Gale Sherwood (born Jacqueline Nash;Sherwood stated in 1967 that her birth name was Jacqueline Nutt. See Thomas, Bob
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'', September 19, 1967, p. B-9 March 4, 1929 – December 31, 2017) was a Canadian singer and actress. She was best known as the singing partner of

Nelson Eddy Nelson Ackerman Eddy (June 29, 1901 – March 6, 1967) was an American actor and baritone singer who appeared in 19 musical films during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as in opera and on the concert stage, radio, television, and in nightclub ...

from 1953 until his death in 1967.

Early life

The daughter of Mrs. Minette Nash,"Goldwyn Discovers New Child Singer"
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'', April 5, 1939, p. 1, via Newspapers.com, accessed July 10, 2018 Sherwood was born in

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and graduated in 1945 from the Mar-Ken School, a preparatory high school that catered to children in (or with parents in) the entertainment industry in

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. Her mother began training her musically when Sherwood was 18 months old. She became the youngest person to sing on the

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when she did so at age 3 and a half. At the age of 5 she began singing on Canadian radio, three years before her family moved to California.Thomas, Bob
"Gale Sherwood, Eddy Partner, Makes Debut"
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'', September 19, 1967, p. B-9 When Sherwood was 9 years old, producer

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signed her to a film contract.

Career

Her film and television roles included juvenile roles as Betty in '' They Shall Have Music'' (1939) and High School Singer in ''

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'' (1941). As an adult, she appeared as Meelah in ''Blonde Savage'' (1947), Ellen Forrester in ''

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'', Sophia in '' Song of My Heart'' (1948), Yvonne in '' Naughty Marietta'' (TV 1955),

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in '' A Connecticut Yankee'' (TV 1955) and Margot, opposite Eddy, in ''

The Desert Song ''The Desert Song'' is an operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel. It was inspired by the 1925 uprising of the Riffs, a group of Moroccan fighters, against French colo ...

'' (TV 1955). Sherwood sang with Eddy on television and in his nightclub act from 1953 until his death in 1967. Her stage roles included Julie in ''

Show Boat ''Show Boat'' is a musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on Edna Ferber's best-selling 1926 novel of the same name. The musical follows the lives of the performers, stagehands and dock worke ...

'' in 1967 with the

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. After she retired from performing, she lived in

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, Florida.

Death

Sherwood died in the State of Florida on New Year's Eve in 2017, at the age of 88. She was divorced from her first husband, Howard Wayne McCoy, Jr., and was the widow of Charles Edward Francis.Lulay, Gail
"Acknowledgements"
''Nelson Eddy, America's Favorite Baritone: An Authorized Biographical Tribute'', Authors Choice Press (2000), p. i,

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*
"Nelson Eddy & Gale Sherwood"
1963, re-released in 2012
Publicity photo of Sherwood
in ''The Desert Song''
Sherwood singing with Nelson Eddy
on '' The Hollywood Palace'' in 1965 at 49:55 {{DEFAULTSORT:Sherwood, Gale 1929 births 2017 deaths Canadian film actresses Canadian sopranos Canadian emigrants to the United States Actresses from Hamilton, Ontario Musicians from Hamilton, Ontario