Dixie Lee
Actor
Biography
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Wilma Winifred Wyatt (November 4, 1911 – November 1, 1952) better known as Dixie Lee was an American actress, dancer, and singer. She was the first wife of singer Bing Crosby.
Born Wilma Winifred Wyatt in Harriman, Tennessee on November 4, 1911 to Evan Wyatt and the former Nora Scarborough. She adopted the professional name "Dixie Carroll" to enter an amateur singing contest in Chicago in May, 1928. She won the contest and the prize was a job as a singer at a roadhouse called College Inn. Whilst working there, she was spotted by a talent scout and given a part in the traveling company of Good News. A film contract was subsequently offered and Winfield Sheehan of the Fox film studio changed her name to Dixie Lee, to avoid confusion with actresses Nancy Carroll and Sue Carol.
She appeared in at least 16 films from 1929 to 1935.
Filmography
Night Life in Reno
as Dorothy Pierce 1931
Manhattan Love Song
as Geraldine Stewart 1934
No Limit
as Dotty 'Dodo' Potter 1931
Love in Bloom
as Violet Downey 1935
Fox Movietone Follies of 1929
as Lead Dancer 1929
Happy Days
as Lead Dancer in 'Crazy Feet' number 1929
The Big Party
as Kitty Collins 1930
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
as Self (archive footage) 2014
Why Leave Home?
as Billie 1929
Harmony at Home
as Rita Joyce 1930
Cheer Up and Smile
as Margie 1930
Redheads on Parade
as Ginger Blair 1935