Dragonette, Jessica (1900–1980)
Dragonette, Jessica (1900–1980)
American actress and radio singer. Born Feb 14, 1900, in India; died Mar 18, 1980, in New York, NY; m. Nicholas M. Turner, 1947.
Raised in a convent, having been orphaned as a child; began professional singing career in The Miracle (1924), followed by The Student Prince, Earl Carroll's Vanities and The Grand Street Follies; sang for 22 years on radio's "Cities Service Concerts," "The Philco Hour," "Ford Summer Show," and "Saturday Night Serenade."
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