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Kate Smith
Person

Kate Smith

Specialty
Acting
Birth
May 1, 1907 · 79 years
Death
June 17, 1986
Origin
Greenville, Virginia, USA

Technical Alias

Kathryn Elizabeth SmithThe Songbird of the South

Professional Trajectory

Kate Smith was an American contralto. Known as The First Lady of Radio, she was famed for her rendition of "God Bless America" (which in her later years she sang live for the Stanley Cup champion Philadelphia Flyers.) Beloved as the "Songbird of the South" she recorded dozens of albums and chart topping songs.

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