Ethel Shutta (pronounced "shoo-TAY"; December , â€" February , ) was
an American actress and singer, who came to prominence through her
performances on Jack Benny's radio show, her role in the early Eddie
Cantor musical Whoopee!, and her Broadway comeback in Follies at the
age of . In a vote held by Radio Stars, she came in second place,
behind Annette Hanshaw, as the best "female popular singer."By age
seven, she was known as "the little girl with the big voice". Together
with her mother, Augusta, and her brother, Jack, she and her family
toured as the Pee Wee Minstrels. Their family name was originally
Schutte. The father, Charles, was the manager. They also played in
vaudeville as The Three Shuttas. She debuted on Broadway in The
Passing Show of , and then in a series of Florenz Ziegfeld productions
including Louie the th () and Whoopee! ().Shutta married band leader
George Olsen in , and the couple appeared in clubs across the country.
They appeared on the Jack Benny Canada Dry Radio Show, which debuted
in on NBC radio. Her rendition of the song Rock-a-Bye Moon became
Benny's theme song.[self-published source]
an American actress and singer, who came to prominence through her
performances on Jack Benny's radio show, her role in the early Eddie
Cantor musical Whoopee!, and her Broadway comeback in Follies at the
age of . In a vote held by Radio Stars, she came in second place,
behind Annette Hanshaw, as the best "female popular singer."By age
seven, she was known as "the little girl with the big voice". Together
with her mother, Augusta, and her brother, Jack, she and her family
toured as the Pee Wee Minstrels. Their family name was originally
Schutte. The father, Charles, was the manager. They also played in
vaudeville as The Three Shuttas. She debuted on Broadway in The
Passing Show of , and then in a series of Florenz Ziegfeld productions
including Louie the th () and Whoopee! ().Shutta married band leader
George Olsen in , and the couple appeared in clubs across the country.
They appeared on the Jack Benny Canada Dry Radio Show, which debuted
in on NBC radio. Her rendition of the song Rock-a-Bye Moon became
Benny's theme song.[self-published source]
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