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 nightclubs ...

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

Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario. Hamilton has a 2021 Canadian census, population of 569,353 (2021), and its Census Metropolitan Area, census metropolitan area, which encompasses ...

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

Hollywood, California Hollywood, sometimes informally called Tinseltown, is a List of districts and neighborhoods in Los Angeles, neighborhood and district in the Central Los Angeles, central region of Los Angeles County, California, within the city of Los Angeles. ...

. 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"
''

'', September 19, 1967, p. B-9 When Sherwood was 9 years old, producer

Samuel Goldwyn Samuel Goldwyn (; born Szmuel Gelbfisz; ; July 1879 (most likely; claimed to be August 27, 1882) January 31, 1974), also known as Samuel Goldfish, was a Polish-born American film producer and pioneer in the American film industry, who produce ...

signed her to a film contract.

Career

Her film and television roles included juvenile roles as Betty in ''

They Shall Have Music ''They Shall Have Music'' is a 1939 musical film directed by Archie Mayo and starring famed violinist Jascha Heifetz (as himself), Joel McCrea, Andrea Leeds, and Gene Reynolds. The screenplay concerns a young runaway who finds his purpose in life ...

'' (1939) and High School Singer in ''

Let's Make Music ''Let's Make Music'' is a 1941 American musical film directed by Leslie Goodwins and starring Bob Crosby, Jean Rogers and Elisabeth Risdon. It was produced by RKO Pictures and written by Nathanael West. The film's songs include the classic " B ...

'' (1941). As an adult, she appeared as Meelah in ''

Blonde Savage ''Blonde Savage'' is a 1947 American adventure film directed by Steve Sekely and written by Gordon Bache. The film stars Leif Erickson (actor), Leif Erickson, Gale Sherwood, Veda Ann Borg, Douglass Dumbrille, Frank Jenks, and Matt Willis. It was ...

'' (1947), Ellen Forrester in ''

Rocky ''Rocky'' is a 1976 American independent film, independent sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the first installment in the Rocky (film series), ''Rocky'' franchise and also star ...

'', Sophia in ''

Song of My Heart ''Song of My Heart'' is a 1948 American historical drama film directed by Benjamin Glazer and starring Frank Sundström, Audrey Long and Cedric Hardwicke. It is a highly fictionalised biopic of the nineteenth century Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich ...

'' (1948), Yvonne in '' Naughty Marietta'' (TV 1955),

Morgan Le Fay Morgan le Fay (; Welsh language, Welsh and Cornish language, Cornish: Morgen; with ''le Fay'' being garbled French language, French ''la Fée'', thus meaning 'Morgan the Fairy'), alternatively known as Morgan , Morgain /e Morgant Mor ...

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 Berber fighters, against French colonia ...

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

'' in 1967 with the

Los Angeles Civic Light Opera The Los Angeles Civic Light Opera (LACLO) was an American theatre/opera company in Los Angeles, California. Founded under the motto "Light Opera in the Grand Opera manner" in 1938 by impresario Edwin Lester, the organization presented fifty season ...

. After she retired from performing, she lived in

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, Florida.

Death

Sherwood died on New Year's Eve in 2017, at the age of 88, in Florida. 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 ''The Hollywood Palace'' was an hourlong American television variety show broadcast Saturday nights (except September 1967 to January 1968, when it aired on Tuesday nights) on ABC from January 4, 1964, to February 7, 1970. Titled ''The Satur ...

'' 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 Singers from Ontario