1. Annette Warren was still actively performing in 2017 at the age of 95.
14 Facts About Annette Warren
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Annette Warren was discovered in 1945 by vocal coach and arranger Phil Moore, who arranged her first recordings.
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Annette Warren made her radio debut October 4,1946, on Meredith Willson's Sparkle Time program on CBS.
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Annette Warren headlined clubs and theaters in London and across the US, including the Bon Soir, the Blue Angel and the St Regis Hotel Maisonette in New York City and Ye Little Club in Beverly Hills.
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Annette Warren co-starred as Mrs Peachum in the off-Broadway revival of The Threepenny Opera with Jerry Orbach, Ed Asner and Beatrice Arthur and was seen in the musical Livin' The Life with Alice Ghostley and Edward Villella.
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Annette Warren was seen on screen in the films Midnight Frolics and The Devil's Sleep.
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Annette Warren's first dubbing assignment was for the film Lured in 1947, followed by The Paleface in 1948, in which she sang for Iris Adrian.
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Annette Warren dubbed the singing voice for Lucille Ball in Sorrowful Jones in 1949, and Fancy Pants in 1950.
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Annette Warren provided all of the female voices for John Hubley's UPA short Rooty Toot Toot, which was voted No 41 of the "50 Greatest Cartoons" of all time and was nominated for an Academy Award for "Best Animated Short Film".
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Annette Warren is notable for recognizing the talent of Connie Converse, and for incorporating her songs into her permanent repertoire.
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Annette Warren recorded for such labels as Capitol Records, Verve Records, ABC Paramount Records, and Outstanding Records, and was married for 54 years to jazz musician Paul Smith, with whom she occasionally performed.
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Annette Warren co-starred over a 20-year period with fellow "ghost singers" India Adams, Betty Wand and Jo Ann Greer in the musical revue Hollywood's Secret Singing Stars.
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In January 2016, Annette Warren sang at the La Cicada Club in Los Angeles at a party held to celebrate the release of Lyn Stanley's album Interlude.
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Annette Warren had been instrumental in encouraging Stanley to embark on her jazz-singing career in 2012.