Georgia Carroll

Opera Singer

Birthday November 18, 1919

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace Blooming Grove, TX

DEATH DATE Jan 14, 2011 (91)

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About

Singer and model with Kay Kyser's big band orchestra in the 1930s and 1940s.

Before Fame

She was a successful model in Dallas, Texas and moved to New York to continue modeling and pick up parts in Broadway plays, like the musical Louisiana Purchase.

Trivia

She not only sang with the variety-act Kay Kyser and His Kollege of Musical Knowledge, but was personally involved with Kyser and appeared in three of his films.

Family Life

She and Kay Kyser had two daughters and five grandchildren.

Associated With

As an actress, her best-known role was arguably as Betsy Ross in the 1942 musical Yankee Doodle Dandy.