Kate Smith

Acting

Birth date

May 1, 1907

Birth place

Greenville, Virginia, USA

Death date

June 17, 1986

Biography

Kate Smith was an American contralto. Known as The First Lady of Radio, she was famed for her rendition of "God Bless America" (which in her later years she sang live for the Stanley Cup champion Philadelphia Flyers.) Beloved as the "Songbird of the South" she recorded dozens of albums and chart topping songs.

Filmography