# Kay Williams

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**Kathleen Gretchen "Kay" Williams Gable** (August 7, 1916 – May 25, 1983) was an American actress. She appeared in numerous uncredited [bit parts](/source/Bit_part) throughout the 1940s before playing [Hazel Dawn](/source/Hazel_Dawn) in [George Cukor](/source/George_Cukor)'s *[The Actress](/source/The_Actress)* (1953).

## Career

Williams was placed under contract with [Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer](/source/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) in 1943 but appeared in uncredited bit parts for the remainder of the decade.[1]

## Personal life

Williams was married four times. Her first marriage to Charles Capps lasted from 1937 to 1939, after which she was married to [Martín de Álzaga](/source/Mart%C3%ADn_de_%C3%81lzaga_(racing_driver)), an Argentine cattle tycoon, from 1942 to 1943.[1] She was married to Adolph Bernard Spreckels II, a sugar heir, from 1945 until 1952, with whom she had two children (including [Bunker Spreckels](/source/Bunker_Spreckels)).[1] Williams was married to actor [Clark Gable](/source/Clark_Gable) from 1955 until his death in 1960. The couple had one child, a son,[1] who was born after his father's death.[2]

## Death

Williams, who had battled heart ailments during her life, left California to receive treatment at Methodist Hospital in [Houston](/source/Houston), where she died of [heart failure](/source/Heart_failure) on May 25, 1983.[3]

## Filmography

Year Title Role Notes 1943 Du Barry Was a Lady Miss May Uncredited 1943 Swing Fever First Receptionist / Music Publisher Uncredited 1943 Girl Crazy Showgirl Uncredited 1943 Whistling in Brooklyn Office Girl Uncredited 1943 A Guy Named Joe Girl at Bar Uncredited 1944 Rationing Information Girl Uncredited 1944 Two Girls and a Sailor Dream Girl Uncredited 1944 Meet the People Showgirl Uncredited 1944 Marriage Is a Private Affair Pretty Girl Uncredited 1944 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo Girl in Officers' Club Uncredited 1945 This Man's Navy Uncredited 1945 Ziegfeld Follies Ziegfeld Girl Sketch: "Number Please"; uncredited 1947 The Other Love Florist's Assistant Uncredited 1948 Arch of Triumph Mrs. Green Uncredited 1948 No Minor Vices Receptionist Uncredited 1953 The Actress Hazel Dawn

## References

1. ["Clark Gable's widow dead"](https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/05/26/Clark-Gables-widow-dead/6204422769600/). *UPI*. May 26, 1983. Retrieved July 22, 2017.

1. M. Carmen Gómez-Galisteo (29 July 2011). [*The Wind Is Never Gone: Sequels, Parodies and Rewritings of Gone with the Wind*](https://books.google.com/books?id=0tEp4sdrDEkC&pg=PA6). McFarland. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-7864-8636-6.

1. ["Kay Gable, 65, Is Dead; Mother of Film Star's Son"](https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/27/obituaries/kay-gable-65-is-dead-mother-of-film-star-s-son.html). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. May 27, 1983. Retrieved July 25, 2017.

## External links

- [Kay Williams](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931035/) at IMDb

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