Dixie Dunbar
Dixie Dunbar | |
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| Born | Christina Elizabeth Dunbar January 19, 1919 Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | August 29, 1991 (aged 72) Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Occupations | Actress, singer |
| Years active | 1934–1938 |
| Spouse(s) | Gene Snyder (m. 1941; div. 1952) Robert M. Herndon (m. 1954; div. 1957) Jack L. King (m. 1958; died 1979[citation needed]) |
Christina Elizabeth "Dixie" Dunbar[1] (January 19, 1919 – August 29, 1991) was an American singer, film actress,[2] and dancer.
Early life and career
[edit | edit source]Born in Montgomery, Alabama, Dunbar grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. She began studying dancing as a child and went on to sing and dance in nightclubs.[1]
In 1934, she was Ray Bolger's dancing partner in the revue Life Begins at 8:40, which was staged in Boston.[3] She also performed in that show on Broadway in 1934-35 and the Broadway productions of Yokel Boy (1939–40)[4] and George White's Scandals (1934).[1]
Dunbar's film debut also came in George White's Scandals (1934).[1] During the 1930s she appeared in a number of Twentieth Century Fox films, including two Jones Family films.[citation needed]
After she left Broadway and films, she returned to nightclubs, performing for a while before she retired.[1] In the early 1950s, she performed in television commercials for Old Gold cigarettes, dancing enclosed in a representation of a cigarette pack with only her legs visible.[5]
Personal life and death
[edit | edit source]Dunbar married three times: to choreographer Gene Snyder from 1941 to 1952,[6][7][8] to Robert M. Herndon from 1954 to 1957,[9][10] and to Jack L. King from October 1958 until his death.[11]
She died on August 29, 1991, in Miami Beach, Florida, aged 72. She had had a series of heart attacks.[5]
Selected filmography
[edit | edit source]- George White's Scandals (1934)
- Educating Father (1936)
- Sing, Baby, Sing (1936)
- One in a Million (1936)
- King of Burlesque (1936)
- Girls' Dormitory (1936)
- Pigskin Parade (1936)
- Sing and Be Happy (1937)
- Walking Down Broadway (1938)
- Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
- Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
References
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- ^ Winchell, Walter (February 14, 1941). "On Broadway". The Dayton Herald. p. 14. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
- ^ Wilson, Earl (September 19, 1952). "Earl Wilson". Los Angeles Daily News. p. 24. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
- ^ [ "Marriage Over: Dixie Dunbar to Resume Career"]. The Atlanta Journal. December 23, 1952. p. 21. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
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- ^ "Florida Marriage Index, 1822–1875 and 1927–2001," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VJKS-3BM : 28 November 2014), Jack L King, Oct 1958; from "Florida, Marriage Collection, 1822–1875 and 1927–2001," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2006); citing Florida Department of Health, Jacksonville, Florida; and Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Dixie Dunbar at IMDb
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