The Jean Porter Centennial
The Jean Porter Centennial
Born 100 years ago today: Jean Porter (1922-2018). Porter was a child performer from Cisco, Texas who won “Beautiful Baby” pageants and sang on local radio. Singing in vaudeville with Ted Lewis’s band led to a move to Hollywood where she studied dance at the Fanchon and Marco school. Allan Dwan saw the 14 year old perform there and cast her in his 1936 adaptation of George M. Cohan’s Song and…
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