From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ella Logan
Ella Logan
Ella Logan (March 6, 1913 – May 1, 1969) was a Scottish-
born actress and singer, who appeared on Broadway,
Family
recorded and had a nightclub career in the United States She was married to Fred Finklehoffe, a playwright and
and internationally. producer, from 1942 until the marriage dissolved in ei-
ther 1954 or 1956. They had no children. Her niece is
the actress/chanteuse Annie Ross (born as Annabelle
Early years McCauley Allan Short) and her nephews were Jimmy Lo-
She was born as Georgina Allan in Glasgow,[1] where she gan, a Scottish TV star, and Allan Kemble, a Comedy Uni-
was raised. She began performing under the name Ella cycle entertainer who was an international headline at-
Allan as a child. traction on the continent and in world cabaret and stage
venues.
Career
She went on to become a band singer in music halls. At
Death
the age of 17 in 1930, she made her debut in the West End Ella Logan died of cancer in Burlingame, California, aged
of London in Darling! I Love You. She toured Europe in the 56.
early 1930s. Logan eventually emigrated to the U.S. and
began to sing at various clubs and to record jazz on the
British Columbia label (part of EMI).
References
She then appeared in several Hollywood films, in- [1] "Swing when you’re Scottish"
cluding Flying Hostess (1936), 52nd Street (1937) and The
Goldwyn Follies (1938). She appeared in several Broadway
shows in the 1930s and early 1940s, but traveled to
Links
Europe and then Africa during World War II to entertain • Ella Logan at the Internet Movie Database
the troops. She also appeared on The Ed Wynn Show and • Answers.com biodata
The Colgate Comedy Hour in the 1940s and 1950s. • Profile of Ella Logan
Logan returned to Broadway as Sharon McLonergan • Another profile of Logan
in the original production of Finian’s Rainbow, singing the • Ella Logan’s IBDb bio
show’s most famous song, How Are Things in Glocca Morra? • Photo of Ella Logan
but did not return to Broadway after that. In 1954, she Persondata
was cast in a proposed animated film adaptation of Fin- Name Logan, Ella
ian’s Rainbow and re-recorded the score with Frank Si-
Alternative names
natra, among others. But the film was canceled, and the
recordings were not released until the 2002 box set Sina- Short description
tra in Hollywood 1940-1964. She recorded the show’s songs Date of birth March 6, 1913
for a second time in 1954 for the LP Finian’s Rainbow re- Place of birth
leased by Capitol Records in 1955, the second of her two
solo albums. Date of death May 1, 1969
In the 1950s, she became an international nightclub Place of death
performer, appearing at such venues as the Copacabana
and the Waldorf-Astoria in New York as well as in London
and Paris. She also appeared on television. In May 1956,
she appeared in London with Louis Armstrong and His
All-Stars. She continued to work occasionally in clubs, on
television, and in theatrical stock productions, into the
1960s.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ella Logan
Categories:
• 1913 births
• 1969 deaths
• American film actors
• American musical theatre actors
• American television actors
• People from Burlingame, California
• People from Glasgow
• Naturalized citizens of the United States
• American people of Scottish descent
• Scottish female singers
• Scottish emigrants to the United States
• Cancer deaths in California
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