Cass Elliot (born Ellen Naomi Cohen; September , â€" July , ), also
known as Mama Cass, was an American singer and actress who is best
known for having been a member of the Mamas and the Papas. After the
group broke up, she released five solo albums. In , she was
posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for her work
with the Mamas and the Papas.Ellen Naomi Cohen was born in Baltimore,
Maryland, on September , , the daughter of Bess (née Levine; â€") and
Philip Cohen (died ). All four of her grandparents were Russian Jewish
immigrants. Her family was subject to significant financial stresses
and uncertainties during her childhood years. Her father, involved in
several business ventures throughout his life, ultimately succeeded
through the development of a lunch wagon business in Baltimore which
provided meals to construction workers. Her mother was a trained
nurse. Elliot had a brother, Joseph, and a younger sister, Leah, who
also became a singer and recording artist. Elliot's early life was
spent with her family in Alexandria, Virginia, before the family moved
to Baltimore when Elliot was , and where they had briefly lived at the
time of Elliot's birth.
known as Mama Cass, was an American singer and actress who is best
known for having been a member of the Mamas and the Papas. After the
group broke up, she released five solo albums. In , she was
posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for her work
with the Mamas and the Papas.Ellen Naomi Cohen was born in Baltimore,
Maryland, on September , , the daughter of Bess (née Levine; â€") and
Philip Cohen (died ). All four of her grandparents were Russian Jewish
immigrants. Her family was subject to significant financial stresses
and uncertainties during her childhood years. Her father, involved in
several business ventures throughout his life, ultimately succeeded
through the development of a lunch wagon business in Baltimore which
provided meals to construction workers. Her mother was a trained
nurse. Elliot had a brother, Joseph, and a younger sister, Leah, who
also became a singer and recording artist. Elliot's early life was
spent with her family in Alexandria, Virginia, before the family moved
to Baltimore when Elliot was , and where they had briefly lived at the
time of Elliot's birth.
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