Lily Pons: Lily Pons. Actress: I Dream Too Much. Of Italian and French ancestry, famed operatic soprano Lily Pons was born Alice Josephine Pons near Cannes, France in 1898. She studied the piano as a child and entered the Paris Conservatoire at age 13. At the onset of World War I in 1914, which interrupted her education, Lili moved to Cannes with her mother and younger sister where she played piano and...
Known For: I Dream Too Much (Annette Monard), That Girl from Paris (Nicole 'Nikki' Martin), Hitting a New High (Suzette, aka Oogahunga, the Bird-Girl), Carnegie Hall (Lily Pons)