India Adams Explained
| India Adams |
| Birth Date: | March 5, 1927 |
| Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Actress, singer |
| Years Active: | 1943–2020 |
| Known For: | Voiceover singing and acting |
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| Children: | 2 |
India Adams (March 5, 1927 – April 25, 2020) was an American singer, known as the playback singer who dubbed the singing voices of Cyd Charisse and Joan Crawford during the mid-1950s.
Career
She dubbed the singing voices for Charisse in The Band Wagon (1953).[1] [2] That same year, she also dubbed for Crawford in Torch Song (1953).[3] [4]
Adams lived in England from 1965 to 1981.[5] There, from 1969 to 1970, she was the understudy to Ginger Rogers for the West End stage production of Mame at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London.[6]
In 1991, together with two other prominent ghost singers, Jo Ann Greer and Annette Warren, she starred in the cabaret revue Voices, produced by Alan Eichler, under the musical direction of John McDaniel, at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.[7] [8]
After spending another twenty years out of the public eye, Adams reappeared in early 1991, when she performed with several other singers at the Catalina Bar and Grill. She still remained active performing in clubs and musicals.
Personal life and death
Adams married advertising executive Jack Stanley in 1951. Adams died at the age of 93 on April 25, 2020.[9]
Discography
- India Adams Sings! (ca. 1980s)[10]
- Comfort Me with Apples – with Ray Martin and His Orchestra (RCA Victor, 1959)
- India Adams Sings Again (ca. 1980s)
External links
Notes and References
- Book: Reid, John Howard . More Movie Musicals . 14 . 2006 . . 978-1-411-67342-7 . Google Books.
- Book: Thomson, David . David Thomson (film critic) . 'Have You Seen...?': A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films Including Masterpieces, Oddities and Guilty Pleasures (with Just a Few Disasters) . 167 . 2008 . Penguin Books . 978-0-141-92658-2.
- Book: Quirk . Lawrence . Schoell . William . Joan Crawford: The Essential Biography . 170 . 2013 . . 978-0-813-14411-5 . Google Books.
- Book: Bret, David . Joan Crawford: Hollywood Martyr . 192, 274 . 2008 . . 978-0-786-73236-4 . Google Books.
- News: Ghost singer India Adams appears . . 14 January 2011 . 13 June 2013.
- Book: Faris, Jocelyn . Ginger Rogers: A Bio-Bibliography . 30 . 1994 . . 978-0-313-29177-7.
- News: Voices' Revue to Open Aug. 27 . . 13 June 2013.
- Book: Staggs, Sam . Born to Be Hurt: The Untold Story of Imitation of Life . 106 . . 2009 . 978-1-429-94208-9 . Google Books.
- News: Wild . Stephi . Actress and Singer India Adams Dies at 93 . . 28 April 2020 . 28 April 2020.
- News: Barnes . Mike . India Adams, Secret Singer in 'The Band Wagon' and 'Torch Song,' Dies at 93 . The Hollywood Reporter . April 28, 2020.
