
Kate Smith
Department: Acting
Biography
Kate Smith was an American contralto. Known as The First Lady of Radio, she was famed for her rendition of "God Bless America" (which in her later years she sang live for the Stanley Cup champion Philadelphia Flyers.) Beloved as the "Songbird of the South" she recorded dozens of albums and chart topping songs.
Known For

This Is the Army
1943

The Dean Martin Christmas Show
1968

Hello, Everybody!
1933

The Big Broadcast
1932

Night Shift
1942

Rambling 'Round Radio Row #1
1932

Christmas with Crosby & Kate
1966

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975

Tim Conway: Timeless Comedy
2007

America Sings with Kate Smith
1942

The Three Stooges Follies
1974

Triumph and Tragedy: The Story of the 1985-86 Philadelphia Flyers
1987

Broad Street Bullies
2010

History of the Philadelphia Flyers
2007

The Garry Moore Show
1958

Donny & Marie
1976

The Hollywood Palace
1964

The Jim Nabors Hour
1969

The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
1968

Cher
1975

The Kate Smith Show
1960

The Kate Smith Evening Hour
1951

Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974

The Pearl Bailey Show
1971

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948

What's My Line?
1950

Roast Night
2024

The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
1967

The Smothers Brothers Show
1975

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968