Helen O'Connell
Acting 5 Movies 9 TV Shows
Born
May 23, 1920
Died
September 9, 1993
Place of Birth
Lima, Ohio, USA
Biography
Helen O'Connell was an American singer, actress, and hostess, described as "the quintessential big band singer of the 1940s." O'Connell launched her career as a big-band singer with Larry Funk and his Band of a Thousand Melodies. She was singing with Funk's band in Greenwich Village when Jimmy Dorsey's manager discovered her. O'Connell joined the Dorsey band in 1939 and achieved her best selling…
