Lorraine Bridges


Lorraine Bridges was an American actress and singer who was known for her ability to hit high notes.
Bridges was a native of Oklahoma, where she was a singer for radio station WKY early in her career.
Bridges was a contract player at Paramount; the studio dropped her in 1935. She was signed by MGM three weeks later.
Bridges performed as a vocal stand-in, often uncredited, for actresses in popular films such as for BIllie Burke in The [Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz] and Jeanette MacDonald in New Moon, Bitter Sweet, and Smiling Through.
Bridges also performed on stage, including with the St. Louis Municipal Opera in the 1942 season. She had a show at The Palace in New York in 1951. A Variety review of her show described her as "a fine lyric soprano whose voice occasionally achieves the qualities of a coloratura". She married Leonard Ceeley in 1943. They were principal players in the Marx brothers revue A Day at the Races.
She appeared in a number of shows in England, including an adaptation of Cyrano [de Bergerac (play)|Cyrano de Bergerac] titled Gardenia Lady, which was written, composed, produced by and costarred her husband Leonard Ceeley, in Leeds in 1947.
Her husband, Leonard Ceeley, died in 1977.

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