Personal Info
Helen O'Connell
Acting
Biography
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.
O'Connell joined the Dorsey band in 1939 and achieved her best selling records in the early 1940s with "Green Eyes", "Amapola," "Tangerine" and "Yours." In each of these Latin-influenced numbers, Bob Eberly crooned the song which Helen then reprised in an up-tempo arran…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
TV Shows
The Hollywood Palace
as Self - Singer · 1 ep.
Miss USA
as Self - Presenter · 6 ep.
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self · 3 ep.
Here's Hollywood
as Host · 67 ep.
Startime
as Self · 1 ep.
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self · 2 ep.
Miss Universe
as Host · 6 ep.
The George Gobel Show
as Self · 2 ep.
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self · 1 ep.