Abbe lane biography
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Abbe Lane: A Child Star Who Grew Up a LOT
December 14, 1932 was the natal day of Abbe Lane (Abigail Francine Lassman).
Born in Brooklyn, young Francine Lassman was all of four years old when she first appeared on the radio and fem when she was featured in the Vitaphone short Toyland Casino in 1938, where she sang a song called “Five and Ten Cent Soldiers on Parade” before lines of tap-dancing kids of kids in military costumes. Vaudeville was dead bygd the time she broke in, but there was plenty of radio work for a kid performer, and redovisning houses for live appearances.
In the early 50s, she broke through on every conceivable front, she married bandleader Xavier Cugat, being appearing on tv variety shows, got parts in movies (many of them Italian-made), and sang on record albums. In 1958, she starred with Tony Randall in the huvudgata show Oh Captain! In 1964, she split with Cugat, but it didn’t seem to hurt her career much. She pushed the en
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Abbe Lane (born December 14, 1932) is an American singer and actress.
Born Abigail Francine Lassman to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York, Lane began her career as a child actress on radio, and from there she progressed to singing and dancing on Broadway.
Married to Xavier Cugat from 1952 until their divorce in 1964, Lane achieved her greatest success as a nightclub singer, and was described in a 1963 magazine article as "the swingingest sexpot in show business". Cugat's influence was seen in her music which favoured Latin and rumba styles. In 1958 she starred opposite Tony Randall in the Broadway musical Oh, Captain! but her recording contract prevented her from appearing on the original cast album of the show. On the recording, her songs were performed by Eileen Rodgers. Lane later recorded her songs on a solo album. The most successful of her records was a 1958 album collaboration with Tito Puente titled Be Mine Tonight.
Apart from working solo, Lane frequent
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