Gale Sherwood

Gale Sherwood (born Jacqueline Nash; March 4, 1929 – December 31, 2017 ) was a Canadian singer and actress. She was best known as the singing partner of Nelson Eddy from 1953 until his death in 1967.

Early life The daughter of Mrs. Minette Nash, Sherwood was born in Hamilton, Ontario and graduated in 1945 from the Mar-Ken School, a preparatory high school that catered to children in (or with parents in) the entertainment industry in Hollywood, California. Her mother began training her musically when Sherwood was 18 months old. She became the youngest person to sing on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation when she did so at age 3 and a half. At the age of 5 she began singing on Canadian radio, three years before her family moved to California. When Sherwood was 9 years old, producer Samuel Goldwyn signed her to a film contract. Morgan Le Fay in A Connecticut Yankee (TV 1955) and Margot, opposite Eddy, in The Desert Song (TV 1955).

Sherwood sang with Eddy on television and in his nightclub act from 1953 until his death in 1967. Her stage roles included Julie in Show Boat in 1967 with the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera.

Death Sherwood died on New Year's Eve in 2017, at the age of 88, in Florida. She was divorced from her first husband, Howard Wayne McCoy, Jr., and was the widow of Charles Edward Francis.