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Alice Joséphine Pons, known professionally as Lily Pons, was a French-American operatic soprano and actress who had an active career from the late 1920s through the early 1970s. As an opera singer she specialized in the coloratura soprano repertoire and was particularly associated with the title roles in Lakmé and Lucia di Lammermoor. In addition to appearing as a guest artist with many opera houses internationally, Pons enjoyed a long association with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, where she performed nearly 300 times between 1931 and 1960.
Birth Name
Alice Joséphine Pons
Born
Tuesday, 12 April 1898
Died
Friday, 13 February 1976
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Front | Self - 1953 Inauguration Gala | 1976 |
Great Performances | Self | 1971 |
The Eddie Fisher Show | Self | 1957 |
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show | Herself - Coloratura Soprano | 1956 |
The Dave Garroway Show | Self | 1953 |
Person to Person | Self | 1953 |
This Is Your Life | Self | 1952 |
All Star Revue | Self | 1950 |
The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self | 1950 |
The Bob Hope Show | Self | 1950 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Front | Self - 1953 Inauguration Gala | 1976 |
Great Performances | Self | 1971 |
The Eddie Fisher Show | Self | 1957 |
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show | Herself - Coloratura Soprano | 1956 |
The Dave Garroway Show | Self | 1953 |
Person to Person | Self | 1953 |
This Is Your Life | Self | 1952 |
All Star Revue | Self | 1950 |
The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self | 1950 |
The Bob Hope Show | Self | 1950 |
What's My Line? | Herself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall | Herself | 1948 |
The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
Carnegie Hall | Lily Pons / Herself | 1947 |
Hitting a New High | Suzette, aka Oogahunga, the Bird-Girl / Suzette | 1937 |
That Girl from Paris | Nicole 'Nikki' Martin / Nikki Martin | 1936 |
I Dream Too Much | Annette Monard | 1935 |