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- Birth nameMarian Maud Runnells
- She always wanted to be a jazz singer and quit college to work in jazz clubs and strip joints. As a result, her parents disowned her. Before long, she was signed by a record company and achieved stardom on American television in the early '60's. As she didn't like the way things were going in the States following the assassinations of Kennedy and Martin Luther King, she came to Britain when she was 23. She met Laurie Holloway and started working for the B.B.C..
- IMDb mini biography by: Tonyman 5
- SpouseLaurie Holloway(1965 - July 22, 2002) (her death, 1 child)
- A non-smoker, Montgomery said her lung cancer had been caused by years of passive smoking in jazz clubs and cabaret.
- Her favourite singers are Peggy Lee and Ray Charles.
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