Gertrude Niesen
Acting
July 8, 1911
Died March 27, 1975 (63 years old)
New York City, New York, USA
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Acting Credits
Biography
Gertrude Niesen was an American torch singer, actress, comedian, and songwriter who achieved popular success in musicals and films in the 1930s and 1940s. Niesen began singing as a career in the early 1930s, first appearing (credited as Gertrude Nissen) with Roger Wolfe Kahn and His Orchestra and Artie Shaw in a Vitaphone short film, Yacht Party. On old-time radio, Niesen was the featured singer on The Ex-Lax Big Show and host of The Show Shop, on NBC-Blue. She recorded for Victor, Columbia, ...
Known For
Filmography
The Babe Ruth Story
1948
as Nightclub Singer
6.1
This Is the Army
1943
as World War One Vocalist
5.7
He's My Guy
1943
as Singer
6.5
Rookies on Parade
1941
as Marilyn Fenton
10
Start Cheering
1938
as Sarah
6.9
Top of the Town
1937
as Gilda Norman
6
Keeps Rainin' All the Time
1934
as Herself
4
The Yacht Party
1932
as Gertrude Nissen
7.3