Evelyn Dall
{{Short description|American actress (1918–2010)}}
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| name = Evelyn Dall
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| birth_name = Evelyn Mildred Fuss{{cite news |title=Evelyn Dall obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/may/23/evelyn-dall-obituary |access-date=26 April 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=23 May 2010 |language=en}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1918|1|8}}
| birth_place = The Bronx, New York City, United States
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2010|3|10|1918|1|8}}
| death_place = Phoenix, Arizona, United States
| occupation = {{ubl|Actress|Singer}}
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Evelyn Dall (born Evelyn Mildred Fuss; January 8, 1918 – March 10, 2010) was an American singer and actress.Obituary London Independent, May 8, 2010.
Career
Born in The Bronx, New York City, as Evelyn Mildred Fuss, she took her stage name from the surname of two grandchildren of President Franklin D Roosevelt. Dall began her career in short films and in supporting roles on Broadway. In 1935, she was invited to become the female vocalist for Bert Ambrose and his Orchestra, in the UK, where she remained until 1946. She was known there as Britain's "Original Blonde Bombshell".
In 1946, she returned to the United States where she married and raised a daughter and son. Widowed in 1974, Dall moved to Jupiter, Florida, in 1980, then to Arizona in 2002.
Musical films
- 1936 Soft Lights and Sweet Music
- 1937 Calling All Stars
- 1937 Sing as You Swing
- 1938 Kicking the Moon Around
- 1941 He Found a Star
- 1942 King Arthur Was a Gentleman
- 1943 Miss London Ltd.
- 1944 Time Flies
Theater musicals
- 1935 Parade (Broadway)
- 1940 Present Arms (London)
- 1944 Something for the Boys (London)
- 1945 Follow the Girls (London) production
Death
Dall died on March 10, 2010, in Phoenix, Arizona, after an extended illness, aged 92.{{Cite web |url=http://www.evelyndall.com/sub%20pages/Welcome_page.htm |title=Evelyn Dall's official website - notice of death |access-date=2010-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100315170555/http://www.evelyndall.com/sub%20pages/Welcome_page.htm |archive-date=2010-03-15 |url-status=dead }}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0197980}}
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Category:American expatriate actresses
Category:American expatriates in England
Category:American women singers
Category:American film actresses
Category:American musical theatre actresses
Category:American stage actresses
Category:Actresses from the Bronx
Category:Actresses from Phoenix, Arizona
Category:People from Jupiter, Florida
Category:21st-century American women
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