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Dixie Lee (born Wilma Winifred Wyatt; November 4, 1909 – November 1, 1952) was an American actress, dancer, and singer. She was the first wife of singer Bing Crosby.
Mar 9, 2021 · Later she chose the stage name Dixie Lee and signed a contract with Fox in 1929, reports CBS Knoxville. She starred in a few films that same year, per IMDB, and would meet Bing Crosby. The following year they got married. Together they had four children, all boys, including twin sons.
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Mar 2, 2022 · Dixie Lee was a Hollywood actress who married Bing Crosby in 1930 and had four sons with him. She died of ovarian cancer in 1952, after losing their home and possessions in a fire in 1943.
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Jun 28, 2022 · Dixie Lee was the first wife of legendary crooner Bing Cosby. Dixie Lee was born in Tennessee on October 4, 1911. The young girl began exuding talent from an early age.
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Dixie Lee was an American Actress, Dancer & Singer. Dixie Lee was the wife of popular singer Bing Crosby, and the mother of Crosby brothers. She is known for her singing, radio career and movies such as Redheads on Parade(1935), Love in Bloom (1935), Manhattan Love Song (1934)
Dixie Lee was born as Wilma Winifred Wyatt on 4th November 1909 in Harriman, Tennessee, United States to Evan Wyatt(Father) & Nora Scarborough(Mother).
Bing Crosby
Dixie met fellow singer and actor Bing Crosby when she was 18 years old, they married on 19th September of 1930 at the Blessed Sacrament Church, Hollywood. Brief Separation: The couple separated after six months of their marriage in March 1931, Dixie stated that two different personalities could not live together, they had decided to remain just friends. Of this, she had stated: However within the next couple of weeks their stand had softened, Dixie confided in her friends that she wasn't ang...
Children
The couple had fours sons- 1. Gary Crosby (born in 1933) 2. Dennis Crosby (born in 1934) 3. Phillip Crosby (born in 1934) 4. Lindsay Crosby (born in 1938) Image: Dixie Lee, Husband Bing Crosby & Sons (Gary, Dennis, Philip, Lindsay) GaryEvan Crosby, the oldest of the siblings, became an actor and a singer, he wrote a memoir of his childhood- "Going My Own Way" in 1983. He died of of lung cancer in Burbank, California in 1995. He has an adopted son named Steven. Phillip and Dennis were born twi...
Death
Dixie Lee died on 1st November 1952 in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States from Ovarian cancer. Her remains are kept at the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. She was just 3 days shy of 43 at the time of her death. Abdominal surgery: She had undergone a surgery just a few days before her death by cancer.
Dixie Carroll: She entered an amateur singing contest in Chicago in 1928, it is here that she first used the stage name "Dixie Carroll". She won the contest and the prize was a paid job at a roadho...Name Change: She changed her name for the second time (from Dixie Carroll) to Dixie Lee for the sake of the movie, so that her name won't be confused with actresses like Nancy Carroll & Sue Carol....She had become quite popular even in her younger years, at the time of her marriage, she was more popular than Bing Crosby who became a very popular singer eventually. Funnily, at the time of her m...Shell Chateau: She worked briefly in a musical radio program aired on NBCSinging
1. You've Got Me Doing Things: A song she had recorded in 1935, it was used in the movie 'Love in Bloom' 2. My Heart Is an Open Book: Her second recording 3. Until the Real Thing Comes Along 4. When a Lady Meets a Gentleman Down South 5. A Fine Romance (1936) 6. The Way You Look Tonight (1936) She recorded and released songs "The Way You Look Tonight" and "A Fine Romance" with her husband Bing Crosby.
Someday I am coming back to the beautiful hills and streams of Tennessee, which will always be home to me.
Dixie Lee was an American actress, singer and dancer who married Bing Crosby and had four sons. She died of ovarian cancer in 1952 at the age of 42, after a turbulent marriage and a successful career in radio and movies.
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- November 4, 1909
Dixie Lee was the first wife of singer Bing Crosby and appeared in at least 16 films from 1929 to 1935. Learn more about her biography, filmography, and trivia on The Movie Database (TMDB).
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Dixie Lee, born Wilma Winifred Bing Crosby, celebrated as one of the most influential entertainers of the 20th century, had a life marked by both soaring success and profound tragedy. At the center of his story was his beloved wife, Dixie Lee, whose life took a heartbreaking turn amidst the glitz and glamour of Hollywood.
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