# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kay-kendall
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:37:14.664Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kay-kendall"
name: "Kay Kendall"
slug: "kay-kendall"
description: "Justine Kay Kendall McCarthy was an English actress and singer. She began her film career in the musical film London Town (1946), a financial failure. Kendall worked regularly until her appearance in the comedy film Genevieve (1953) brought her widespread recognition. Prolific in British films, Kendall also achieved some popularity with American audiences, and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for her role in the musical-comedy film Les Girls (1957)."
tagline: "English actress (1927-1959)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kay_Kendall_in_The_Adventures_of_Quentin_Durward_trailer.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1927-05-21"
deathDate: "1959-09-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.64
  momentum:             0.2834008097165992
  historical:           22.45985866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0447608/"
    handle:    "nm0447608"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Kay Kendall"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "케이 켄들"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Кендалл, Кэй"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Кеј Кендал"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q269153"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/142385"
    title: "Kay Kendall"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump