Blossom Seeley was born on July 16, 1891 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was married to Benny Fields, Rube Marquard and Joe Kane. She died on April 17, 1974 in New York City, New York, USA.
Famous American vaudevillian and nightclub entertainer, jazz and ragtime singer, tagged the "Queen of Syncopation". Her biggest hits included "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans", "Rose Room", "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" and her signature song, "Toddling the Todalo".
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Her third marriage to Benny Fields was the subject of the 1952 Paramount musical Somebody Loves Me (1952), in which they were portrayed by Betty Hutton and Ralph Meeker. It was Hutton's final film for the studio.
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Her second marriage to Baseball Hall of Fame member Rube Marquard, with whom she sometimes performed in vaudeville, was the subject of a 1996 book, "Marquard and Seeley" by Noel Hynd.
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Husband Rube Marquard was a well-known baseball pitcher.
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
American Masters
TV Series documentary 1 episode, 2007 performer - 1 episode, 1997
The Ed Sullivan Show
1960
TV Series performer - 1 episode
All-Star Vaudeville
1935
Short performer: "Why Don't You Practice What You Preach" - uncredited
Blood Money
1933
performer: "On San Francisco Bay" 1906, "My Melancholy Baby" 1911 - uncredited
Blossom Seeley and Bennie Fields
1927
Short performer: "Hello Bluebird", "The Call of the South", "In a Little Spanish Town" - uncredited
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Blood Money
1933
Singer
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
1933
Sybil Smith
Mr. Broadway
1933
Blossom Seeley
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Somebody Loves Me
1952
suggested by career of
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Ed Sullivan Show
1957-1966
TV Series
Herself / Vaudevillian / Singer / ...
The Mike Douglas Show
1964
TV Series
Herself - Singer / Entertainer
The DuPont Show of the Week
1961
TV Series
Herself
The Garry Moore Show
1959-1960
TV Series
Herself
All-Star Vaudeville
1935
Short
Herself
Blossom Seeley and Bennie Fields
1927
Short
Herself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
American Masters
1997
TV Series documentary
Herself
Known for movies
Blossom Seeley and Bennie Fields (1927) as Herself
All-Star Vaudeville (1935) as Herself
Blood Money (1933) as Singer
The Ed Sullivan Show (1957-1966) as Herself / Vaudevillian / Singer / Herself - Singer
$800,000
