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Kiss Me Kate

Kiss Me Kate1953

★6.5109 minMusicComedyRomance

A pair of divorced actors are brought together to participate in a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course, the couple seem to act a great deal like the characters they play, and they must work together when mistaken identities get them mixed up with the mafia.

Director

Writer

Dorothy Kingsley

Score

Stars

Kathryn Grayson Howard Keel Ann Miller

Cast39

Kathryn Grayson
as Lilli Vanessi, "Katherine"
Howard Keel
as Fred Graham, "Petruchio"
Ann Miller
as Lois Lane, "Bianca"
Keenan Wynn
as Lippy
Bobby Van
as "Gremio"
Tommy Rall
as Bill Calhoun, "Lucentio"
James Whitmore
as Slug
Kurt Kasznar
as "Baptista"
Bob Fosse
as "Hortensio"
Ron Randell
as Cole Porter
Willard Parker
as Tex Callaway
Dave O'Brien
as Ralph
C
Claud Allister
as Paul
Ann Codee
as Suzanne
Carol Haney
as Specialty Dancer
J
Jeanne Coyne
as Specialty Dancer
D
David Bair
as Gregory (uncredited)
H
Herman Belmonte
as Actor in Play (uncredited)
L
Lulu Mae Bohrman
as Audience Member (uncredited)
R
Ralph Brooks
as Audience Member (uncredited)
D
Dick Cherney
as Actor in Play (uncredited)
Gene Coogan
as Audience Member (uncredited)
M
Michael Dugan
as Stretcher Bearer (uncredited)
T
Ted Eckelberry
as Nathaniel (uncredited)
K
Kay Garrett
as Audience Member (uncredited)
H
Herschel Graham
as Audience Member (uncredited)
M
Maria Haro
as Actress in Play (uncredited)
S
Sam Harris
as Audience Member (uncredited)
A
Al Haskell
as Actor in Play (uncredited)
Bill Hickman
as Audience Member (uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis
as Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack
as Audience Member (uncredited)
M
Maurice Marks
as Actor in Play (uncredited)
Philo McCullough
as Audience Member (uncredited)
H
Hans Moebus
as Audience Member (uncredited)
Hermes Pan
as Sailor (uncredited)
M
Mitchell Rhein
as Actor in Play (uncredited)
Stephen Soldi
as Actor in Play (uncredited)
William Tannen
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

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