Film & TV
Known for
- My Little Chickadee — Salvation Army Girl (uncredited)1940
- The Nurse from Brooklyn — Minor Role1938
- The Jury's Secret — Bit Role1938
- Show Boat1936
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Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Roché (January 9, 1918 – February 16, 1999) was an American blues singer, who became most famous with her cover of the song "Take the "A" Train". She recorded with the Savoy Sultans, Hot Lips Page, Duke Ellington, Charles Brown and Clark Terry. Roché was born in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. She settled in New York in 1939, started her career by winning an Apollo Theater amateur talent contest, sang with the Savoy Sultans from 1941 to 1942, then with Duke Ellington
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- Lifespan
- 1920–1999
- Nationality
- US
- Role / Field
- Singer, Singers
- Gender
- Female
Recorded by 10 libraries
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Betty
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Wilmington
- Place of death
- Pleasantville
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Prestige
- Image
- Betty Roche Apr 1943.tif
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- date of birth
- 1918-01-09
- date of death
- 1999-02-16
- start of work period
- 1939-00-00
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