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Alton Glen "Glenn" Miller (March 1, 1904 – December 15, 1944) was an American big band conductor, arranger, composer, trombone player, and recording artist before and during World War II, when he was an officer in the US Army Air Forces. [1]
Pat Friday (born Helen Patricia Freiday; August 4, 1921 – June 21, 2016) [1] was an American singer who worked with Glenn Miller on his films in the early 1940s.
Miller and his wife Helen officially became her foster parents, allowing them to serve as Hutton's chaperone while performing in these venues. [ citation needed ] Hutton considered herself more an entertainer than a singer, [ 5 ] and became an important part of the Miller band. [ 6 ]
The film follows big band leader Glenn Miller (1904–1944) from his early days in the music business in 1929 through to his 1944 death when the airplane he was flying in was lost over the English Channel during World War II. Prominent placement in the film is given to Miller's courtship and marriage to Helen Burger, and various cameos by ...
Upon realizing the airplane and Miller were missing, Major General Orvil Anderson, Deputy Commander for Operations of the Eighth Air Force, ordered a search and investigation. Miller was not found. Mrs. Glenn (Helen) Miller accepted her husband's Bronze Star Medal at a ceremony at Miller's New York business office on March 23, 1945. [7]
Eighty years ago on Aug. 27th, 1944, the great American bandleader Glenn Miller performed at a base some 60 miles north of London, RAF Twinwood, the hub and airfield he frequently flew in and out ...
Actor Harry Morgan, a well known veteran of dozens of later television roles including December Bride, Dragnet and M*A*S*H, portrayed MacGregor in the 1953 Universal Pictures biography, The Glenn Miller Story. James Stewart and June Allyson were cast as Miller and his wife, Helen. MacGregor, seen as a close friend to Miller and his family, was ...
The Glenn Miller Story: Helen Burger Miller Executive Suite: Mary Blemond Walling Woman's World: Katie Baxter Alternative title: A Woman's World: 1955 Strategic Air Command: Sally Holland The Shrike: Ann Downs The McConnell Story: Pearl "Butch" Brown 1956 The Opposite Sex: Kay Hilliard You Can't Run Away from It: Ellen "Ellie" Andrews 1957 ...