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Kay Thompson (born Catherine Louise Fink; November 9, 1909 [1] – July 2, 1998) was an American author, singer, vocal arranger, vocal coach, composer, musician, dancer, actress, and choreographer. She became famous for creating the Eloise children's books and for her role in the movie Funny Face. [2] Early life and family.
Actress: Funny Face. Sleek, effervescent, gregarious and indefatigable only begins to describe the indescribable Kay Thompson -- a one-of-a-kind author, pianist, actress, comedienne, singer, composer, coach, dancer, choreographer, clothing designer, and arguably one of entertainment's most unique and charismatic personalities of the 20th century.
Kay Thompson, a former radio star who was now head of the vocal department at MGM, had a nose for talent and she hired the remaining three Williams Brothers to sing in her large choir on many soundtracks for such MGM films as ‘The Harvey Girls’ (1946).
Kay Thompson is a difficult woman to describe. She was, most famously, the creator of the Eloise book series. But she was also the woman who gave voice to MGM's musicals; a legendary vocal...
Kay Thompson Website celebrates Sam Irvin’s biography, “Kay Thompson: From Funny Face to Eloise,” with exclusive web endnotes.
Kay Thompson (born Nov. 9, 1902?, St. Louis, Mo., U.S.—died July 2, 1998, New York, N.Y.) was an American entertainer and writer who was best known as the author of the highly popular Eloise books, featuring a comically endearing enfant terrible who bedeviled New York City’s Plaza Hotel.
A new biography, “Kay Thompson: From Funny Face to Eloise” by Sam Irvin, provides a revealing look at this complex and contradictory woman, born Catherine “Kitty” Fink in St. Louis in 1909 ...
She’s best known for writing “Eloise” (1955), with art by Hilary Knight, and for her indelible turn as a fashion editor in the 1957 Astaire-Hepburn film “Funny Face.” (The musical number “Think...
KAYOGRAPHIES Exclusive to this website is a comprehensive breakdown of Kay Thompson’s extensive credits, divided into several categories. Exhaustively researched and compiled by biographer Sam Irvin, this supplement will be periodically refined and updated as more information becomes available.
She is perhaps best known today for the series of best-selling "Eloise" children's books she began writing in the mid-'50s about a precocious 6-year-old who lives at New York's Plaza Hotel. Kay Thompson was born Catherine L. Fink, the daughter of a St. Louis jeweler...and she was always musical.