Actor
Helen O'Connell
May 23, 1920 · Lima, Ohio, USA
Helen O'Connell was an American singer, actress, and hostess, described as "the quintessential big band singer of the 1940s."
O'Connell launched her career as a big-band singer with Larry Funk and his Band of a Thousand Melodies. She was singing with Funk's band in Greenwich Village when Jimmy Dorsey's manager discovered her.
