Dixie Lee

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Dixie Lee (actually Wilma Winifred Wyatt , born November 4, 1911 in Harriman , Tennessee , † November 1, 1952 in Holmby Hills , Los Angeles ) was an American actress and jazz singer .

Life

From the late 1920s onwards, Lee worked as an actress, dancer and singer in several Hollywood productions, directing a. a. by David Butler , Sidney Lanfield , Norman Z. McLeod , Elliott Nugent and Frank Tuttle . She also recorded in 1935 with the swing bandleader Orville Knapp ( Got Me Doin 'Things / My Heart Is an Open Book , Decca Records ). She had been married to Bing Crosby since 1930 ; the marriage had four children, Gary Crosby , the twins Dennis and Phillip, and Lindsay. She died of ovarian cancer in 1952 . Shortly before her death, she entered the Roman Catholic Church.

Crosby biographer Gary Giddins describes Lee as a shy, withdrawn person who, like her husband, was an alcoholic.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1929: Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 (Director: David Butler)
  • 1929: Why Leave Home? (Director: Raymond Cannon)
  • 1929: Harmony at Home (Directed by Hamilton MacFadden)
  • 1930: Let's Go Places (Director: Frank R. Strayer)
  • 1930: The Big Party (Director: John G. Blystone)
  • 1930: Cheer Up and Smile (Direction: Sidney Lanfield)
  • 1931: No Limit (Director: Frank Tuttle)
  • 1931: Night Life in Reno (Directed by Raymond Cannon)
  • 1934: Manhattan Love Song (Director: Leonard Fields)
  • 1935: Love in Bloom (Director: Elliott Nugent)
  • 1935: Redheads on Parade (Director: Norman Z. McLeod)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed October 15, 2014)
  2. ^ Catholic News Service, Newsfeeds, December 22, 1952
  3. ^ Gary Giddins: Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams: The Early Years, 1903-1940 . Little, Brown and Company, 2001. ISBN 0-316-88188-0 .
personal data
SURNAME Lee, Dixie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wyatt, Wilma Winifred (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress and jazz singer
DATE OF BIRTH November 4, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Harriman , Tennessee
DATE OF DEATH November 1, 1952
Place of death Holmby Hills , Los Angeles