Phyllis Lynne (born 1919, Alameda, California) was a featured vocalist with Russ Morgan (1941–1943), Chico Marx (pre-cinema entertainment at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles (1943); Vaughn Monroe (1943–1944), Frankie Carle (1944–1945), and Bob Crosby (1945–1946)
Career
Late 1930s
Sometime before 1939, Lynne was in a trio called "The Boys and a Blonde." [1]
Lynne got her first job as a featured vocalist in 1939 on the West Coast with Paul Pendarvis (né Paul Plumley Pendarvis; 1907–1987) [1] [2]
1946
In line with her having done screen tests in Hollywood, Lynne left Crosby late 1946 to accept a role in the musical comedy Toplitzky of Notre Dame ( George Marion, Jr., book and lyrics; Sammy Fain, music) [3] which had pre-Broadway tryout performances (beginning October 31, 1946) in Boston at the Shubert Theatre and (beginning December 2, 1946) in Philadelphia at the Forrest Theatre, then went to the New Century Theatre on Broadway, where it ran for 60 performances over 7 weeks; at some point, Lynne also was a featured vocalist with Tex Williams ... and also Freddy Martin
Around 1949, quit show business
Lynne quit show business to raise dalmatians with her mother, Helen O'Meara, in Van Nuys, California
Returned to show business
When Lynne found that her hobby was expensive, she returned to singing, joining Carl Cotner (né Carl Benjamin Cotner; 1916–1986), Gene Autry's musical director, as vocalist with his band; also in 1950, Lynne sang on ABC from San Francisco in a show called Melody Promenade, with Phil Bavero (né Philip Martin Bavero; 1908–1985) and His Orchestra.
Growing up and family
Lynne was blonde, blue-eyed, 5 ft ++1⁄2 in (1.5 m). She received her primary and secondary education at Sarah Dix Hamlin School (founded 1863) in San Francisco (through mid-11th grade) and graduated from Beverly Hills High School around 1937; [4] she attended UCLA for 1 year.
References
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b "The Drama Desk," by Harold V. Cohen (1906–1969),
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, February 7, 1969, pg. 24 (retrieved July 31, 2017, via
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^ "In This Corner," with
Cedric Adams, Minneapolis Star-Journal September 10, 1940, pg. 15 (retrieved July 31, 2017, via
newspapers.com at
www
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^ "Russ Morgan Has Songstress,"
Amarillo Daily News, May 14, 1941, pg. 6 (retrieved July 31, 2017, via
newspapers.com at
www
.newspapers .com /image /12841353)