Nan Wynn, born Marsha Vatz (May 8, 1915 - March 21, 1971) was an American big-band singer, and Broadway and film actress. She sang and recorded throughout the 1930s and 1940s with the Emery Deutsch, Rudy Vallee, Eddie Duchin, Richard Himber, Hal Kemp, Hudson-DeLange, Raymond Scott, Teddy Wilson and Freddie Rich orchestras. Wynn was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania and grew up in Wheeling, West Virginia, where she attended high school, and sang in the school choir.
Vaudevillian, radio singer and big band vocalist with the orchestras of Eddie Duchin, Richard Himber, Hal Kemp, Raymond Scott, Teddy Wilson and Freddie Rich. Her career stalled in 1949 after the surgical removal of a cancerous growth from her throat.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Rock 'Em Cowboy
1958
Short
Nan Wynn
Intrigue
1947
Dinner Club Singer ['Intrigue']
Jam Session
1944
Nan Wynn
Presenting Miss Nan Wynn
1944
Short
Is Everybody Happy?
1943
Kitty O'Riley
Princess O'Rourke
1943
Nightclub Singer
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
1943
Singer (uncredited)
Pardon My Sarong
1942
Luana
My Gal Sal
1942
Sally Elliott (singing voice, uncredited)
Million Dollar Baby
1941
Flo
A Shot in the Dark
1941
Dixie Waye
Queens of the Air
1938
Short
Nan Wynn
Freddie Rich and His Orchestra
1938
Short
Nan Wynn
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Intrigue
1947
performer: "Intrigue"
Jam Session
1944
performer: "Brazil Aquarela do Brasil"
Is Everybody Happy?
1943
performer: "Am I Blue?"
Princess O'Rourke
1943
performer: "Honorable Moon" 1943
You Were Never Lovelier
1942
performer: "Dearly Beloved" 1942, "I'm Old Fashioned" 1942 - uncredited
performer: "ON THE GAY WHITE WAY", "COME TELL ME WHAT'S YOUR ANSWER, YES OR NO", "OH, THE PITY OF IT ALL", "HERE YOU ARE", "ON THE BANKS OF THE WABASH", "ME AND MY FELLA AND A BIG UMBRELLA", "MY GAL SAL"
Million Dollar Baby
1941
performer: "Who Is in Your Dreams Tonight" 1941 - uncredited
A Shot in the Dark
1941
performer: "I'm Just Wild About Harry" 1921, "For You" 1930, "It Just Happened"
On the Air
1939
Short performer: "Tea for Two" - uncredited
Queens of the Air
1938
Short performer: "I'm Yours"
Freddie Rich and His Orchestra
1938
Short performer: "The Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomond" ca. 1745 - uncredited
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