Dorothy Shay
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Dorothy Shay (April 11, 1921 – October 22, 1978) was an American popular comedic recording artist in the late 1940s and early 1950s, who later became a character actress. She was known as the "Park Avenue Hillbillie." Shay was born Dorothy Sims in Jacksonville, Florida. When she began her career as a 'straight' singer, she took vocal lessons to lose her Southern accent. She sang for the USO during World War II. Dorothy changed her name to "Shay" in order to not be confused with Ginny Simms <a
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Dorothy
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Jacksonville
- Place of death
- Santa Monica
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Imperial
- Image
- Dorothy Shay circa 1940s.jpg
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- place of burial
- Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
- date of death
- 1978-10-22
- date of birth
- 1921-04-21
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1945-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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