Gale Sherwood obit

Gale Sherwood has passed away

 She was not on the list.

Gale Sherwood has died… We read an online posting from writer Laura Wagner  (who is friends with someone in contact with Gale’s estate) that Gale Sherwood, Nelson Eddy’s nightclub singing partner of 14 years, passed away on December 31, 2017.

She was Canadian born on March 4, 1929 as Jacqueline Nutt. Her film debut was in 1939 in They Shall Have Music…see the adorable film clip above!

Under her stage name Gale Sherwood she also starred Blonde Savage (1947) which you can see here. Her greatest fame obviously stemmed from her association with Nelson in his nightclub act. She was also his co-star in the 1955 TV film of The Desert Song.

Above, an early shot of them together and below, arriving in Sydney, Australia for the final tour there in 1967 just weeks before Nelson’s death.

After her retirement, she lived quietly in Florida and kept her privacy out of the limelight by using her married last name.  A widow, in recent years she had suffered with health and memory issues.

This news was originally posted on Facebook by Laura Wagner.

Her film and television roles included juvenile roles as Betty in They Shall Have Music (1939) and High School Singer in Let's Make Music (1941). As an adult, she appeared as Meelah in Blonde Savage (1947), Ellen Forrester in Rocky, Sophia in Song of My Heart (1948), Yvonne in Naughty Marietta (TV 1955), Morgan Le Fay in A Connecticut Yankee (TV 1955) and Margot, opposite Eddy, in The Desert Song (TV 1955).

Sherwood sang with Eddy on television and in his nightclub act from 1953 until his death in 1967. Her stage roles included Julie in Show Boat in 1967 with the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera. After she retired from performing, she lived in Boca Raton, Florida.

The daughter of Mrs. Minette Nash, Sherwood was born in Hamilton, Ontario and graduated in 1945 from the Mar-Ken School, a preparatory high school that catered to children in (or with parents in) the entertainment industry in Hollywood, California. Her mother began training her musically when Sherwood was 18 months old. She became the youngest person to sing on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation when she did so at age 3 and a half. At the age of 5 she began singing on Canadian radio, three years before her family moved to California. When Sherwood was 9 years old, producer Samuel Goldwyn signed her to a film contract.

 

Actress

The Desert Song (1955)

The Desert Song

8.1

TV Movie

Margot

1955

 

A Connecticut Yankee (1955)

A Connecticut Yankee

5.6

TV Movie

Morgan Le Fay

1955

 

Max Liebman Presents: Naughty Marietta (1955)

Max Liebman Presents: Naughty Marietta

7.5

TV Movie

Yvonne

1955

 

Lana Turner and Fernando Lamas in The Merry Widow (1952)

The Merry Widow

5.7

Girl at Maxim's (uncredited)

1952

 

Audrey Long and Frank Sundström in Song of My Heart (1948)

Song of My Heart

5.3

Sophia Mirova

1948

 

Roddy McDowall and Nita Hunter in Rocky (1948)

Rocky

6.7

Ellen Forrester

1948

 

Victor Mature, Leif Erickson, Carole Landis, and Gale Sherwood in One Million B.C. (1940)

Blonde Savage

4.8

Meelah

1947

 

Bob Crosby and Jean Rogers in Let's Make Music (1940)

Let's Make Music

5.8

High School Singer (as Jacqueline Nash)

1940

 

Jascha Heifetz, Andrea Leeds, Joel McCrea, Gene Reynolds, and Zero in They Shall Have Music (1939)

They Shall Have Music

7.0

Betty (as Jacqueline Nash)

1939

 

Soundtrack

Mike Douglas in The Mike Douglas Show (1961)

The Mike Douglas Show

7.1

TV Series

performer: "Shall We Dance?", "Make Believe"

1966

1 episode

 

Fred Astaire and Barrie Chase in The Hollywood Palace (1964)

The Hollywood Palace

8.1

TV Series

performer: "You and the Night and the Music", "Indian Love Call" (uncredited)

1965

1 episode

 

Ed Sullivan in The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)

The Ed Sullivan Show

7.9

TV Series

performer: "In the Still of the Night" (uncredited)

1960

1 episode

 

Max Liebman Spectaculars (1954)

Max Liebman Spectaculars

TV Series

performer: "Sunshine", "Did You Ever Get Stung?", "From Another World", "Il est un Coin de France", "Delicado", "I'll Never Be the Same", "La Jardinière du Roi", "Happy Mood"

1956

1 episode

 

The Desert Song (1955)

The Desert Song

8.1

TV Movie

performer: "Margot", "Romance", "Then You Will Know", "Romance" reprise, "The Desert Song", "The Sabre Song", "The Desert Song" reprise (uncredited)

1955

 

A Connecticut Yankee (1955)

A Connecticut Yankee

5.6

TV Movie

performer: "This Is My Night to Howl", "To Keep My Love Alive", "Can't You Do a Friend a Favor?"

1955

 

Bob Crosby and Jean Rogers in Let's Make Music (1940)

Let's Make Music

5.8

performer: "Central Park"

1940

 

Jascha Heifetz, Andrea Leeds, Joel McCrea, Gene Reynolds, and Zero in They Shall Have Music (1939)

They Shall Have Music

7.0

performer: "Caro nome" from opera "Rigoletto" (1851), "Casta diva" from Norma" (1831) (uncredited)

1939