{{Short description|American actress (1915–1988)}} {{Use American English|date=August 2021}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Kay Sutton | image = Kay Sutton Cinelandia 838.jpg | caption = Sutton in 1938 | birth_name = Katherine Warburton Sutton | birth_date = {{birth date|1915|6|14}} | birth_place = Irvington, New Jersey, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1988|3|1|1915|6|14}} | death_place = Grosse Point, Michigan, U.S. | resting_place = Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1935–1964 | spouse = {{Plainlist| * {{marriage|Edward Cronjager|1935|1937|end=div}} * {{marriage|Clifton Stokes Weaver|1941|1944|end=div}} * {{marriage|Dan Topping|1946|1952|end=div}} * {{marriage|Frederick Moulton Alger|1963|1967|end=d}} }} | children = 3 }}
'''Katherine Warburton "Kay" Sutton''' (June 14, 1915 – March 1, 1988{{Citation needed |date=March 2026}} ) was an American actress.<ref name=UoW>{{cite web |title=Kay Sutton, film actress |url=https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/sayre/id/9751 |website=University Libraries |publisher=University of Washington |access-date=May 3, 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408203305/https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/sayre/id/9751 |archive-date=April 8, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>
==Personal life== Sutton Edward Cronjager,<ref>{{Cite book|title=Writers and Production Artists|last=Pendergast|first=Sara|publisher=St. James Press|year=2000|isbn=1558624538|editor-last=Pendergast|editor-first=Tom|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/internationaldic0000unse_i4g6}}</ref> a film cameraman, on September 16, 1935.<ref>{{cite news |title=Actress, Movie Cameraman Plight Their Troths |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-citizen-news-kay-sut/193770390/ |access-date=March 20, 2026 |work=Hollywood Citizen-News |date=September 17, 1935 |page=6|via = Newspapers.com }}</ref> She was married four times, her husbands included Frederick Moulton Alger, Dan Topping (his fourth marriage),<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hi-SCgAAQBAJ&q=kay+sutton+actress&pg=PA61|title=Hollywood Death and Scandal Sites:Seventeen Driving Tours with Directions and the Full Story|last=Fleming|first=E. J.|date=September 16, 2015|isbn=9780786496440|pages=61}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uW8pDwAAQBAJ&q=Kay+sutton+actress&pg=PA205|title=Bridging Two Dynasties: The 1947 New York Yankees|last=Spatz|first=Lyle|publisher=University of Nebraska Press|year=2013|isbn=978-0803240940|pages=205}}</ref> In July 1941 Sutton and Cliff Weaver, an actor and Hawaiian sugar planter, eloped and were married in Yuma, Arizona.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kay Sutton a Bride |agency=Associated Press |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1941/07/08/archives/kay-sutton-a-bride.html |access-date=March 20, 2026 |work=The New York Times |date=July 8, 1941 |page=15 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
==Partial filmography== {{Div col}} * ''Roberta'' (1935) - Fashion Model (uncredited) * ''Reckless'' (1935) - Woman with Paul in Audience (uncredited) * ''Old Man Rhythm'' (1935) - College Girl (uncredited) * ''Follow the Fleet'' (1936) - Telephone Operator (uncredited) * ''A Star Is Born'' (1937) - (uncredited) * ''Night Spot'' (1938) - Allan's Wife (uncredited) * ''This Marriage Business'' (1938) - Bella Lawson * ''Vivacious Lady'' (1938) - Woman Exiting Train at Old Sharon (uncredited) * ''The Saint in New York'' (1938)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cdYCAAAAMBAJ&q=The+saint+in+new+york++kay+sutton&pg=PA66|title=New York Magazine|date=1968-11-18|publisher=New York Media, LLC|language=en}}</ref> - Fay Edwards * ''Having Wonderful Time'' (1938) - Camp Guest (uncredited) * ''I'm From the City'' (1938) - Marlene Martindale * ''Smashing the Rackets'' (1938) - Peggy * ''Carefree'' (1938)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vc6imzGc41IC&q=Kay+sutton+carefree&pg=PA29|title=More Movie Musicals|last=Reid|first=John Howard|date=June 2006|isbn=9781411673427|pages=29}}</ref> - Miss Adams * ''The Mad Miss Manton'' (1938) - Gloria Hamilton * ''Lawless Valley'' (1938)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Onscreen and Undercover: The Ultimate Book of Movie Espionage|last=Britton|first=Wesley Alan|publisher=Praeger Publishers|year=2006|isbn=0275992810|pages=40}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Motion Picture Series and Sequels: A Reference Guide|last=Drew|first=Bernard A.|year=1990}}</ref> - Norma Rogers * ''Beauty for the Asking'' (1939) - Miss Whitman * ''Twelve Crowded Hours'' (1939) - Miss Martin (uncredited) * ''The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle'' (1939) - Girl with Stockbrokers (uncredited) * ''S.O.S. Tidal Wave'' (1939) - Laurel Shannon * ''Call a Messenger'' (1939) - Virginia Phillips (uncredited) * ''Man from Montreal'' (1939) - Myrna Montgomery aka Mrs. Myrna Rawlins * ''Balalaika'' (1939) - Girl at the Balalaika (uncredited) * ''The Man Who Talked Too Much'' (1940) - Mrs. Knight (scenes deleted) * ''Laughing at Danger'' (1940) - Mrs. Inez Morton * ''Sky Murder'' (1940) - Texas O'Keefe (uncredited) * ''Li'l Abner'' (1940)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ghv8wjJFyW0C&q=Kay+sutton+li%27l+abner&pg=PA90|title=Ain't that a Knee-slapper: Rural Comedy in the Twentieth Century|last=Hollis|first=Tim|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|year=2008|isbn=978-1934110737|pages=90}}</ref> - Wendy Wilecat * ''The Bank Dick'' (1940) - Young Woman on Bench (uncredited) * ''A Night at Earl Carroll's'' (1940) - Girl Attendant (uncredited) * ''Maisie Was a Lady'' (1941) - House Guest (uncredited) * ''You're Out of Luck'' (1941) - Marjorie Overton * ''The Trial of Mary Dugan'' (1941) - Secretary (uncredited) * ''Sunny'' (1941) - Brunette (uncredited) * ''Sergeant York'' (1941) - Saloon Girl (uncredited) * ''Flying Blind'' (1941)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ehkcZFT8fMoC&q=Kay+sutton+flying+blind&pg=PA113|title=The Espionage Filmography: United States Releases , 1898 through 1999|last=Mavis|first=Paul|year=2001|isbn=9781476604275|pages=113}}</ref> - Miss Danila {{div col end}}
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==External links== {{commons category|Kay Sutton}} * {{IMDb name|id=0840342}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sutton, Kay}} Category:1915 births Category:1988 deaths Category:American film actresses Category:20th-century American actresses Category:People from Irvington, New Jersey Category:Burials at Elmwood Cemetery (Detroit) Category:Actresses from Essex County, New Jersey