Wini Shaw started her showbiz career as child in their parents' vaudeville act. In 1934 she made her first screen appearance in a Hollywood movie and got a Warner contract. Her staring roles were mostly in minor movies, but as a specialty singer she appeared in some of the studio's big production. She is best remembered as the girl who introduced ...
At the time of her death she was survived by two children from her union with Leo Cummins: a son, James Cummins; and a daughter, Elizabeth Holding.
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Made only one record because of a clause in her Warner Brothers contract. It was the 78 "Lullaby of Broadway", side A and "I'm Goin Shoppin With You" side B, Decca 408.
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Was best friends with Ruby Keeler.
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She had an unexpected hit in 1976, when "Lullaby Of Broadway" from Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935) made the British record charts.
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Year of birth is sometimes given as 1899 and place of birth as Hawaii.
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Youngest of 13 children.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
King of the Islands
1936
Short
Princess of the Island (as Winifred Shaw)
Broadway Hostess
1935
Winnie (as Winifred Shaw)
Page Miss Glory
1935
Beauty Shop Staff Member (uncredited)
Front Page Woman
1935
Inez (as Winifred Shaw)
In Caliente
1935
Lois (as Winifred Shaw)
The Case of the Curious Bride
1935
Doris Pender (as Winifred Shaw)
Gypsy Sweetheart
1935
Short
Tina (as Winifred Shaw)
Gold Diggers of 1935
1935
Winny Shaw (as Winifred Shaw)
What, No Men?
1935
Short
Saloon Owner
Sweet Adeline
1934
Elysia (as Winifred Shaw)
Wake Up and Dream
1934
Mae LaRue
Gift of Gab
1934
Cabaret Singer (uncredited)
Million Dollar Ransom
1934
Babe
Wild Gold
1934
One of the Golden Girls
I Believed in You
1934
Crowl's Girl Friend (uncredited)
Three on a Honeymoon
1934
Singer
Cross Country Cruise
1934
Singer on Bus (uncredited)
Rhumba Land
1939
Short
Singer
Hats and Dogs
1938
Short
Little Me
1938
Short
'Failed' Singer
September in the Rain
1937
Short
Blue Dye Bottle / Morton Salt Girl (voice)
Melody for Two
1937
Lorna Wray (as Winifred Shaw)
Ready, Willing and Able
1937
Jane Clarke
Smart Blonde
1937
Dolly Ireland (as Winifred Shaw)
Fugitive in the Sky
1936
Autumn Day (as Winifred Shaw)
The CooCoo Nut Grove
1936
Short
Helen Morgan (voice, uncredited)
The Case of the Velvet Claws
1936
Eva Belter (as Winifred Shaw)
Satan Met a Lady
1936
Astrid Ames (as Winifred Shaw)
Romance in the Air
1936
Short
Nora (as Winifred Shaw)
Sons o' Guns
1936
Bernice Pearce (as Winifred Shaw)
The Singing Kid
1936
Blackface Singer (as Winifred Shaw)
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Rhumba Land
1939
Short performer: "The Lady in Red"
Melody for Two
1937
performer: "Jose O'Neill, the Cuban Heel", "Dangerous Rhythm', "An Excuse for Dancing"
Ready, Willing and Able
1937
performer: "Too Marvelous for Words" 1937, "Sentimental and Melancholy" 1937 - uncredited / producer: "Too Marvelous for Words" 1937 - uncredited
Smart Blonde
1937
performer: "Why Do I Have to Sing a Torch Song?" 1937 - as Winifred Shaw, uncredited
Sons o' Guns
1936
performer: "In the Arms of an Army Man" 1936 - uncredited
The Singing Kid
1936
performer: "Save Me, Sister"
King of the Islands
1936
Short performer: "Love Song of Kalua" - uncredited
Broadway Hostess
1935
"Let It Be Me" 1935, uncredited / performer: "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" 1930, "Weary" 1935, "He Was Her Man" 1935, "Who But You" 1935, "Playboy of Paree" 1935 - uncredited
In Caliente
1935
performer: "The Lady in Red" 1935 - uncredited
The Case of the Curious Bride
1935
performer: "It Was a Dark and Stormy Night" - uncredited
Gold Diggers of 1935
1935
performer: "Lullaby of Broadway" 1935 - uncredited
What, No Men?
1935
Short performer: "It Was a Dark and Stormy Night" - uncredited
Sweet Adeline
1934
performer: "Why Was I Born" 1929 - uncredited
Wake Up and Dream
1934
performer: "Too Beautiful for Words"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Busby Berkeley
1974
Documentary
Herself
A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio
1935
Short documentary
Herself (uncredited)
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hollywood Wonderland
1947
Short
Gypsy (clip from "Gypsy Sweetheart" (1935)) (uncredited)
$1.2 Million
