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. |
Occupation(s) | 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.
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]
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]
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Dixie, however, is back in the news. Three years ago she 'retired' to run a lounge in Hallandale, Fla., after marrying Bob Herndon, but she's back in New York with a divorce and is Dick Harvey's constant companion at the Harwyn.