Anita O'Day AKA Anita Belle Colton Born: 18-Oct-1919 Birthplace: Chicago, IL Died: 23-Nov-2006 Location of death: Los Angeles, CA Cause of death: Pneumonia Remains: Buried, Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, CA
Gender: Female Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Singer/Songwriter Nationality: United States Executive summary: Feminine master of scat Father: James Colton Mother: Gladys Gill Husband: Don Carter (never consummated, div.) Husband: Carl Hoff (pro golfer, m. 1943)
High School: Nicholas Senn High School, Chicago, IL
NEA Jazz Master 1997 Tonsillectomy Abortion multiple Drug Overdose heroin, Los Angeles (1966) Risk Factors: Dyslexia, Alcoholism, Heroin, Smoking
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer (30-Apr-2007) · Herself The Outfit (Oct-1973) · Herself Zigzag (1970) · Sheila Mangan Jazz on a Summer's Day (28-Mar-1960) · Herself The Gene Krupa Story (Dec-1959) · Herself
Official Website: http://www.anitaoday.com/
Author of books:
High Times, Hard Times (1981, memoir)
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