Dixie Dunbar
Date of birth: 1919-01-19
Place of birth: Montgomery, Alabama, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Christine King, Christina Elizabeth "Dixie" Dunbar, Christina Elizabeth Dunbar
Biography
Christina Elizabeth "Dixie" Dunbar was an American singer and film actress. After dancing in big band orchestras, nightclubs and classy restaurants, she made her film debut at age 16 in George White's Scandals as well as on Broadway in Life Begins at 8:40 with Ray Bolger and Bert Lahr from Wizard of Oz. During the 1930s, she appeared in a number of Twentieth Century Fox films, including two Jones Family films.
Movie Credits
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938-05-24
Classical violinist Roger Grant disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz band, bu
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1938-03-18
Rebecca's Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show people. Bu
Pigskin Parade
1936-10-23
Bessie and Winston "Slug" Winters are married coaches whose mission is to whip their college footbal
Cinema Circus
1937-01-27
Actor Lee Tracy presides as ringmaster over a show that combines the best elements of cinema with th
Professional Soldier
1935-12-27
Mercenary Donovan is hired to kidnap King Peter II. He learns that the party in power is evil and th
Girls' Dormitory
1936-08-08
When a busybody teacher in a girls' finishing school finds a love letter from a student to an unknow
King of Burlesque
1936-01-03
Warner Baxter plays the ambitious producer of a burlesque show who rises to the big time on Broadway
Love on a Budget
1938-03-04
This late entry in the popular "The Jones Family" series of '30s comedies has the family contending
Sing, Baby, Sing
1936-08-21
The "Caliban-Ariel" romance of fiftysomething John Barrymore and teenager Elaine Barrie is spoofed i
George White's Scandals
1934-03-15
Reporter Miss Lee is looking for a story and approaches George White as he's assembling the latest e
Educating Father
1936-05-23
Jones family romp with father trying to convince son to follow him as a druggist, rather than becomi
Sing and Be Happy
1937-06-25
Rival advertising firms compete for a radio show's pickle manufacturing account.
Freshman Year
1938-09-02
A budding entrepreneur nearly loses everything after his get-rich quick scheme selling "flunk" insur
Walking Down Broadway
1938-03-11
Five closely knit showgirls sign a pact to reunite one year after the closing of their Broadway prod
Take It or Leave It
1944-07-17
A young husband becomes a game-show participant in the hopes of winning the cash to pay his pregnant
One in a Million
1937-01-01
American theatrical manager discovers Greta Muller preparing for the Olympics in Switzerland and bri
Back to Nature
1936-08-14
The Jones family goes to a convention traveling in a trailer. The oldest daughter gets involved with
Once Over Lightly
1938-12-17
The big Barber College competition between rivals Clipton and Beardsley is coming up and everything
The First Baby
1936-04-02
When a couple become parents for the first time, they discover grandmothers can be almost as demandi