Born: 25-Dec-1900
Birthplace: Deepwater, MO
Died: 8-Jul-1969
Location of death: Florence, Italy
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Brookside Cemetery, Englewood, NJ

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Singer

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Operatic mezzo-soprano

Father: Frank Leslie Swarthout
Mother: Ruth Wonser
Sister: Roma
Husband: Harry Richmond Kern (m. 22-Mar-1925, d. 1931)
Husband: Frank M. Chapman, Jr. (singer, m. 1932)

    High School: Central High School, Kansas City, MO (1920)
    Conservatory: Bush Conservatory of Music, Chicago

    Mu Pi Delta
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 7060 Hollywood Blvd. (recording)
    Heart Attack 1954
    Open Heart Surgery

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Ambush (20-Jan-1939)

Author of books:
Come Soon, Tomorrow (1943, novel)

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