Caption: Still of Bing Crosby, Fortunio Bonanova, Frank McHugh, Risë Stevens and Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer in Going My Way (1944)
Actress, Soundtrack
Born: June 11, 1913
Star sign: Gemini
Known for: We Must Have Music (1942), Going My Way (1944), The Match Game (1962), The Voice of Firestone (1949)
Source: IMDB
One of the great voices of the Metropolitan Opera, New York-born mezzo-soprano Rise (pronounced REE-za) Stevens made her debut with the company in 1939 as Octavian in Richard Strauss's "Der Rosenkavalier" in a tour performance in Philadelphia. Her other notable roles in 21 years with the company included the two characterizations most associated ...