| Christina Aziz |
An American actress, born in Brooklyn, New York, USA on November 26, 1917. She received a star on the Walk of Fame in 1960. She married actor Glenn Langan (1951-1991) with whom she had her only son, Tracy, and remained with him until his death. She is known for Ladies of the Chorus (1948), Armored Car Robbery (1950), and Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951). She was born to working-class parents of Norwegian origins and worked as a dancer in her teens for entertainment in nightclubs. After studying for several years in a Manhattan dance studio and after graduating from Grover Cleveland High School, she worked in the Broadway band with Moss Hart and presented classical songs and became the first showgirl in New York to present many shows in Broadway theaters. She signed a contract with Fox Company to present musical films, and she moved to Columbia Company with a 7-year contract to present dramatic films and crime films. She worked on television, until she gave birth to her child Traci, so she left art for some time to take care of her son. She retired in 1956 and devoted herself to her home and her husband. She died a year after the death of her son, Tracy, on November 22, 2002, in California, USA, of pneumonia.
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