Dixie Dunbar

Born: 1919-01-19 in Montgomery, Alabama, USA

Died: 1991-08-29

Known For: Acting

Biography

Christina Elizabeth "Dixie" Dunbar was an American singer and film actress. After dancing in big band orchestras, nightclubs and classy restaurants, she made her film debut at age 16 in George White's Scandals as well as on Broadway in Life Begins at 8:40 with Ray Bolger and Bert Lahr from Wizard of Oz. During the 1930s, she appeared in a number of Twentieth Century Fox films, including two Jones Family films.

Filmography

1944

Take It or Leave It as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1938

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm as Receptionist
Walking Down Broadway as Tiny Bronson
Alexander's Ragtime Band as Specialty
Once Over Lightly as Judy Kapouris
Love on a Budget as Betty Fisher
Freshman Year as Dotty Wright

1937

Sing and Be Happy as Della Dunn
One in a Million as Goldie
Cinema Circus as Herself (uncredited)

1936

Girls' Dormitory as Luisa
Pigskin Parade as Ginger Jones
Educating Father as Millicent
King of Burlesque as Marie
Sing, Baby, Sing as Telephone Operator
The First Baby as Maude Holbrook
Back to Nature as Mabel

1935

Professional Soldier as Entertainer

1934

George White's Scandals as Patsy Day