# Kay Christopher

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{{Short description|American actress and model (1926–2012)}}
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| birth_place        = [New Rochelle, New York](/source/New_Rochelle%2C_New_York), U.S.
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| death_place        = [Williamsburg, Virginia](/source/Williamsburg%2C_Virginia), U.S.
| resting_place      = [Williamsburg Memorial Park](/source/Williamsburg_Memorial_Park), Williamsburg, Virginia
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| years_active       = 1946–1952
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'''Kay Christopher''' (June 3, 1926 – June 18, 2012) was an American actress and model.

==Life and career ==
Christopher was born into a [middle-class](/source/middle-class) [Methodist](/source/Methodist) family.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About FUMC |url=http://www.fumceunice.org/About.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115123221/http://www.fumceunice.org/About.html |archivedate=2012-11-15 |website=First United Methodist Church, Eunice, Louisiana}}</ref> Her father was a [newspaper editor](/source/newspaper_editor) and her mother a [librarian](/source/librarian). She was educated at [New Rochelle High School](/source/New_Rochelle_High_School), graduating in 1944. Christopher was raised as a She began her career as a [pin-up](/source/pin-up) model, and was so successful that she received the title of "Miss Photo Flash 1945". Following this success, she received a film contract with [RKO Radio Pictures](/source/RKO_Radio_Pictures), and made her screen debut in the uncredited role of a bridesmaid to [Laraine Day](/source/Laraine_Day) in ''[The Locket](/source/The_Locket_(1946_film))'' (1946).,

She then had the lead role of Tess Trueheart in ''[Dick Tracy's Dilemma](/source/Dick_Tracy's_Dilemma)'' (1947), opposite [Ralph Byrd](/source/Ralph_Byrd). She later had turns in the films ''[Desperate](/source/Desperate_(film))'' (1947), ''[I Cheated the Law](/source/I_Cheated_the_Law)'' (1949), ''[If You Knew Susie](/source/If_You_Knew_Susie_(film))'' (1949), ''[Code of the Silver Sage](/source/Code_of_the_Silver_Sage)'' (1950) and ''[Gasoline Alley](/source/Gasoline_Alley_(comic_strip))'' (1951). She also made television appearances on such programs as ''[Lux Video Theatre](/source/Lux_Video_Theatre)'' and had a recurring role on ''[Doctor I.Q.](/source/Doctor_I.Q.)'' in the mid-1950s. She retired from acting and modeling in 1954 to focus on her marriage to Donald Griffin, although she emerged from retirement in 1958 for an appearance on ''[The Perry Como Show](/source/The_Perry_Como_Show)''.

Christopher died on June 18, 2012.

==Selected filmography==
* ''[Gasoline Alley](/source/Gasoline_Alley_(1951_film))'' (1951)
* ''[Corky of Gasoline Alley](/source/Corky_of_Gasoline_Alley)'' (1951)

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{IMDb name|0160595}}

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Category:1926 births
Category:2012 deaths
Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:Actresses from New Rochelle, New York
Category:Female models from New York (state)
Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses
Category:Deaths from diabetes in the United States
Category:Methodists from New York (state)
Category:New Rochelle High School alumni

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