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Portia Nelson
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Me in You and You in Me
- There's a Hole in My Sidewalk
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1933-04-29
bluescomposercountrycountry popfartheroutlaw country
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 468
- Total plays
- 2,133
Tags
female vocal
Betty Mae Nelson (Portia Nelson), actress, singer and songwriter: born Brigham City, Utah 27 May 1920; died New York 6 March 2001. PORTIA NELSON was one of the most popular cabaret singers of the 1950s, the era when such New York supper clubs as Bon Soir and the Blue Angel featured glamorously gowned singers of sophisticated songs. Nelson was also a composer, a Hollywood vocal coach to stars including Susanna Foster and Rock Hudson, and an actress, appearing as Sister Berthe in the film version
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Nelson
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Brigham City
- Place of death
- New York
- Occupation
- film actor
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Columbia Records
- Voice type
- soprano
Show 5 more facts
- date of death
- 2001-03-06
- date of birth
- 1920-05-27
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1945-00-00
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