Evelyn Daw

Born Evelyn Pearl Shuck, Daw was the daughter of Walter Shuck and Edith Miller Shuck of Geddes, South Dakota, both of whose families were pioneers who settled in South Dakota. As a child, she sang in her church choir and acted in school plays. After finishing high school in 1930, she attended Dakota Wesleyan University for one year before moving to Los Angeles to seek additional musical training. While studying voice, she filled in for soloists at two churches in Los Angeles. == Career ==

and Evelyn Daw in Something to Sing About (1937). Daw sang in operettas put on by local groups in Los Angeles, and a musician for one of the productions arranged for her to audition with director Victor Schertzinger. Her audition and screen test led to her appearance in the film Something to Sing About (1937), She returned there to perform during other summers in the 1940s. Daw sang with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Schubert Brothers in New York City. Beginning in 1941, she toured with the J. J. Shubert Opera Co. for 11 years. After she moved to San Diego, she performed with the Old Globe Theatre there. After Daw's performing career ended, she became a teacher of piano and voice in Covina, California. == Personal life and death ==

Daw was married to Dr. Stewart H. Smith Sr.; they had two daughters and two sons. ==Filmography==