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Molly O'Day (born Suzanne Dobson Noonan; October 16, 1909 [1] – October 22, 1998) was an American film actress and the younger sister of Sally O'Neil. [2]
Molly O'Day (July 9, 1923 – December 5, 1987) [1] was an American country music vocalist. O'Day was inducted into the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame in 2007. [2]
December 5, 1987. Lois Laverne Williamson, better known as “Molly O’Day,” was born to a coal mining family in rural Pike County, Kentucky. As a child, Molly’s favorite country radio show was the WLS’s National Barn Dance because they tended to feature more female singers.
Dec 7, 1987 · Country singer and banjo picker Molly O’Day, whose mournful mountain blues style is credited with influencing the sound of modern country music, has died of cancer. She was 64.
Oct 28, 1998 · ONE OF the first film actresses to be given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Molly O'Day won great praise for her first major role, as leading lady to Richard Barthelmess in the silent film...
In 1973, she and Davis began hosting a daily gospel radio program on WMMN-FM Huntington. Molly O’Day passed away from cancer in 1987, but her legacy lives on as the pioneering female vocalist who helped redefine the role of the female country solo artist.
Dec 8, 1998 · Silent screen actress Molly O’Day, who began her career in “Our Gang” shorts and worked with Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, died Oct. 15 in Arroyo Grande. She was 88.
Jan 20, 2011 · Molly O'Day (July 9, 1923 – December 5, 1987) was an American country music vocalist who had some degree of fame and commercial success in the late 1940s. Despite her short recording career of 5 years, she became a legend in her own lifetime and her lasting influence has proven massive.
Dec 8, 1987 · Molly O'Day, who never became a major national star but who was prized by aficionados as one of the finest country-and-western singers ever, died of cancer of the colon Saturday at Cabell...
A pioneering vocalist whose soulful, gut-wrenching performances helped redefine the role of the female country solo artist, Molly O'Day's career was relatively brief, but her lasting influence has proven…
