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Kay Thompson (born Catherine L. Fink, November 9, 1908, St. Louis,
Missouri – July 2, 1998, New York City) was an American author,
composer, musician, actress, and singer.
Kay Thompson was born to parents Leo George (born ca. 1875), an Austrian
immigrant, and Hattie A. (born ca. 1888), a native of Kansas. The second of
four children, Kay had three other siblings: sisters M. Blanche (born ca.
1907) and Marian A. (born ca. 1915); and a brother, Leo George, Jr. (born
ca. 1913). The Finks raised their family in St. Louis, where father Leo was
a jewelry store owner.
Radio Thompson began her career in the 1930s as a singer and choral
director for radio. This led to appearances with the Tom Coakley band and
later with Waring's Pennsylvanians, where she met (and briefly married)
trombonist Jack Jenney. The "Kay Thompson Swing Choir", which first
appeared uncredited on an André Ko
