stars Fell on Alabama"
- 2024
Wilderness
6.3
TV Series
- performer: "(Everybody's Waitin' for) The Man With the Bag"
- 2023
C'est magnifique!
6.1
- performer: "C'est Magnifique"
- 2021
Gunpowder Milkshake
6.1
- performer: "Half a Photograph"
- 2021
The Devil All the Time
7.1
- performer: "Wheel of Fortune"
- 2020
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
8.6
TV Series
- performer: "On A Slow Boat To China", "Swingin' Down The Lane"
- performer: "Them There Eyes"
- 2018–2019
Mr. Robot
8.5
TV Series
- performer: "The Man with the Bag (Everybody's Waitin' For)"
- 2019
Santa Clarita Diet
7.8
TV Series
- performer: "It's a Good Day"
- 2019
All or Nothing: The Dallas Cowboys
7.6
TV Mini Series
- performer: "(Everybody's Waiting for) The Man With The Bag"
- 2018
American Pastoral
6.1
- performer: "Comes A-Long A-Love"
- 2016
The Nice Guys
7.4
- performer: "(Everybody's Waitin' for) The Man with the Bag"
- 2016
Call the Midwife
8.6
TV Series
- performer: "My Heart Reminds Me"
- performer: "(Everybody's Waitin' for) The Man with the Bag" (uncredited, uncredited)
- 2015–2016

Personal details

Official sites
- Last.fm
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Born
- July 21, 1922
- Dougherty, Oklahoma, USA
Died
- November 3, 2016
- Los Angeles, California, USA(complications from Alzheimer's disease)
Spouses
Other works
Album (w/Erroll Garner): "Singin' Kay Starr/Swingin' Erroll Garner" (Crown Records).
Publicity listings
- 3 Articles

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Trivia
Rough-voiced (due to a throat ailment) Native American popular singer. At the height of her popularity, during the 1950s, she had two number one hit singles, "Wheel of Fortune" (Capitol: 1952) and "The Rock-and-Roll Waltz" (RCA Victor: 1956).

Quotes
If I have any style, any presence on the stage, I'm sure Joe Venuti is responsible for it. Joe once told me if you're going to make a mistake, make it so loud everybody else sounds wrong, and I really and truly believe that's why I sing so loud.