Neva Peoples
Singer and dancer
About Neva Peoples
Neva Mary Peoples was a singer and dancer who appeared in several films in the United States. She performed as a singer, dancer, and chorus girl.
Peoples was from San Francisco. Her film debut was in the 1938 melodrama Gang Smashers singing "That's What You Get in Harlem". She played Ella in The Duke is Tops (1938). She was in a cabaret scene in the 1939 movie, One Dark Night. A 1942 photograph captured her and fellow performers in zoot suit costumes for the Republic Studio film, Hit Parade of 1943. Moore's orchestra backed one of her performances.
Filmography Gang Smashers (1938) The Duke is Tops (1938) as Ella Hit Parade of 1943 Mantan Messes Up (1946)
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