Dixie Dunbar

American actress (1919-1991)

Dixie Dunbar

Born	Christina Elizabeth Dunbar January 19, 1919 Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.
Died	August 29, 1991 (aged 72) Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actress, singer
Years active	1934–1938

Christina Elizabeth "Dixie" Dunbar^[1] (January 19, 1918 – August 29, 1991) was an American singer, film actress,^[2] and dancer.

Born in Montgomery, Alabama, Dunbar grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. She began studying dancing as a child and went on to sing and dance in nightclubs.^[1]

In 1934, she was Ray Bolger's dancing partner in the revue Life Begins at 8:40, which was staged in Boston.^[3] She also performed in that show on Broadway in 1934-35 and the Broadway productions of Yokel Boy (1939–40)^[4] and George White's Scandals (1934).^[1]

Dunbar's film debut also came in George White's Scandals (1934).^[1] During the 1930s she appeared in a number of Twentieth Century Fox films, including two Jones Family films.^{[citation needed]}

After she left Broadway and films, she returned to nightclubs, performing for a while before she retired.^[1]

Selected filmography

George White's Scandals (1934)
Educating Father (1936)
Sing, Baby, Sing (1936)
One in a Million (1936)
King of Burlesque (1936)
Girls' Dormitory (1936)
Pigskin Parade (1936)
Sing and Be Happy (1937)
Walking Down Broadway (1938)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Hischak, Thomas S. (2008). The Oxford Companion to the American Musical. Oxford University Press. p. 216. ISBN 978-0-19-533533-0. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
^ Green, Stanley (1999). Hollywood Musicals Year by Year. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 50.
^ "Shubert tries out revue in Boston". The New York Times. August 7, 1934. p. 20. Retrieved December 18, 2020 – via ProQuest.
^ "Dixie Dunbar". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on December 18, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.