Gale Sherwood(1929-2017)

American actress and operatic singer (soprano), born Jacqueline Nutt, in Hamilton, Ontario. She began her career on Canadian radio at the age of five. Her family later moved to California where she was enrolled in Hollywood's Mar-Ken school, graduating in 1945. For more than fourteen years, Gale made a name for herself as half of a nightclub and stage double act with Nelson Eddy, singing duets originally made famous by Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald. She also had a brief Hollywood career, beginning as a child actress in They Shall Have Music (1939) under the Hollywood-imposed stage name Jacqueline Nash. As Gale Sherwood, she later starred in the title role of Blonde Savage (1947), a PRC Poverty Row jungle adventure. The picture was directed by journeyman Steve Sekely who was so delighted with the result that he elected to get himself credited as 'S.K. Seely'. Gale had a couple more leads in the children's film Rocky (1948) (about a boy and a dog -- not the boxer), Song of My Heart (1948) (a rarely seen minor Tchaikovsky biopic, released by Allied Artists) and a made-for-television version of the musical The Desert Song (1955), in which she starred as Margot opposite Nelson Eddy. After Eddy's death in 1967, Gale appeared in the musical 'Showboat' at the Los Angeles Musical Centre. She retired soon after and lived the rest of her life in Florida where she passed away at the age of 88.