Wini Shaw

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Wini Shaw
San Francisco, California, U.S.
DiedMay 2, 1982(1982-05-02) (aged 75)
, U.S.
Other namesWinifred Shaw; Wini O'Malley; Winifred O'Malley
Occupations
  • Actress
  • dancer
  • singer
Years active1934–1939
Spouse(s)Leo Cummins (divorced)
William O Malley
(m. 1955)
Children3

Wini Shaw (c. 1907 – May 2, 1982), sometimes credited as Winifred Shaw, was a 20th century American actress, dancer and singer.

Early life

She was born as Winifred Lei Momi in about 1907 in San Francisco, the youngest of 13 children of Hawaiian descent.[1]

Some sources suggest she was born in 1910, while the Social Security Death Index under her married name Wini O'Malley suggests she was born in 1907.

Career

Shaw began her entertainment career as a child in her parents'

Warner Brothers musical films in the 1930s. She is best remembered for introducing the song "Lullaby of Broadway" in the musical film Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935).[2]

Shaw's only recording, with Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra, was "Lullaby of Broadway" and "I'm Goin' Shoppin' with You". Both songs were from the film, and the recording was made on February 28, 1935.

She also sang "

drag.[2]

In 1937 she filmed a complicated duet live on the sound stage with a reciting and speaking Ross Alexander as she sang "Too Marvelous for Words" for the finale of Ready, Willing, and Able.

Shaw appeared in a brief revival of the production of Simple Simon (1931) on Broadway in New York City.[3]

During World War II, she toured service camps and

USO, sometimes as part of the Jack Benny or Larry Adler troupes.[4]

Filmography

Screenshot from the trailer for the film Smart Blonde (1937)

References

  1. ^ "Wini Shaw". Oxford Reference. Oxford University Press. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
  2. ^
    ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved August 5, 2019.
  3. ^ Database (undated). "Wini Shaw" profile at IBDb. Accessed January 26, 2010.
  4. National Geographic Magazine
    , vol. 86, no. 6, December 1944, picture & caption, p.763.

External links