![]() ![]() ![]() This led to a regular spot on The Fred Waring-Ford Dealers Show (NBC, 1934–35) and then, with conductor Lennie Hayton, she co-founded The Lucky Strike Hit Parade (CBS, 1935) where she met (and later married) trombonist Jack Jenney. Her first big break was as a regular singer on the Bing Crosby-Woodbury Show Bing Crosby Entertains (CBS, 1933–34). ![]() Thompson began her career in the 1930s as a singer and choral director for radio. ![]() Thompson's siblings were: Blanche Margaret Hurd, George "Bud" Fink, Jr. Thompson's parents were married on November 29, 1905, in East St. Louis, Missouri, in 1909, the second of the four children of Leo George Fink, a Jewish, Austrian-born pawnbroker and jeweler, and his American born wife, Harriet Adelaide "Hattie" Tetrick, a Christian. Thompson was born Catherine Louise Fink in St. She became famous for creating the Eloise children's books and for her role in the movie Funny Face. Kay Thompson (born Catherine Louise Fink Novem – July 2, 1998) was an American author, singer, vocal arranger, vocal coach, composer, musician, dancer, actress, and choreographer. Hilary Knight's 1996 portrait of Kay Thompson for Vanity Fair ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |