Kay Medford Biography
Born: September 14, 1914
Died: April 10, 1980
A former nightclub waitress, comedienne Kay Medford made sporadic film appearances from 1942 through 1978. Medford performed a London cabaret act in 1950, one year before making her Broadway bow in the musical +Paint Your Wagon. She won the Theatre World Award for her work in the 1955 play +Lullaby. Medford is most fondly remembered for re-creating her Broadway role as Rose Brice in +Funny Girl onto the Big Screen, for which she was Oscar-nominated. Kay Medford's TV series work included a season as Aunt Harriet in the John_Forsythe sitcom To Rome With Love (1970), and her comedy-ensemble contributions to Dean Martin's various variety series of the early 1970s. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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