Dorothy Collins

Dorothy Collins November 18 1926 – July 21 1994 Was A Canadian-Born Singer And Actress.
Born Marjorie Chandler In Windsor Ontario Collins Shot To Fame As The Lead Vocalist On The Long-Running Television Series Your Hit Parade On Which She Sang And Often Acted Out In Costume The Popular Songs Of The Day. Additional TV Credits Include The Steve Allen Show The Bell Telephone Hour The Hollywood Palace And Candid Camera As Both A Participant In The Stunts And Co-Host With Allen Funt. Collins Was Married To Raymond Scott From 1952 Until Their Divorce In 1965. They Had Two Daughters Deborah And Elizabeth. With Scott She Recorded Many Advertizing Jingles And The 1957 Album "At Home With Dorothy And Raymond". In 1966 She Married Actor/singer Ron Holgate With Whom She Had A Daughter Melissa. The Two Eventually Divorced. In 1971 Collins Made Her Broadway Debut In Stephen Sondheim's Follies Portraying A One-Time Ziegfeld-Style Showgirl Trapped In A Disappointing Marriage. Her Dramatic Rendition Of "Losing My Mind" Routinely Stopped The Show And Was One Of The Production's Highlights. Her Performance Won Her A Tony Award Nomination As Best Actress In A Musical But She Lost To Co-Star Fellow Canadian-Born Actress Alexis Smith The Two Actresses Died Within A Year Of Each Other. She Died From Respiratory Distress As A Result Of A Long-Standing Pulmonary Disease Asthma At Her Home In Upstate Watervliet New York Survived By Her Three Daughters. read less