Audrey Young

Audrey Young (October 30, 1922 – June 1, 2012) was an American film actress and a big-band singer who was most active in the 1940s. She was the wife of director Billy Wilder.

Early years Young was born in Los Angeles, California, Her father, Stratton Young,

Career Young was a contract actor with Paramount Pictures in the 1940s, She had sung with Tommy Dorsey's orchestra before becoming an actress, and she sang (either solo or as part of a group) in several films, including Blue Skies. She also sang in vaudeville.

Young worked as a costume consultant on two films, The Apartment and Some Like It Hot, both directed by her husband. They first met when she appeared in a small role as a Cloak Room Attendant in The Lost Weekend and were married until his death in 2002.