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Kim Stanley

Kim Stanley

2 films · 55 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19641983

Born 11 February 1925 · Tularosa, New Mexico, USA · died 20 August 2001

Kim Stanley was an American actress, primarily in televsion and theatre, but with occasional film performances.

She began her acting career in theatre, and subsequently attended the Actors Studio in New York City, New York. She received the 1952 Theatre World Award for her role in The Chase (1952), and starred in the Broadway productions of Picnic (1953) and Bus Stop (1955). Stanley was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for her roles in A Touch of the Poet (1959) and A Far Country (1962).

During the 1950s, Stanley was a prolific performer in television, and later progressed to film, with a well-received performance in The Goddess (1959).

Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 55 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19641983

  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie1985
  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie1963
  • Theatre World Award1952
  • Donaldson Awards

How their films are shot

Measured across 55 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Kim takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 2 films we hold, 56% of their frames are night, 45% low key — the look of the work Kim takes.

Time of day

Night56%
Day35%
Interior6%

Lighting

Low key45%
Natural25%
High key15%
Chiaroscuro13%

Shot size

Medium40%
Closeup38%
Wide15%
Fullbody4%

Camera angle

Eye level85%
Low angle13%

Mood

Neutral61%
Tense24%
Ominous12%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 55 frames from Kim Stanley's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.