Ione Shannon Bolin (January , â€" March , ) was an American actress
and singer. A March , , article in The Mason City Globe-Gazette said
that she was "known as 'The Lady with the Dark Blue Voice.'"Ione
Shannon Bolin was born in the small town of Spencer, South Dakota, on
Jan. , . Her parents were Gracie Elsie Bolin and Harry Bolin, a hotel
owner who raised horses during the Depression. In an interview she
said her father named her Ione “because I was born on the first of
January, which is -, or -one. That’s South Dakota humor for
you.†At age , she headed to the East Coast to pursue a career as a
singer. In Washington, D.C., Bolin worked for CBS Radio and during
World War II she became the host of her own musical program. She
auditioned in in New York for the New Opera Company and won a place
in the ensemble.Bolin portrayed Meg Boyd in both the original Broadway
production and the film version of Damn Yankees.
and singer. A March , , article in The Mason City Globe-Gazette said
that she was "known as 'The Lady with the Dark Blue Voice.'"Ione
Shannon Bolin was born in the small town of Spencer, South Dakota, on
Jan. , . Her parents were Gracie Elsie Bolin and Harry Bolin, a hotel
owner who raised horses during the Depression. In an interview she
said her father named her Ione “because I was born on the first of
January, which is -, or -one. That’s South Dakota humor for
you.†At age , she headed to the East Coast to pursue a career as a
singer. In Washington, D.C., Bolin worked for CBS Radio and during
World War II she became the host of her own musical program. She
auditioned in in New York for the New Opera Company and won a place
in the ensemble.Bolin portrayed Meg Boyd in both the original Broadway
production and the film version of Damn Yankees.
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