b. 8 May 1915, Wheeling, West Virginia, USA, d. 21 March 1971, Santa Monica, California, USA. A smooth, soft-voiced singer, Wynn moved to New York in her teens and joined the Will Hudson - Eddie De Lange Orchestra, featuring on its 1937 hit records ‘Yours and Mine’ and ‘Popcorn Man’. She then went on to sing with Hal Kemp (‘What’s New?’) and Raymond Scott (‘And So Do I’). In the late 30s, she appeared on her own radio show, and with Kemp on Time To Shine. In the early 40s she featured in several movies, including the musicals Pardon My Sarong, with Abbott And Costello, and Is Everybody Happy?, co-starring Larry Parks. She also appeared in the comedy Million Dollar Baby with the future US President Ronald Reagan. Her voice, however, was heard in much more important movies than those, as she was one of the vocalists who dubbed the singing voice of Rita Hayworth. Because several women performed that function, including Anita Ellis, Martha Mears and Jo Ann Greer, there is often confusion as to who sang for Hayworth in any particular film, but it seems likely that Wynn did the honours in You’ll Never Get Rich (1941), and You Were Never Lovelier and My Gal Sal (both 1942). In 1944 Wynn appeared on Broadway in the Billy Rose revue The Seven Lively Arts, and introduced one of Cole Porter’s most bitter-sweet ballads, ‘Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye’. In the late 40s she sang mostly in clubs and small theatres. Her recordings included ‘You Go To My Head’, ‘If I Were You’ and ‘Laugh And Call It Love’ (all with Teddy Wilson), ‘Who’ll Buy My Bublitchki?’ (with Emery Deutsch), and ‘Lullaby In Rhythm’, ‘I Said No’, ‘Ja-Da’, ‘They Didn’t Believe Me’ and ‘Good For Nothin’ But Love’.