Kathryn Crosby, the actress best known for “The 7th Voyage of Sinbad,” “Anatomy of a Murder” and “The Mad Ball” and widow of iconic singer Bing Crosby, has died. She was 90.
Crosby died of natural causes on Friday at her home in Hillsborough, California, while surrounded by her family, a Crosby family spokesperson confirmed to Fox News Digital.
Often credited under her stage name Kathryn Grant, Crosby starred opposite Tony Curtis in “Mister Cory” in 1957 and opposite Victor Mature in “The Big Circus” in 1959.
Hollywood actress Kathryn Crosby, widow of the late Bing Crosby, died at the age of 90 of natural causes on Friday. (Getty)
Crosby co-starred with Richard Kiley in 1955's “The Phenix City Story,” with Jack Lemmon in 1957's “Operation Mad Ball” and with James Stewart in 1959's “Anatomy of a Murder.”
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She made five films with famed film noir director Phil Karlson, including “The Phenix City Story,” 1955's “Tight Spot” and 1957's “The Brothers Rico,” the latter starring James Darren.
Born Olive Kathryn Grandstaff on November 25, 1933 in West Columbia, Texas, she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Texas. After graduating, Crosby moved to Hollywood and began her acting career in 1953.
The actress met Bing Crosby when he was filming “Little Boy Lost” in 1953. While working on the set of Bing's film “White Christmas,” Crosby interviewed the Oscar winner for “Texas Girl,” a weekly column she wrote for her hometown newspaper.
Crosby played Princess Parisa in “The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad.” (Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)
She became Bing's second wife after the two married in 1957, when she was 23 and he was 54. The two shared sons Harry and Nathaniel and a daughter Mary.
After her marriage to Bing, Crosby almost completely retreated from her acting career, although she frequently appeared with Bing and their three children in his Christmas television specials and in commercials for Minute Maid orange juice.
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Crosby became a registered nurse in 1963. She appeared in a 1963 episode of “Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theater” and guest-starred on an episode of “The Bing Crosby Show” in 1965.
She was married to Bing from 1957 until the singer's death in 1977. (Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
In 1967, Crosby wrote his memoir “Bing and Other Things,” followed by “My Life With Bing” in 1983 and “My Last Years With Bing” in 2002.
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In the 1970s, she hosted the morning talk show “The Kathryn Crosby Show” on KPIX-TV in Northern California.
Crosy was married to Bing until the Hollywood legend died of a heart attack after playing golf in Spain in 1977.
Crosby and Bing shared three children. (Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)
Following Bing's death, she appeared in stage productions of “Same Time, Next Year” and “Charley's Aunt.” Crosby co-starred with John Davidson and Andrea McArdle in the 1996 Broadway revival of “State Fair.”
From 1985 to 2001, it hosted the Crosby National golf tournament in Bermuda Run, North Carolina.
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She was married to Maurice Sullivan for 10 years before he died at the age of 85 in a car accident in 2010 that seriously injured Crosby.
Crosby is survived by his children Harry, an investment banker and former actor, Mary, an actress known for the television show “Dallas,” and Nathaniel, a successful amateur golfer, as well as several grandchildren.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
