Cass Daley

Trivia

• Died after a fall on broken glass that severed her jugular vein.
• She was a regular on the radio series, "The Fitch Bandwagon," for which she was voted radio's most popular comedienne.
• The late "Mamas and Papas" pop/folk singer 'Mama' Cass Elliot, whose real name was Ellen Naomi Cohen, called herself Cass in tribute to Ms. Daley.
• Some of her songs recorded for Decca Records include: "Abba Dabba Honeymoon", "Put the Blame on Mame" and "A Good Man Is Hard to Find".
• Originally a Plain-Jane torch singer, she was upstaged during one of her singing performances by a buffoonish emcee Red Skelton and was inspired to switch to outright comedy. Her first husband, Frank Kinsella, a talent agent who became her manager as well, persuaded her to incorporate her two gifts -- singing and slapstick.
• She was awarded two Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 6301 Hollywood Boulevard and for Radio at 6710 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
• Daley started to perform at nightclubs and on the radio as a band vocalist in the 1940s.
• Was an American radio, television and film actress, singer, and comedienne.