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Kathryn Elizabeth Smith (May 1, 1907 – June 17, 1986) known professionally as Kate Smith and The First Lady of Radio was an American singer, a contralto, best known for her rendition of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America".She had a radio, television, and recording career spanning five decades, which reached its pinnacle in the 1940s. Smith became known as The Songbird of the South after her enduring popularity during World War II and contribution to American culture and patriotism.

Full NameKate Smith
Date Of BirthMay 1, 1907
Died1986-06-17
Place Of BirthGreenville, Virginia, United States
Height5' 10" (1.78 m)
ProfessionSoundtrack, Actress, Writer
NationalityAmerican
ParentsWilliam Smith, Charlotte Yarnell Smith, God Bless America, When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain, The Last Time I Saw Paris
AwardsGrammy Hall of Fame
MoviesThis Is the Army
TV ShowsThe Kate Smith Show, The Kate Smith Evening Hour
Star SignTaurus
#Trademark
1Greeted audiences with "Hello, everybody!" and signed off with "Thanks for listenin'!"
2Her theme song: "When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain."
#Quote
1[An upbeat reference to her weight] Did you get the entire picture on one plate?
2This year, with the war clouds of Europe so lately threatening the peace of the entire world, I felt I wanted to do something special - something that would not only be a memorial to our soldiers - but would also emphasize just how much America means to each and every one of us ... The song is 'God Bless America'; the composer, Mr. Irving Berlin. When I first tried it over, I felt, here is a song that will be timeless - it will never die - others will thrill to its beauty long after we are gone. In my humble estimation, this is the greatest song Irving Berlin has ever composed ... As I stand before the microphone and sing it with all my heart, I'll be thinking of our veterans and I'll be praying with every breath I draw that we shall never have another war... -- KS introducing "God Bless America" on her radio show, Armistice Day, November 11, 1938
#Fact
1She didn't have a passport and only left America once, to host the London Palladium TV show in the UK.
2An ABC Network Television "live presentation with an audience," - "The Hollywood Palace" (1964:2nd season.show #17, airing 23 January 1965) - a Saturday night music-variety hour television show, the Producers Nick Vanoff and Bill Harbach asked Kate Smith to host a Saturday night television show after she appeared as a guest soloist-performer. During on-camera-stage blocking rehearsals, where Kate Smith (as host) stood on the left side of the stage's portal-proscenium, Paul, the prop-master, would bring Kate an "un-opened aluminum can" of ice cold soda pop, handing the soft drink to host Kate Smith. Kate wanted "everyone" to see that the can of fizz was the pure thing, unadulterated by alcohol, to prevent any scandalous gossip implying she is alcoholic, or drunk, performing on the stage during the show's rehearsals and show-taping. The "Hollywood Palace - show host" (Kate Smith) always had the show's featured end spot to solo their talent closing out the hour-in-length program. The closing final segment featured a voluptuous Raquel Welsh dressed as a Las Vegas variety show-girl carrying a featured yellow colored printed 5" wide by 16" long printed type "bill-board" of the next week's named featured host and guest talent roster. When curvaceous Raquel Welch, dressed in her 'Vegas showgirl costume' entered from off-camera stage left, Kate remarked, "Well, aren't you a pretty young lassie" .....
3Remarkably, the only two guest hosts of "The Hollywood Palace" television show's seven year series (1964-1971), Kate Smith and Joan Crawford - were the only two host-stars who "individually" and "personally" hand wrote a "thank-you" note to each individual member of the complete show's crew and cast members' appearing on their hosting of the television "Hollywood Palace" show.
4Kate Smith brought with her a small hand-held Kodak 35mm "brownie" color still film box camera. During her on stage, and off stage activities, Kate constantly 'whipped out her little camera' and took a "Kodak Moment" photograph - of each show staff member, including orchestra musicians, stage technical electrical crew members on a ladder adjusting overhead stage lighting, Ed Holland supervising his stage-hands moving sets either on-or-off the stage, prop-men, make-up staff, costume designer and staff, producers Nick Vanoff & Bill Harbach, their staff Rita Scott, Carol Warrian, Elliott Alexander, director Grey Lockwood , technical-video-director Gene Lukowski, orchestra conductor Mitchell Ayres, lighting director Jack Denton, stage manager "Woodie" James Woodruff, production designers Jim Trittipo and Hub Braden, including staff members - involved in the show's production. Each individual crew member received Kate's personal autographed "Thank You" note, with their photograph included in the envelope sent to their home address.
5Smith was a staunch conservative Republican.
6Pictured on a 44¢ USA commemorative postage stamp issued 27 May 2010.
7She was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6157 Hollywood Boulevard and for Radio at 6145 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
8Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 788-790. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.
9Smith performed "God Bless America" every week on her radio show from 1938, selling nearly 400,000 pages of sheet music. On March 21, 1939, she recorded both that song and "The Star Spangled Banner" for RCA Victor, which also became an instant hit.
10Kate asked Irving Berlin himself for a patriotic song for her radio show, and he gave her "God Bless America" which was originally written by him in 1918. Berlin changed some of the lyrics from his original composition, replacing "from the green fields of Virginia / to the gold fields out in Nome" with "From the mountains to the prairies / To the oceans white with foam." After some other minor adjustments, he gave the song to Kate. She first performed it on Armistice Day, November 11, 1938.
11Kate's success with "God Bless America" inspired Woody Guthrie to write his own musical response "This Land Is Your Land", which became a patriotic standard in its own right.
12In 1982, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Ronald Reagan.
13Kate has often been considered the inspiration for the saying, "It ain't over till the fat lady sings."
14In 1976 she was named Grand Marshal of the Tournament of Roses Parade.
15Kate became a singing good-luck charm for the Philadelphia Flyers hockey team with her renditions of "God Bless America" helping to inspire them to two successive Stanley Cups (1974 and 1975). In 1987, the team erected a statue of Smith outside their arena in her memory.
16In her honor, The Kate Smith USA Friends Club was formed in 1967 to the acknowledgement of Kate herself.
17Grammy Award Winner for Best Gospel Album, "How Great Thou Art" (RCA: 1966).
18Made her last public appearance in a surprise cameo at the finale of the the 1982 Emmy awards. The audience gave her a standing ovation and joined host Bob Hope in singing "God Bless America" in her honor as she sat in her wheelchair beaming and singing along although her voice was not heard over the crowd.
19She was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1999.
20Sang her most famous song, Irving Berlin's "God Bless America", before Philadelphia Flyers games for many years, always to an appreciative audience.
21Co-wrote her theme song, "When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain," with Harry Woods.
22Officially retired in February 1979.
23Received the Women's International Center (WIC) Living Legacy Award in 1985.

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Michael Feinstein's American Songbook2010TV Mini-Series documentary performer - 1 episode
The Polar Express2004performer: "Silver Bells"
The Good Girl2002performer: "I'll Be Seeing You" 1944
King of the Hill1993performer: "Maybe Who Knows" 1929
Before Stonewall1984Documentary performer: " I've Got a Gal in Kalamazoo" - uncredited
Once Upon a Time in America1984performer: "God Bless America"
The Natural1984performer: "The Star Spangled Banner"
The Return of Captain Invincible1983performer: "God Bless America"
Birch Interval1976performer: "Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair" - uncredited
The Tennessee Ernie Ford ShowTV Series performer - 3 episodes, 1959 writer - 1 episode, 1959
The Kate Smith Hour1950TV Series performer - 1 episode
Christmas Eve1947writer: "When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain" 1931 - uncredited
This Is the Army1943performer: "God Bless America"
Fast and Furious1939writer: "When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain" 1931 - uncredited
When's Your Birthday?1937lyrics: "When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain" 1931 - uncredited / music: "When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain" 1931 - uncredited
A Night at the Opera1935writer: "When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain" 1931 - uncredited
Thunder Over Texas1934writer: "When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain"
Going Hollywood1933writer: "When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain" 1931 - uncredited
Hello, Everybody!1933performer: "Moon Song That Wasn't Meant For Me", "Out In The Great Open Spaces", "Twenty Million People", "Pickaninnies' Heaven" - uncredited
The Big Broadcast1932performer: "It Was So Beautiful"
Rambling 'Round Radio Row #11932Short performer: "Whistle and Blow Your Blues Away" - uncredited

Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Once Upon a Christmas Time1959TV MovieBeth
Danger1953TV Series
The Small One1952TV Movie
This Is the Army1943Kate Smith
America Sings with Kate Smith1942ShortKate Smith
Night Shift1942/IDocumentary shortKate Smith
Hello, Everybody!1933Kate Smith
The Big Broadcast1932Kate Smith
Rambling 'Round Radio Row #11932ShortKate Smith (uncredited)

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Kate Smith Hour1950TV Series

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Kate Smith Hour1950TV Series executive producer

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Return of Captain Invincible1983thanks: for the permission to use her 1939 Victor recording of "God Bless America" - as Ms Kate Smith

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The 34th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards1982TV SpecialHerself - Honoree
The Stars and Stripes Show1976TV MovieHerself
Donny and Marie1975-1976TV SeriesHerself
Tony Orlando and Dawn1975-1976TV SeriesHerself
Cher1975TV SeriesHerself
The 17th Annual Grammy Awards1975TV SpecialHerself
The Smothers Brothers Show1975TV SeriesHerself
The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour1972TV SeriesHerself
The Pearl Bailey Show1971TV SeriesHerself
The Andy Williams Show1970TV SeriesHerself
The Jim Nabors Hour1969-1970TV SeriesHerself
The Dean Martin Show1965-1970TV SeriesHerself
Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters1969TV SeriesHerself
The Kraft Music Hall1968-1969TV SeriesHerself
Laugh-In1968TV SeriesHerself
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour1967-1968TV SeriesHerself
The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show1968TV SeriesHerself
The Ed Sullivan Show1955-1968TV SeriesHerself
The Jackie Gleason Show1967TV SeriesHerself
The Hollywood Palace1964-1967TV SeriesHerself - Hostess / Herself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1966TV SeriesHerself - Guest
The Andy Williams Show1963-1966TV SeriesHerself
The London Palladium Show1966TV SeriesHerself
What's My Line?1965TV SeriesHerself - Mystery Guest
The Jack Paar Program1963-1964TV SeriesHerself
The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show1959-1960TV SeriesHerself - Singer / Herself - Actress
The Kate Smith Show1957-1960TV SeriesHerself / Herself - Hostess
Startime1959TV SeriesHerself
The Garry Moore Show1959TV SeriesHerself
The Eddie Fisher Show1959TV SeriesHerself
The Big Record1957TV SeriesHerself
The Jackie Gleason Show1955-1957TV SeriesHerself / Herself - Guest Hostess
The Kate Smith Hour1950-1953TV SeriesHerself - Hostess / Herself - Host
The Kate Smith Evening Hour1951-1952TV SeriesHerself - Hostess
Texaco Star Theatre1951TV SeriesHerself
Red Cross Fund Program1951TV MovieHerself
Kate Smith, the Songbird of the South1929ShortHerself

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Sinatra: All or Nothing at All2015TV Mini-Series documentaryHerself
Pioneers of Television2014TV Mini-Series documentaryHerself
Michael Feinstein's American Songbook2010-2013TV Mini-Series documentaryHerself
My Music: Big Band Vocalists2012TV MovieHerself
Broad Street Bullies2010TV MovieHerself
Christmas from Hollywood2003Video documentaryHerself
Great Performances2003TV SeriesHerself
Biography2001TV Series documentaryHerself
The Century: America's Time1999TV Mini-Series documentaryHerself
A Ford Show Family Christmas1994VideoHerself
Laugh-In Past Christmas Present1993TV SpecialHerself
The Return of Captain Invincible1983Herself (uncredited)
Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies1982TV Movie documentaryHerself (uncredited)
Brother Can You Spare a Dime1975DocumentaryHerself
The Three Stooges Follies1974Herself
The Hollywood Palace1970TV SeriesHerself
The Great American Broadcast1941Kate Smith - Opening Montage (uncredited)

Known for movies

Herself - Hostess

The Kate Smith Evening Hour (1951-1952)
as Herself - Hostess

Soundtrack

Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
as Soundtrack

Herself

Kate Smith, the Songbird of the South (1929)
as Herself

Soundtrack

The Polar Express (2004)
as Soundtrack

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