Cora Lee Day (April 15, 1914 - November 1, 1996) was a singer and actress.
Cora Lee Day is yet another forgotten singer who has absolutely nothing regarding her biography on the internet except snippets of information, so here goes.
She was born in Florida and raised in New York . She started her career as a model (1) and ventured into the showbiz industry and was virtually unknown when she recorded "My Crying Hour" in 1960. It was the only album in her brief singing career at the age of 46, before becoming an actress.
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| Cora lee Day (left) 1975 |
Between the 1960 album and the 1975 film credits I cannot find any press releases or in fact anything pertaining to Cora but it seems she became an actress late in life with TV shows which include “Hunter” and “Kojak” amongst others. Her film credits date from 1975 to 1994 and is best known for Daughters of the Dust (1991), What's Love Got to Do with It (1993) and A Worn Path (1994).
She died on November 1, 1996 in Sarasota, Florida.
(Sources (1) filmifeed.com. The rest is edited from liner notes by Jordi Pujol and bfi.org.uk)
I would be very grateful if anyone can add to this biography.