| Christina Aziz |
An American singer and actress, born in Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA. She won a Golden Boot Award in 2002. She married three husbands and did not have children. Her most important works include Smoky River Serenade (1947), Call of the Canyon (1942), My Buddy (1944), and Pistol Packin' Mama (1943).
She was born to Irish-American parents, and at a young age, she learned from her mother to play the piano and sing at home. Her father worked as a bouncer. She began to enter amateur talent competitions in the local area and won many of them. At the age of 12, she sang with the Paul Ash Chicago Theater Orchestra.
She later moved to Miami to sing in nightclubs and prestigious hotels, then signed a contract with Fox. She made her first film at the age of 16, Love and Hisses (1937), then she joined Republic Pictures and appeared in the Western film Call of the Canyon (1942).
During her film career, she continued her singing career in a limited way, and when she finished the movie Smoky River Serenade (1947), her contract with Republic ended. She married in 1947 for the second time and traveled with her husband to Canada.
She quit working for 10 years, and she separated from her husband in 1957, then resumed her career. The New Interns (1964) was her last work, and she married in 1966 and retired from acting permanently to devote herself to her married life. She died in Rancho Mirage, California, USA on March 11, 2016.
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