India Adams

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India Adams
Los Angeles, California
, U.S.
Died (aged 93)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Years active1943–2020
Known forVoiceover singing and acting
Partner(s)
Jack Stanley
​
​
(m. 1951; div. 1970)​

Quentin Rance
​
​
(m. 1974; died 2016)​
Children2

India Adams (March 5, 1927 – April 25, 2020) was an American singer, known as the playback singer who dubbed the singing voices of Cyd Charisse and Joan Crawford during the mid-1950s.

Career

She dubbed the singing voices for Charisse in The Band Wagon (1953).[1][2] That same year, she also dubbed for Crawford in Torch Song (1953).[3][4]

Adams lived in England from 1965 to 1981.[5] There, from 1969 to 1970, she was the understudy to Ginger Rogers for the West End stage production of Mame at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.[6]

In 1991, together with two other prominent ghost singers,

Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.[7][8]

After spending another twenty years out of the public eye, Adams reappeared in early 1991, when she performed with several other singers at the Catalina Bar and Grill. She still remained active performing in clubs and musicals.[5]

Personal life and death

Adams married advertising executive Jack Stanley in 1951. Adams died at the age of 93 on April 25, 2020.[9]

Discography

  • India Adams Sings! (ca. 1980s)[10]
  • Comfort Me with Apples – with
    RCA Victor
    , 1959)
  • India Adams Sings Again (ca. 1980s)[10]

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-411-67342-7 – via Google Books
    .
  2. ISBN 978-0-141-92658-2
    .
  3. ISBN 978-0-813-14411-5
    – via Google Books.
  4. ISBN 978-0-786-73236-4
    – via Google Books.
  5. ^ a b "Ghost singer India Adams appears". Los Angeles Times. January 14, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  6. ISBN 978-0-313-29177-7
    .
  7. ^ "Voices' Revue to Open Aug. 27". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  8. ISBN 978-1-429-94208-9
    – via Google Books.
  9. Broadway World
    . Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  10. ^ a b Barnes, Mike (April 28, 2020). "India Adams, Secret Singer in 'The Band Wagon' and 'Torch Song,' Dies at 93". The Hollywood Reporter.

External links

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