Actress kay thompson biography graphic organizer

1. Early Life and Career
2. Hollywood Career
3. 'Kay Thompson and the Williams Brothers'
4. 'Eloise' Children's Books
5. Film and Television
6. Personal Life
7. Legacy

Early Life and Career

Katherine Fink, born in 1908 to Austrian immigrants in St.

Louis, Missouri, began her career as a singer and choir director in the 1930s. She later joined the group 'Waring's Pennsylvanians', where she met and married Jack Jenney. In addition to her solo work, Kay led 'The Kay Thompson Swing Choir', which gained popularity in the late 1930s.

Hollywood Career

In the early 1940s, Thompson fortuitously became an arranger for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.

By 1943, she became a renowned vocal coach for entertainers such as Frank Sinatra and Lena Horne. Thompson's arranging credits include films like 'Weekend at the Waldorf', 'Ziegfeld Follies', and 'Till the Clouds Roll By'.

'Kay Thompson and the Wi