Winifred Shaw

The youngest of 13 children, singer/dancer/actress Wini Shaw was the daughter of Hawaiian/English entertainers. She made her own performing debut with her siblings at the 1915 San Francisco World's Fair. When the family act split up in the 1920s, Shaw became a headliner in the Ziegfeld Follies. After a false start at Fox Studios, Shaw's film career got under way at Warner Bros. in 1934, where she played secondary parts in such musicals as Sweet Adeline (1934) and Ready, Willing and Able (1937). Her most memorable screen assignment was the Broadway Baby in Gold Diggers of 1935; her face spotlighted in the middle of a pitch-black screen, Shaw introduced the Oscar-winning song "Lullaby of Broadway." During her stay at Warners, she also played dramatic roles in such films as Satan Met a Lady (1936) and The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936). Shaw spent the war years touring military bases with comedian Jack Benny and harmonica specialist Larry Adler; in the early '50s, she devoted her time to the stage, starring in the touring company of Call Me Madam. Wini Shaw retired from show business when she married Bill O'Malley in 1955.

Highest Rated Movies

Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office	Year
No Score Yet	Melody for Two	Lorna Wray	—	1937
No Score Yet	Ready, Willing and Able	The English Jane Clarke	—	1937
No Score Yet	Satan Met a Lady	Astrid Ames	—	1936
No Score Yet	The Singing Kid	Singer	—	1936
No Score Yet	Broadway Hostess	Winnie Wharton	—	1935
80%	Front Page Woman	Inez Cordoza	—	1935
No Score Yet	In Caliente	Singer, `Woman in Red'	—	1935
No Score Yet	The Case of the Curious Bride	Doris Pender	—	1935
No Score Yet	Sweet Adeline	Elysia	—	1935
No Score Yet	Wake Up and Dream	Mae LaRue	—	1934
No Score Yet	Gift of Gab	Singer	—	1934
No Score Yet	Million Dollar Ransom	Babe	—	1934
No Score Yet	Three on a Honeymoon	Actor	—	1934

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