Helen Morgan: Helen Morgan. Actress: Show Boat. Before the tragic legacies of songbird icons Édith Piaf, Billie Holiday and Judy Garland took hold, there was the one...the original...lady who sang the blues and started the whole "bawl" rolling. Like her successors, Helen Morgan lived the sad songs she sang...and more. She started her life fittingly enough on August 2, 1900 in very humble surroundings. Her father was an Illinois dirt farmer and school...
Known For: Show Boat (Julie), Applause (Kitty Darling), Show Boat (Julie LaVerne [prologue]), Go Into Your Dance (Luana Wells)