Minnelli's godparents were Kay Thompson and Ira Gershwin.

For years, Minnelli had wanted to record a collection of songs that her godmother Kay Thompson had performed in her nightclub act.

In her second act she performed a series of numbers created by Kay Thompson.

The expedition consists of David, Carl and Mark, as well as Reed's girlfriend, Kay Lawrence ( Julia Adams ), and another scientist, Dr. Edwin Thompson ( Whit Bissell ).

" Several months into the run, she insisted two of her least favorite numbers be replaced by songs written by her friend Roger Edens who, because of his exclusive contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, credited them to Kay Thompson.

In the last 87 years, The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards have recognized some of the most remarkable minds of the 20th century, including Richard Anuskiewicz, Richard Avedon, Harry Bertoia, Mel Bochner, Truman Capote, Paul Davis, Frances Farmer, Red Grooms, Robert Indiana, Bernard Malamud, Joyce Maynard, Joyce Carol Oates, Phillip Pearlstein, Peter S. Beagle, Sylvia Plath, Robert Redford, Jean Stafford, Mozelle Thompson, Ned Vizzini, Kay WalkingStick, Andy Warhol, and Charles White.

Noted Signature recording artists included Anita O ' Day, Coleman Hawkins, Eddie Lawrence, Ray Anthony, Barbara McNair, Monica Lewis, Dickie Thompson, Jane Harvey, Kay Thompson, Alan Dale and the label's Musical Director, Ray Bloch.

Guest, composer Cole Porter and British photographer Cecil Beaton In 1957's Paramount movie musical Funny Face, the character of Maggie Prescott ( as portrayed by Kay Thompson ) was based on Vreeland.

Eventually she graduated to supporting parts after she replaced Kay Thompson in the musical Hooray for What!

It stars Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, and Kay Thompson.

Maggie Prescott ( Kay Thompson ) is a fashion magazine publisher and editor, for Quality magazine, who is looking for the next big fashion trend.

* Kay Thompson as Maggie Prescott

"; a duet with Astaire, "' S Wonderful "; a duet with Kay Thompson called " On How to Be Lovely "; and takes part in an ensemble performance of " Bonjour, Paris !".

The film is jokingly regarded as the first ( and only ) M-G-M musical made at Paramount Studios since Roger Edens was the producer, Stanley Donen was the director, and quite a few of the staff members under the Arthur Freed Unit at Metro ( including Adolph Deutsch, Conrad Salinger, and Skip Martin ), along with Astaire and Kay Thompson, were brought over to Paramount to make this film.

The little girl in the hotel in the segment is based on the Eloise character created by Kay Thompson and the red-haired man is based on John Culhane, the author for the " making of " books for both Fantasia and Fantasia 2000.

Kay Thompson, a former radio star who was now head of the vocal department at MGM, had a nose for talent and she hired the remaining three Williams Brothers to sing in her large choir on many soundtracks for such MGM films as The Harvey Girls ( 1946 ).

By then, Kay Thompson was tired of working behind the scenes at MGM so, with the four Williams boys as her backup singers and dancers, she formed a nightclub act called Kay Thompson and the Williams Brothers.

A complete itinerary of both tours is listed on the Kay Thompson biography website http :// www. KayThompsonWebsite. com.

One of Cadence's most popular songs in the 1950s was Eloise written and sung by Kay Thompson.

* Kay Thompson and The Williams Brothers

Kay Bailey Hutchison and her husband Ray were both members of that freshman class as well as Democratic State Representative Senfronia Thompson, Democratic State Senator John Whitmire, former House Speaker Pete Laney, Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson and Congressman Gene Green.

Her mother, Kay Calista, reversed her own first and middle names in naming her Calista Kay.

Her first major film role was as Kay Adams-Corleone in The Godfather ( 1972 ), but the films that shaped her early career were those with director and co-star Woody Allen beginning with Play It Again, Sam in 1972.

“ A House of Her Own: Kay Sage, Solitary Surrealist .” Women ’ s Review of Books, v. 15 i. 6 ( March 1998 ), p. 4 ff.

* Suther, Judith D. A House of Her Own: Kay Sage, Solitary Surrealist.

**" The Biggest Night of Her Life ", " Let It Rock / Rocking on the Railroad ", " I ’ m a Lonely One ", " Chantilly Lace ", " Day and Night ", " Ex Kay on LX ", " Widdicombe Fair ", " All Along the Watchtower ", " Lawdy Miss Clawdy ", " Tobacco Road ", " The Little Bird ", " Break Up ", " Sun Dog ", " I ’ m Coming Home "

**" Let It Rock / Rocking on the Railroad ", " I ’ m a Lonely One ", " Chantilly Lace ", " Break Up ", " Tobacco Road ", " Widdicombe Fair ", " Lawdy Miss Clawdy ", " Ex Kay on LX ", " The Biggest Night of Her Life ", " Last Minute ", " All Along the Watchtower ", " Sun Dog ", " Hitch Hike ", " The Little Bird ", " Widdicombe Fair " ( alternate version ), " The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian ", " Train Keeps a-Rollin ’", " Tennessee Woman ", " Fishhead ", " New York Mining Disaster ", " Half Breed ", " Day and Night "

Her younger sister, Kay Panabaker, is also an actress.

Her most prominent stage role was as Betty in the hit comedy A Passionate Woman written by Kay Mellor.

Her father Roy Dotrice is an actor, as was her mother Kay Dotrice.

Her siblings were Leota ( born 1927 ), Keleta Pauline " Kay " ( born 1928 ), Gary ( 1931 – 72 ), and Forest Slusher ( 1933 – 2003 ).

Her first movie role was as Kay Butler in the 20th Century Fox crime drama The Laughing Policeman ( 1973 ) starring Walter Matthau, Bruce Dern, and Louis Gossett, Jr.

Her death breaks Michael's spirit, he is crushed and never speaks to Kay again, instead returning to Italy where his true love is buried, living out the rest of his days alone.

Her best friend was Peter's sister, Grace Dobbs, also known as Honey ; her rival for Arthur's affections was Lorraine Lee ; she was friends with Arthur's sister, Lois Farringdon-Pett, and one of her archenemies in High School was the snobbish Kay Vincent.

Her television credits include the soap operas General Hospital ( as Kay ) in 1987 and Knots Landing ( as Ellen ) in 1989.

Her 1930s recordings are available on the CD Kay Thompson: Queen of Swing Vocal & Her Rhythm Singers ( Baldwin Street Records ), produced and annotated by Ted Ono.

Her parents died about 1781, when she was adopted by an uncle, also John Kay, a Manchester solicitor.

They formed the acrobat duo " Lang and Cravat " in the 1930s and soon joined the Kay Brothers circus.

Two miles north of Haight's original settlement, Samuel Holmes built a cabin in 1849 and was soon joined by other settlers from Salt Lake, namely Edward Phillips, John Green, and William Kay.

James Rubin joined to present a new evening programme called World News Tonight, Julie Etchingham presented another new " hard-hitting " evening show called Sky Report, Eamonn Holmes joined to present Sunrise, Kay Burley presented a new programme called Lunchtime Live from 12 to 2pm, and the daytime show Sky News Today saw the introduction of a three-presenter format.

When Brown left the group to join his wife Ella Fitzgerald's band, Heath joined and the group was officially begun in 1952, with Connie Kay replacing Clarke soon afterward.

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he joined the Kay Kyser band in 1938.

The concert received praise from critics as Barlow was joined by guest appearances from Chris Martin, Ellie Goulding, Midge Ure and his bandmates from Take That, while also receiving recorded birthday messages from a number of celebrities such as Chris Moyles, Peter Kay, Elton John and Robbie Williams.

On Monday, September 14, 2009, Bernstein joined The Michael Kay Show on 1050 ESPN Radio in New York as a co-host and update anchor in her first full-time studio co-hosting role and a content contributor to the station's website.

In June 1993, Kay Bailey Hutchison won a special election in Texas, and joined Kassebaum as a fellow female Republican senator.

On September 21, 2008, Kay joined Jon Miller and Joe Morgan to call the seventh inning of ESPN's broadcast of the final home game at Yankee Stadium against the Baltimore Orioles.

Smith and Kay officially started the Croquet Project in late 2001 and were immediately joined by David Reed and Andreas Raab.

John Kay and Goldy McJohn joined this group in Toronto in 1965 and, after some more changes in personnel and relocating to California, the group was renamed Steppenwolf.

Ghidella joined Seven News Brisbane in 2007 and occasionally presents on weeknights filling in for Kay McGrath.

After the breakup of Miller's band in 1942, Purtill went on to play with Kay Kyser until 1944, he then joined the Navy and entered World War II.

They created an acrobatic act, " Lang and Cravat ", in the early 1930s and joined the Kay Brothers circus in Florida.