13 Facts About Connie Haines

Connie Haines's mother Mildred JaMais died about sixteen months after her daughter, shortly before her 111th birthday.

Connie Haines began performing at age 4 as a singer in Pick Malone's Saucy Baby Show in Savannah, and by age 9 had a regular radio show performing as "Baby Yvonne Marie, the Little Princess of the Air".

Connie Haines became the lead singer on The Abbott and Costello Show from 1942 to 1946.

Connie Haines performed in a number of films, including Duchess of Idaho.

Connie Haines later did a television show with Frankie Laine.

Connie Haines was pregnant with her second child and performing at the Biltmore Bowl in Los Angeles when she began to have trouble walking.

Connie Haines had to cancel the show and enter a hospital.

In 2002, Connie Haines was in an automobile accident that broke two vertebrae in her neck.

In 1969, Connie Haines became hostess of the Prize Movie weekday broadcast on Channel 7 in San Francisco.

Connie Haines first ministered with a church in Sacramento, California, and later worked with Christ Church Unity in El Cajon, California.

In 1981, Connie Haines described herself as "an ambassadoress for Home Savings and Loan," adding that the firm provided concerts to raise funds for charities.

Connie Haines died of myasthenia gravis on September 22,2008, at age 87.

Connie Haines was survived by her son, daughter, sister and 109-year-old mother, Mildred JaMais.