LENI LYNN, THE CROTON CONNECTION (LENI HOFFER)

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Leni Lynn (born Angelina Ciofani; May 3, 1923 – January 1, 2010) was an American actress and a contralto singer. She was also known as Leni Hoffer, from her fourth and final marriage to composer and conductor Bernard Hoffer.

The daughter of a Pasaic, New Jersey, factory worker, Francesco Ciofani, and his wife, Carmelita, Lynn learned to sing by listening to recordings When she was 13, friends and neighbors in Pasaic contributed 10,000 dimes to send her to Hollywood to try for success in films. On September 6, 1938, she received a contract from MGM.  She died  of complications from a stroke in Croton-on-Hudson.  

HERE'S A PARTIAL FILMOGRAPHY LIST: 1946 Springtime,  1946 Showtime,  1945 Give Me the Stars,  1944 Heaven Is Round the Corner, Joan Sedley 1941 Angels with Broken Wings, 1940 Hullabaloo, 1946 Springtime (performer: "I Love the Moon", "Little Grey Home in the West")....Read and see more by clicking on the images below.  

See more photos and info at https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0528748/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

HEAR HER SING A HEART'S FREE AT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjBqQ4IjyK8

 

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