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- Died
- Birth nameEvelyn Nadine Henderson
- Height5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
- Nadine Conner was born on February 20, 1907 in Compton, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Omnibus (1952), General Electric Theater (1953) and Carmen (1952). She was married to Laurance Hugh Heacock and ? Conner. She died on March 1, 2003 in Los Alamitos, California, USA.
- SpousesLaurance Hugh Heacock(1939 - January 27, 1988) (his death, 2 children)? Conner (divorced, first marriage)
- After college she married a USC classmate, but the marriage was dissolved two years later. His last name was Conner and she later adopted his last name for as her new stage name.
- Sang with the Metropolitan Opera in New York, beginning December 1941 (249 performances over 18 seasons).
- Operatic soprano.
- Participated in the first complete opera recorded by the Metropolitan Opera Company in 1947. The opera, released that same year by American Columbia Records, was Engelbert Humperdinck's "Hansel und Gretel," sung in English translation. Singing the role of Hansel, she was joined by fellow Met luminaries Rise Stevens (Hansel), Thelma Votipka (The Witch), Claramae Turner (The Mother), and John Brownlee (The Father). Max Rudolf led the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus for this recording, which remained in print through the early 1980s.
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 93-94. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.
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