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Canova, Judy (1916–1983)
American comedian and singer. Born Juliet Canova on November 20, 1916, in Jacksonville, Florida; died of cancer on August 5, 1983, in Hollywood, California; married twice; children: two daughters, Diana Canova (b. June 1, 1953, a television actress) and Juliette Canova.
Selected films:
In Caliente (1935); Thrill of a Lifetime (1937); Artists and Models (1937); Scatterbrain (1940); Puddin' Head (1941); Sis Hopkins (1941); Sleepytime Gal (1942); Joan of the Ozarks(1942); Chatterbox (1943); Louisiana Hayride (1944); Hit the Hay (1945); Singin' in the Corn (1946); Honeychile (1951); WAC from Walla Walla(1952); Oklahoma Annie (1952); Untamed Heiress (1954); Carolina Cannonball (1955); The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn(1960); Cannonball (1976).
Known for her hillbilly antics and an earsplitting yodel, comedian Judy Canova was part of a family vaudeville team before landing a part on Broadway in Flo Ziegfeld's Calling All Stars, in 1934. Her break came the following year when Hollywood director Busby Berkeley gave
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Notes:
Also known as: Judy
Judy Canova became famous for her country singing and comedy on radio, then later bridged this fame to Broadway and movies. Details of Judy Canova's acting career can be found on the Internet Movie Database.
[Notes by Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide:] The Florida-born daughter of a cottonbroker father and concert-singer mother, Judy Canova joined her siblings in a radio singing act in Jacksonville when she was 10-years old. Judy had hoped to attend the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, but the exigencies of the Depression depleted her family's income. Relocating in New York City with her mother, Judy studied tap-dancing, taught a contortion-dancing class, and hit the nightclub circuit. Discovered by Rudy Vallee, Judy became a solo "hillbilly" singer on Vallee's radio show, then worked on bandleader Paul Whiteman's series, establishing herself as a cornpone comedienne. After appearing with her brother and sister in a 1934 Hollywood stage revue, Judy made her movie debut in Warner Bros. In Caliente, singing a comic reprise of the film's hit song "The La
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Judy Canova (Juliette Canova, November 20, 1913 – August 5, 1983) was an American comedienne, actress, singer, and radio personality. She appeared on Broadway and in films. She hosted her own network radio program, a popular series broadcast from 1943 to 1955.
Born in Starke, Florida to Henrietta Perry, a singer, and Joseph Francis Canova, a businessman. Judy Canova began her show-business career with a family vaudeville routine. She joined her sister Annie and brother Zeke, and their performances as the Three Georgia Crackers took them from theaters in Florida to a club in Manhattan, the Village Barn. Canova sang, yodeled, and played guitar and she was typed as a wide-eyed likable country bumpkin, often barefoot, and wearing her hair in braids, sometimes topped with a straw hat. Sometimes, she was introduced as The Ozark Nightingale, although she had no connection to the region.
When bandleader Rudy Vallée offered her a guest spot on his radio show in 1931, The Fleischmann Hour, the door opened to a career that spanned more than five decades. The popularity of the Canova family
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